About me?
My name is
Oscar Laliberte Else.
My career as a chef was years of practicing User-Centered design; I spent my life figuring out how I could create the most comfortable, intuitive and pain-free experience for each of our guests.
It’s something I love doing and is one of the things that led me to UX design.
I'm currently working as a Product Designer at Actual, a hospitality tech company building tools for tip management, payroll automation, and operations reporting. My focus is on making complex financial workflows feel simple and trustworthy for restaurant operators, managers, and staff who rarely have time to crunch the numbers themselves.
While I’m independently minded, more than anything I love to collaborate: I do my best work in small, cross-functional teams, where design, engineering, and the people closest to customers are all solving problems together.
My years in film and motion graphics design have given me a huge toolbox of technical skills, a keen eye for detail and a strong sense for aesthetics. My knack for strategy and always finding the pragmatic solution comes from years in high-pressure kitchens; my aptitude for empathetic design comes from a love of creating for others.
Long story short: I’m great at cooking seafood, design thinking and finding the right path to move a project forward.
Some other stuff:
I completed Springboard’s UX/UI Design Program in 2024 and hold a diploma in Culinary Arts and Management from George Brown College.
When I'm not doing design work, I make stuff and I enjoy the outdoors. I fly-fish (badly), play chess online (also badly) and I still love to cook (I'm pretty darn good at that one).
Thanks for taking the time to get to know me! Please be in touch, I’d love to chat.
Ask me about: Why hammock camping is superior, advice on your home renovation or which series of detective novel I'm currently reading.
And for fun, here’s some food I’ve cooked: