Shaun Morris
Design Engineer
I'm a full-stack developer with a non-traditional background in consumer science and business. I taught myself to code because I wanted to build, not just plan, pitch, or manage. I believe the best software comes from people who understand both the problem and the code.
How I Got Here
Three disciplines. One role. Everything I've done has led to building things that work beautifully.
Consumer Science
Where human-centered thinking started.
Studied how people interact with products, make purchasing decisions, and form preferences. Every interface is a conversation between a human and a system, and the human's experience is the only metric that matters.
Business
Every design decision accounts for the business it serves.
Finance, business modeling, entrepreneurship, data analytics, and go-to-market strategy. I don't just build interfaces. I understand why they need to exist and how they create value.
Software Development
Learned by building real products, not tutorials.
Full-stack development shipped for real clients and my own ventures. Every project in my portfolio was designed and engineered by me, from database schema to deploy.
Work Experience
Projects & Programs
Credentials & Recognition
Education
Bachelor of Science — Consumer & Retail Science
Cullen College of Engineering — Technology
Master of Business Administration — Finance, Business Modeling, Entrepreneurship
C.T. Bauer College of Business
Certifications
Awards & Recognition
Affiliations
Tech Stack
Design
Building & Utility
| Tool | What I use it for | |
|---|---|---|
 Claude | AI assistant for development and chat features | View |
 Clerk | Rapid authentication and user management | View |
 GitHub | Version control, collaboration, and CI/CD | View |
 Next.js | Full-stack framework, SSR, routing, API routes | View |
 Node.js | Server-side runtime and tooling | View |
 PostgreSQL | Relational database for structured data | View |
 Supabase | Database and backend-as-a-service | View |
 TypeScript | Type-safe JavaScript for reliable code | View |
 Vercel | Deployment, hosting, and edge functions | View |
 VS Code | Primary code editor and IDE | View |
How I Think About Building
I start with the user. Not the technology, not the feature list, not what's trending, but the person who's going to use the thing I'm building.
Every project I take on begins the same way: understand the workflow first. How does someone actually move through this process today? Where do they hesitate? Where do they lose time? Where does the tool get in the way instead of getting out of it? The answers to those questions shape everything: the layout, the flow, the hierarchy, what gets emphasized and what gets removed entirely.
I think of AI the way others think of a bicycle. It extends what you can do, but it doesn't decide where you're going. AI can analyze a document in seconds, surface the right content from a database of thousands, or draft a workflow that would take hours to build manually. But it can't tell you whether the interface feels right. It can't sense that a user is confused before they click. It doesn't know that sometimes the best design decision is removing something rather than adding something.
That is the work I care about: not choosing between human craft and AI capability, but knowing where each one belongs. The user defines the shape. AI fills in the muscle. The result is software that feels like it was built by someone who actually thought about what it's like to use it, because it was.
Human-centric design, AI-powered capability. That's how I build.
Outside of Code
I live in Houston, TX and love being outside, whether that's playing pickleball or volleyball with friends and family, spending a day at the beach, or watching football. I enjoy really good food. My girlfriend and I have gotten pretty good at cooking together for date night, and we love finding hidden gem restaurants all around Houston. I also produce electronic music as a creative outlet and have had the chance to play some really cool shows. I don't truly believe in work-life balance because I believe in pursuing passions, something you take into your identity, not something you separate yourself from.
