Me
Who I am, and what I have made
Who I am, what I have made and where I have worked.
Juan M. Cornejo
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A notebook, mine
This notebook is the text version of the front page, set as a book: who I am, the projects and their notebooks, where I have worked, and how to reach me.
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Quito, Ecuador - UTC-5
Hi, I’m Juan.
I’m a software interface designer specialized in complex applications. Industrial control rooms, human rights databases, SaaS platforms, ML interfaces.
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About
I’ve been at this for 23 years, through every major shift in the craft: Flash, hand-written CSS, mobile-first, design systems, Figma, and now AI. The tools keep changing; the work of making complex things clear doesn’t.
Until August 2025 I led design at Huridocs. Before that, enterprise software for Fortune 500 companies across logistics, fintech and healthcare.
I’m hands-on, at my best in small teams where a prototype ships the same week the question comes up. And I build: the products here are designed and coded by me, front to back.
I speak Spanish, English and French. Off screen: getting lost in Latin American literature, or writing about my experiences.
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Projects
| Year | Project | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Escriba | A writing app for prose and poetry. |
| 2026 | Umbra | A RAW developer for the Mac, built for how I edit. |
| 2026 | Placas | The plate generator for Víctimas de la Cultura. |
| 2026 | Víctimas de la Cultura soon | An online magazine from Quito for essays, fiction and art. |
| 2026 | Uwazi research | Uwazi’s Library as a research and OSINT tool. |
| 2025 | Operator | A Mac app for running Claude Code agents. |
| 2025 | Fastrack | A fasting tracker for the Apple Watch. |
| 2025 | Photo Importer | A Mac app that imports photos and video from cameras. |
| 2025 | Mantel | Operations for restaurants and bars in Ecuador. |
| 2025 | El Encanto | Name and brand for a wine garden in Quito. |
| 2025 | Uwazi Design | A new identity for Uwazi, the human rights database. |
| 2019 | Railcar Management | Two apps that replaced a rail yard’s paper. |
| archive | Uwazi Preserve, Uwazi UI refactor, Uwazi ML | |
Table 1. The featured projects by year, newest first, then three from the archive. Each name opens its notebook; Placas opens in the lab.
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Where I have worked
| Years | Where |
|---|---|
| 2025 to now | Independent designer |
| 2021 to 2025 | Huridocs, design lead |
| 2018 to 2021 | Lumenalta, senior designer |
| 2016 to 2018 | Thoughtworks, senior designer |
| 2013 to 2016 | Independent designer |
| 2010 to 2013 | Azendoo and Cycloboost |
| 2003 to 2010 | Independent, early web |
Table 2. Where I have worked since 2003, newest first.
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With a camera
Figure 1. Experiencing life, sometimes with a camera. More photographs are on Instagram.
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Write to me
I’m also on GitHub and LinkedIn.
Quito, Ecuador - UTC-5
Open to part-time remote work
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What’s next?
Next: Uwazi for research and OSINT I.
The lab has the experiments, the études and the tools.
8What’s next?
