Collaboration is key

We believe consistent communication with our clients is essential. By working collaboratively with your teams, we ensure no silos emerge and a foundation for innovation, iteration, and ideation is built from day one.

Leadership

Nate Wearin

Co-founder, Head of Research & Design

Nate has a passion for research, design, and all things digital. After studying Design and Human Computer Interaction at Iowa State, Nate began his 13 year UX journey working across a number of consultancies, startups, and product companies including Carnival Corp, T-Mobile, and many more. Nate’s experience leading projects from start to finish, managing research and design teams, working with a variety of stakeholders, and defining product vision has led to a prominent position in the UX field.

Alex Smith

Co-founder, Head of Partnerships

Alex has a passion for people and design. After completing his MBA at Babson with a concentration in Entrepreneurship, Alex led Business Development efforts in the Google Analytics and Marketing space for a number of years. He now leads all of Fuego’s growth efforts and hosts The Design Leader Insights Podcast which has featured guests from companies like Google, Amazon, Netflix, Figma, Microsoft and many more!

The Team

Zeynep Elif Ergin

Product & Visual Designer

Mikah Fitzgerald

Visual Designer

Cat Dinh

User Researcher

Jessie Bonilla

Senior Product Designer

Improve your UX Maturity

We help your team and organization climb the UX maturity steps and achieve a greater understanding of users’ needs.
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NASCENT

No user-centered thinking or UX practices in place. Team wants to improve.
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GROWING

Occasional, siloed UX efforts with no strategy or consistent processes.
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BUDDING

Some UX happening inconsistently across teams, but not prioritized.
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STANDARIZED

Established UX teams and processes, but may lack leadership support.
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INGRAINED

UX is comprehensive and tied to key business metrics across organization
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DEVOTED

Entire organization is driven by an understanding of user’s needs

Our Iterative UX Process

A Collaborative Approach to Working Together