Paul Wentzell UX
Paul Wentzell UX

Designing for real stakes

Designing for real stakes

Translating enterprise complexity into experiences people can trust. Financial platforms, compliance tools, aviation systems, and data dense workflows where the data has to be readable under pressure and friction has a cost.

Translating enterprise complexity into experiences people can trust. Financial platforms, compliance tools, aviation systems, and data dense workflows where the data has to be readable under pressure and friction has a cost.

  • Research

  • Wireframing

  • Prototyping

  • User Testing

  • Interaction Design

  • System Thinking

  • Storytelling

  • Design Thinking

  • Accessibility

  • Facilitation

  • Information Architecture

  • Stakeholder Alignment

Trusted By

Wired for complexity

Wired for complexity

Fifteen years designing enterprise systems where the data is dense, the users are experts, and the interface has to earn trust every time someone opens it. Financial services, compliance, aviation, data-heavy workflows where a bad design decision isn't just frustrating — it has consequences.


The work starts at the whiteboard. Mapping systems, untangling workflows, finding where the real friction lives before a single screen gets designed.

Fifteen years designing enterprise systems where the data is dense, the users are experts, and the interface has to earn trust every time someone opens it. Financial services, compliance, aviation, data-heavy workflows where a bad design decision isn't just frustrating — it has consequences.


The work starts at the whiteboard. Mapping systems, untangling workflows, finding where the real friction lives before a single screen gets designed.

Wired for complexity

Fifteen years designing enterprise systems where the data is dense, the users are experts, and the interface has to earn trust every time someone opens it. Financial services, compliance, aviation, data-heavy workflows where a bad design decision isn't just frustrating — it has consequences.


The work starts at the whiteboard. Mapping systems, untangling workflows, finding where the real friction lives before a single screen gets designed.

Selected Work

Selected Work

Selected Work

One Workspace for Every Team

One Workspace for Every Team

One Workspace for Every Team

Dashboard built around how underwriters actually think through risk.

Dashboard built around how underwriters actually think through risk.

Dashboard built around how underwriters actually think through risk.

VIEW CASE STUDY

VIEW CASE STUDY

Real-Time Monitoring

Real-Time Monitoring

Real-Time Monitoring

Hardware-aware diagnostics for industrial flame sensor field technicians.

Hardware-aware diagnostics for industrial flame sensor field technicians.

Hardware-aware diagnostics for industrial flame sensor field technicians.

VIEW CASE STUDY

VIEW CASE STUDY

AI Assited Design System

AI Assited Design System

AI Assited Design System

20-component enterprise system. Built in 3 days with AI-directed architecture.

20-component enterprise system. Built in 3 days with AI-directed architecture.

20-component enterprise system. Built in 3 days with AI-directed architecture.

VIEW CASE STUDY

VIEW CASE STUDY

From Static Summary to Trading-Grade Workspace

From Static Summary to Trading-Grade Workspace

From Static Summary to Trading-Grade Workspace

Bond trading platform rebuilt from the foundation up.

Bond trading platform rebuilt from the foundation up.

Bond trading platform rebuilt from the foundation up.

CONFIDENTIAL

CONFIDENTIAL

My Process

My Process

My Process

Most design problems aren't what they look like on the surface. I spend time finding the real problem before I touch a wireframe — then frame it in a way the team can actually build against. From there it's shaping solutions that survive contact with infrastructure, edge cases, and stakeholders who have strong opinions. I design for the pitch because good work that can't be explained doesn't ship.

Most design problems aren't what they look like on the surface. I spend time finding the real problem before I touch a wireframe — then frame it in a way the team can actually build against. From there it's shaping solutions that survive contact with infrastructure, edge cases, and stakeholders who have strong opinions. I design for the pitch because good work that can't be explained doesn't ship.

Most design problems aren't what they look like on the surface. I spend time finding the real problem before I touch a wireframe — then frame it in a way the team can actually build against. From there it's shaping solutions that survive contact with infrastructure, edge cases, and stakeholders who have strong opinions. I design for the pitch because good work that can't be explained doesn't ship.

Skills

Skills

Skills

Good enterprise design requires a wide toolkit. The ability to diagnose a problem, frame a solution, design the system, and get the right people aligned around it. These are the areas where I consistently deliver.

Good enterprise design requires a wide toolkit. The ability to diagnose a problem, frame a solution, design the system, and get the right people aligned around it. These are the areas where I consistently deliver.

Good enterprise design requires a wide toolkit. The ability to diagnose a problem, frame a solution, design the system, and get the right people aligned around it. These are the areas where I consistently deliver.

RESEARCH

RESEARCH

Quant + Qual Research Ops

Constraint-driven Discovery
WCAG 2.1 AA Compliance

Usability Testing

Voice of Customer Analysis

Quant + Qual Research Ops

Constraint-driven Discovery
WCAG 2.1 AA Compliance

Usability Testing

Voice of Customer Analysis

Quant + Qual Research Ops

Constraint-driven Discovery
WCAG 2.1 AA Compliance

Usability Testing

Voice of Customer Analysis

UX DESIGN

UX DESIGN

Latency-aware UX Flows

Component-driven UI Design

AI-augmented Prototyping

Information Architecture

Decision-critical UI Design

Latency-aware UX Flows

Component-driven UI Design

AI-augmented Prototyping

Information Architecture

Decision-critical UI Design

Latency-aware UX Flows

Component-driven UI Design

AI-augmented Prototyping

Information Architecture

Decision-critical UI Design

FACILITATION

FACILITATION

Full-cycle Facilitation

Co-Design (PM + Eng)

Stakeholder Alignment

Cross-functional Collaboration
Workshop Design + Execution

Full-cycle Facilitation

Co-Design (PM + Eng)

Stakeholder Alignment

Cross-functional Collaboration
Workshop Design + Execution

Full-cycle Facilitation

Co-Design (PM + Eng)

Stakeholder Alignment

Cross-functional Collaboration
Workshop Design + Execution

PRODUCT

PRODUCT

RAG-based Interface Design

Human-in-the-loop Design

Confidence-aware UI

Guardrail Patterns

LLM Microcopy

RAG-based Interface Design

Human-in-the-loop Design

Confidence-aware UI

Guardrail Patterns

LLM Microcopy

RAG-based Interface Design

Human-in-the-loop Design

Confidence-aware UI

Guardrail Patterns

LLM Microcopy

Toolbox

Toolbox

Toolbox

From the first whiteboard to the live prototype, these are the tools that move work forward and maintain momentum through every handoff. They support how I research, design, prototype, test, and collaborate with engineers and stakeholders.

From the first whiteboard to the live prototype, these are the tools that move work forward and maintain momentum through every handoff. They support how I research, design, prototype, test, and collaborate with engineers and stakeholders.

From the first whiteboard to the live prototype, these are the tools that move work forward and maintain momentum through every handoff. They support how I research, design, prototype, test, and collaborate with engineers and stakeholders.