jm.JEFF MUTSCHLER
PRODUCT DESIGN / INTERACTION / SYSTEMS

Complex systems.
Clear experiences.

Jeff Mutschler brings design and engineering together; from global supplier platforms, to AI governance software, to the tools musicians, engineers, and producers reach for when making a record.

Austin, Texas
Available for remote opportunities
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ENTERPRISE SCALE. HANDS-ON CRAFT.
General Motors
01 / GENERAL MOTORS / 2014–2023

A shared foundation
for supplier experiences.

Modernizing connected enterprise applications through reusable UI patterns, clear standards, and collaboration across product teams.

Enterprise UXComponent systemsTechnical leadership
Full case study, Angular prototype & design boards ↗
MULTIPLE PRODUCTS. SHARED UI STANDARDS.
SQMSSCMSSPPS
Shared Angular component library
UI conventionsState patternsAPI integration
Retrospective system overview · No internal screens reproduced
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Senior UI/UX Developer & Architect · General Motors

The problem

Supplier applications needed to evolve from legacy JSP interfaces into Angular frontends while supporting business-critical workflows. Multiple product teams needed a common foundation for building and maintaining those experiences.

The contribution

Jeff architected shared components and established UI, state-management, and API integration standards. Requirements work connected stakeholder workshops, process analysis, workflow design, user stories, acceptance criteria, and UI specifications.

Working across disciplines

Product owners, business subject-matter experts, suppliers, UX, QA, support, and engineering contributed to the work. Technical workshops, architecture reviews, and mentoring helped teams apply the shared patterns.

Delivery and validation

The work extended through UAT coordination, defect triage, release readiness, and rotating L3 production support. That connection to real failures kept implementation decisions grounded in operational needs.

DELIVERED

Shared Angular components and standards adopted across multiple supplier-product teams, with mentoring for 40+ developers.

M Media Software Lab
02 / M MEDIA SOFTWARE LAB / ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE

Software built
to be trusted.

AI agent governance, log observability, and desktop data-repair tools for compliance-sensitive buyers. Self-hosted by default, no forced cloud dependency.

AI governanceObservabilityDesktop tooling
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TERMINAL-FIRST TOOLS. NO MARKETING RENDERS.
AALDSiftLogCSV/JSON Medic
Hash-chained audit trail · Cascade-failure detection
Self-hostedNo telemetryAir-gapped ready
Live products · No internal screens reproduced
M Media Audio
03 / M MEDIA AUDIO / COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE

Interfaces you can
hear your way around.

Audio processors that translate signal flow into tangible controls, readable meters, and distinctive visual identities.

Interaction designVisual designAudio workflows
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Broadcast Foundry: teal dual-channel processor with VU meters, linked controls, and clearly grouped input, tone and output knobs
Broadcast Foundry · Dual-channel processing
Curve Control mastering equalizer interface
Curve Control · Mastering equalizer
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Product definition, UI/UX, implementation, release, and support · M Media Audio

The problem

Audio processing presents a dense set of interacting parameters. The interface has to help an engineer make deliberate adjustments while keeping attention on the sound.

Domain knowledge as a starting point

More than 30 years in broadcast, studio production, live sound, mixing, and mastering inform the product work. Signal-flow design and usable controls connect the interface to familiar production tasks.

From artwork to interaction

Control graphics become working interfaces through precise hotspot placement, knob and switch sizing, needle pivots, and consistent visual feedback. The design work includes realistic hardware-inspired surfaces and more contemporary visual directions.

The whole product experience

The responsibility extends to testing, platform delivery, activation, documentation, updates, and direct customer support. Customer questions and reported issues feed the next iteration.

DELIVERED

A commercial catalog spanning dynamics, EQ, saturation, spatial effects, and metering across Windows, macOS, and Linux.

M Media Audio
04 / REFERENCE PLAYER / WINDOWS & LINUX

Serious audio control.
Everyday listening.

A desktop listening experience that brings playback, tonal shaping, dynamics, and visual feedback into one product.

Desktop UXInformation hierarchyProduct ownership
Reference Player interface: transport, compressor, limiter, and 31-band EQ arranged in horizontal sections, black theme
Reference Player · Black theme
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Product definition, workflow and UI design, engineering, and delivery · M Media

The problem

Listening and sound adjustment often occupy different tools. Reference Player brings those activities together for people who want control over how their music sounds.

The interaction challenge

A 31-band EQ, compression, limiting, and metering have to coexist with ordinary playback. The hierarchy must support both active adjustment and simply enjoying a record.

Different levels of attention

Full, strip, and mini player views provide different amounts of visible interface. File, CD, and line-input sources share a transport and processing chain, keeping the underlying listening workflow consistent.

Beyond the main screen

The product also covers CD ripping and burning, including loudness-matched audio CDs. Packaging, documentation, licensing, and direct support form part of the delivered experience.

DELIVERED

A released Windows and Linux player combining local playback with a mastering-oriented processing chain.

Dell
05 / DELL TECHNOLOGIES / 1995–1999

Support tools that
clarify the next step.

Browser-based troubleshooting, internal resources, and customer-facing support interfaces for a global support organization.

Information architectureGuided workflowsSupport UX
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Newly reconstructed support workflow design board

From problem to product.

HOW THE WORK COMES TOGETHER
01

Understand the work.

Connect business requirements, domain knowledge, stakeholder input, and customer problems to the workflow that needs to improve.

02

Make it concrete.

Turn requirements into interaction patterns, UI specifications, reusable components, and working software that teams can evaluate.

03

Stay through delivery.

Carry the decisions into testing, release, documentation, and support. Use production feedback to guide the next iteration.

AI IN THE WORKFLOW

AI-assisted code generation, refactoring, test design, documentation, and platform adaptation; with human ownership of architecture, review, functional validation, and release quality.

THE PERSON BEHIND THE WORK

Design judgment.
Engineering depth.
An ear for detail.

Jeff Mutschler is an Austin-based product developer and UI/UX architect with a background spanning enterprise systems, commercial software, and professional audio.

Nine years at General Motors connect large-scale platform work with today’s hands-on product ownership at M Media. The common thread is turning complicated requirements into useful, maintainable tools.

Additional work includes SiftLog, Agent Action Ledger, CSV Medic, and JSON Medic; products addressing operational visibility, controlled AI actions, and structured-data repair.

I love good design, and I love being part of a team. Whatever the project, that part hasn't changed.

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Languages, Platforms & Tools

Thirty-two years of languages, operating systems, design tools, and creative software - the ones still in daily use and a few that no longer exist.

Languages

Go Python TypeScript JavaScript PHP Java C++ C C# SQL HTML5 CSS3 Perl Classic ASP JSP ASP.NET WebForms BASIC

Frameworks & Libraries

Angular v4–16 RxJS NgRx Angular Material Flask jQuery Bootstrap Kendo UI WordPress WooCommerce JUCE

Databases & Infrastructure

PostgreSQL MySQL SQLite MongoDB Redis Docker Apache Nginx Jenkins GitHub Actions PCF Ansible BlueOnyx Git

Operating Systems

Ubuntu Debian CentOS Red Hat Fedora Slackware FreeBSD macOS Windows 3.1–11 DOS

Design & Creative

Photoshop Illustrator InDesign After Effects Premiere Pro Figma Blender Quark XPress PageMaker CorelDRAW Corel Painter Aldus PhotoStyler 3D Studio Max

Type Design

Fontographer FontLab Custom typeface design Logotype-to-glyph font integration

Audio Production

Pro Tools Cubase Pro Reaper Cool Edit Pro Adobe Audition Wavelab Steinberg Nuendo Ardour Samplitude

AI & Machine Learning

OpenAI API Claude / Anthropic API Ollama RAG Pipelines MCP (Model Context Protocol) Whisper Stable Diffusion Tesseract OCR OpenCV LangChain

Leadership & Process

Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) Agile Scrum SAFe Agile Coaching Jira TFS Technical Leadership Mentoring Cross-Functional Collaboration Stakeholder Workshops Architecture Reviews

Accessibility

WCAG 2.1 AA ARIA Semantic HTML