Recommendations

“It’s rare that you come across standout talent like Jon.

I had the opportunity to collaborate with Jon while at IMWT and it was one of the most rewarding experiences. Jon is one of those rare UX who leaves his ego out of the door and focuses purely on delivering the best possible user experience.

His passion and energy are contagious and his ability to think creatively and out of the box is admirable. He stays on top of the latest trends and developments in the field, and strives to continuously iterate and innovate.

I can honestly say he is one of the best UX professionals I have encountered. I hope our paths will cross in the future.”

“It has been a great pleasure working with Jon. Jon is extremely meticulous with a deep understanding of marketing and UX. His ability to solve complex usability problems and articulate his solution in a clear manner added a lot of value to the CRO team. I would recommend Jon to anyone who’s facing any kind of UX challenges.”

“It has been an honor and great pleasure to work with Jon, who brought in the structured process and best practices in UX research and design. Jon is definitely an expert in his field with his deep knowledge, experience and passion for user experience perfection. Jon is also a very good mentor through his continuous guidance and coaching to his team. Overall, a very well recommended UX Maestro.”

“I had the pleasure to work with Jon in a brand-new project which we hadn’t ever done before. We had to build everything from the ground and do a lot of works relating to user experience. Jon was very talented and experienced in this field. He helped us a lot and always came up with bright solutions for the problems. Thanks to Jon, we finished the project successfully and received good comments from end users. I myself also learn a lot from the time working with him.”

“Jon is an absolute ROCK STAR UX pro, who also brings strong communication skills, understanding of client needs and amazing attention to detail to the table. No job would be too big or too small, just unleash Jon on it and it will be done. Highly recommend his services and look forward to working with him again soon.“

“On 2 different occasions, Jon ran UX projects for The Currency Shop. On both pieces of work, he was diligent, effective and was excellent at communicating every step of the way. I’d have no hesitation recommending Jon.”

I absolutely enjoyed working with Jon, and came to know him as someone who is experienced, competent and knowledgeable in the industry. He knows the importance of creating a design experience that both works for the business and users. He is transparent, hardworking and truly dependable. Most importantly, he address intricate issues with strategy and composure.

He shared his knowledge to the UX Design team by making initiatives on broadening our knowledge with the industry’s best practices and practical ways of doing UX. He put effort getting us inspired outside of the digital world and making us see things from the other side of the box.

Apart from his years of experience and talent, it has always been a bliss to work with Jon. A true team player, leader and always manages to come up with fast solutions to bring to the table. Jon challenges ideas to bring the best out of every designers he works with.

I confidently recommend Jon to join your team or be a consultant at your company. As a humble and knowledgeable employee and a great person, I know that he will be a valuable addition to your organization.”

“I think not many designers have an opportunity to work with a line manager who is a leader, a coach and also a mentor like Jon. I am a lucky one to have an opportunity to work with Jon at Lazada in 2017.

Besides managing my projects, Jon knew exactly my problems, and often gave me great advice so that I could come up with the my best design solutions, and step out of my comfort zone. Jon opened my mind to the notion of “creating a good experience for people” in such an effective way that I could apply in each step of my career. He helped me to understand thoroughly that I could build a good design starting from understanding user’s needs. I wouldn’t have pushed my limit further away without his support and motivation. I was a very shy designer. Jon made me confident in communicating with users, team members and stakeholders. He helped me to realize for the first time that I have ability to communicate effectively to people at all levels of knowledge. I went from being shy to a more confident designer. That is – indeed a strong boost for my career, and takes me to the next professional level.

Although we just have a short time working together in one team, the experience I gained is remarkable, and extremely precious to me. As a former colleague and a team member, I am really proud to be in his team. I believe any designer would find herself/himself really lucky to work with Jon.“

“We at Seekmi worked with Jon on a UI/UX consultation project last year. Jon was very proactive and responsive and used his expertise to guide our internal IT team to improve our website design. Based on his recommendations we have seen significant improvements for our website visitors.”

Beyond being an individual UX practitioner, Jon D also own the leadership and management quality to manage team. He managed a team of Product Managers, UX Designer and Graphic Designer in our team well.

Jon D is also willing to take the extra mile doing stuff that is actually not in his original scope. He lead a business development activity with one of our investor too, that helps bring in more business to our company. So, he is a good team player.”

It didn’t come together then, but we finally did get to pull Jon across to Indonesia in late 2014, when he joined Ardent Labs as our VP Product. This was a perfect fit as Jon brought his deep UX experience, which helped us launch two substantial businesses a) snapcart and b) bizzy.co.id. Jon aligned with our Lean approach to building businesses, focusing our teams efforts on getting data, testing the market, then launching once we had all the ducks in a row. The growth trajectory of snapcart and bizzy.co.id is a testament to this approach working. Aside from this Labs helped entrepreneurs within the company to come up with their own business ideas. This is where Jon’s passion really was, always having time for these wannabe founders to pick his brain.

Jon transitioned in to bizzy.co.id full time, when I jumped in full time myself. He helped me personally in shifting the company from a start up to a scale up business. Beyond UX, Jon has a strong appetite and knowledge base for marketing, branding and an overall business sense.”

“In the almost 3 years I worked with Jon, I found him to be diligent, thoughtful and above all exceptionally professional in the application of his skills. All the clients that Jon worked with were similarly impressed. He made valuable contribution to Technocrat’s growth in building our User Experience practice and team. I have no hesitation recommending him to any organisation that needs managerial experience combined with exceptional User Experience talent.”

Jon is very strategic in his approach yet very practical which is a difficult skill to master these days. I believed it came from his extensive experience at senior levels where he clearly was comfortable getting into the trenches and getting involved with solutions.

As an internal provider of services, Jon was one of the few individuals we would gladly introduce to other parts of the business and knew he represented Technocrat very well. His knowledge of design, user behaviours and experience was extensive and pushed us to learn more about this emerging space. What was even better was that Jon’s knowledge was clearly built from a lot of experience as much as any academic knowledge he was able to gather. He is truly multi-talented having no problem working with business people or developers and was able to converse with both well. That is a special skill in its own.

I’ve no problem recommending him in any activities for the design and digital space.”

“Jon Deragon is one of the smartest UX specialist that I’ve come across, in a career which has included working with many super geeks at ebay UK and USA. He also happens to be a genuinely good man with a natural warmth, honesty and calmness that can turn work storms into warm sea breezes.

Over recent years, I’ve worked closely with Jon on a number of large scale projects, most notably the development-to-launch of new video-based marketplace pitchi.com (2013/14). This was a complex project with numerous decision-making stakeholders and clients across multiple companies; Jon was the rock that held everyone (including me) together, particularly in the early stages. His aptitude for sourcing exactly the right people is excellent. His ability to ensure that the UX process and outputs are integrated and understood across the team is equally as impressive, in a world where few people truly understand the mechanics of good UX. I can honestly say that I learnt more from Jon about UX and its processes than I have from anyone else in the last decade. He is, and always will be, my go-to-guy for UX, no matter where in the world he is working.”

“I worked with Jon and his excellent team on an innovative greenfield project. It was fast and furious, it was agile, it was exciting and Jon held everything together at the center. Anyone looking to work for a company that provides professional fulfilment and great opportunities should consider working with Jon.”

“I was hired by Jon for a six week contract through Technocrat as a Content Strategist. Throughout my time working with Jon, he was nothing but a consummate professional in every respect. Any queries I had were responded to quickly and thoroughly enabling me to do my job to the best of my ability. Jon also assembled an incredibly talented UX team that delivered in every respect and were a true pleasure to work with. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Jon in any capacity.”

“Clever with UX and an eye for talent is how I would describe Jon. I had the pleasure of knowing Jon for 4+ months where he proficiently filled the role of Director of UX on the project. Above all, I was impressed with Jon’s ability to be a safe and secure resource of knowledge with all things UX. And, of course, we all loved his systematic way of speech. Without any doubt, Jon would be a true asset for any company requiring strategic UX, overall project leadership and his ability to hire capable professionals.”