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I'm a senior product designer and design engineer with 10+ years of experience across startups and large organizations in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Today, I'm a Senior Product Designer at Deloitte, where I design and write production code for LLM-first chat interfaces and AI platforms serving public-sector clients including California DHCS, the FDIC, NIH, and FEMA. I build design systems in Figma (including Figma MCP workflows), lead interaction patterns end-to-end, and work directly in the codebase alongside engineers using Cursor and Claude. My work has supported programs including Covered California's health insurance portal, FEMA's disaster response platform, and GIS-enabled products for state and federal agencies.

A born-and-raised Californian based in Oakland, I spend my time outside work hiking, climbing, and surfing the coast with friends and family.

Currently open to: Design consulting, part-time roles, speaking, and mentoring.

Chris Ferenci outdoors
Secret hike on Maui
Facilitating a discussion with a small group
Design conversations at UC Berkeley School of Information
Two people hiking on a green hillside with mountains in the background
Recharging at Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve