Michael Pico Jr.
I translate what's broken for the people who can't afford for it to stay that way.
SENIOR PRODUCT DESIGNER
Senior Product Designer with 10+ years building high-trust products in the environments where stakes are real — fintech, iGaming, healthcare, and regulated enterprise. I don't ship fragile. I get it right the first time so every adjustment after is additive, not corrective.
Featured Projects
Pediatric Care Operations Hub Case Study
A HIPAA-Aligned Operations Surface for Pediatric Practices
CrampGuard
Predicttive cramp prevention. Designed for Strava + Apple Watch.
Avila Design System
A fully connected design-to-code system. Rooted in Hispanic heritage. Built from scratch.
About Me
I'm a dad first, with two sons, a wife, and a household that keeps me honest about what actually matters. It is this responsibility that shapes how I design more than any framework or methodology ever could. It has taught me to anticipate needs before they're expressed, create calm in moments of uncertainty, and build things people can actually trust.
My great-great-grandfather was Pío Pico, the last Mexican Governor of Alta California. I grew up knowing the name, but I understand it better now: a man who made consequential decisions with imperfect information, and fought to protect what he'd built as the world changed around him. That's the inheritance I carry into every product I touch.
Las Vegas is home. When I'm not designing, I'm at CrossFit, grinding through a Hyrox block, or logging Peloton miles. Showing up every day, as a designer, a father, a husband, is the work underneath the work.