Aaron Beaudoin

About

Hi, I'm Aaron

Aaron Beaudoin, smiling, in a dark suit and blue tie.

I'm a UX designer who comes from sales, running a business, and astrophysics research. I spent seven years owning client accounts and leading sales teams, and I ran my own sports bar and grill. Those jobs taught me that most products fail at the point where a real person gets stuck.

That's why I started Rinkside. Booking a drop-in skate at a Denver rink took me 13 taps across 3 websites, so I researched it, designed a one-app fix, and built a working alpha with Claude Code. Now I'm working on the rink-staff side of it.

I like owning a product end to end: research, design, and build. I'm looking for an entry-level UX role at a startup or mid-size company where I can do all three.

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Background

  • June 2026 – now

    Founder, UX Designer & Developer, Rinkside

    Research, design, and build for a hockey app for skaters and rinks. Read the case study.

  • 2024 – 2026

    B2B Market Sales Lead and Account Manager, Cellular Sales (Verizon Authorized Retailer)

    Owned 125+ Verizon Business accounts, then designed and launched a regional B2B sales program for 150 reps across 20 stores in two states.

  • 2022 – 2024

    Owner & Operator, STiX Crafthouse

    Opened and ran a sports bar and grill with a staff of up to 25, and did all its branding. See the brand work.

  • 2016 – 2022

    Sales leadership, Cellular Sales and Credico

    Led and coached sales teams of up to 25, and opened offices in Utah, Michigan, and Colorado.

  • 2010 – 2015

    B.S. in Astronomy and Astrophysics, minor in Theoretical Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    Research on supernovae and telescope test software. See the research.

Certification

Google UX Design Professional Certificate, Coursera, October 2026. Verify the certificate

Skills

UX & design
User research, interviews, surveys, competitive analysis, journey mapping, user stories, wireframing, prototyping, accessibility auditing, Figma, FigJam, Canva
Build & AI
Claude Code, Claude API, Expo / React Native, Next.js, Supabase, Clerk, Vercel, GitHub
Data & tools
Power BI, Salesforce, Excel, Python, SQL, Google Workspace