“My team has worked closely with Austin throughout a major web site redesign effort. Austin has a wealth of knowledge in user centered design and user experience in the online space. He displays passion for those projects which he manages and has extensive experience in implementing those solutions. Austin's creativity drove our team to 'think outside the box' and deliver outstanding results. It would be my privilege if we ever worked together in the future.”

“Austin is a energetic and passionate designer. He is extremely fast, detail oriented and plays well with others. I would highly recommend Austin to any employer looking for dedicated top tier talent. It would be my pleasure to work with him again.”

“Austin is a rare teammate - one who has fire-in-the-belly and is always excited about a challenge that he sees through to completion. I can depend on him to get the job done with grace and efficiency, keeping me informed when appropriate. He is creative as well as business-oriented and always looking to improve his skills and knowledge. It is my hope that we have a long working relationship."

“Austin is a thoughtful and intelligent designer. He is thorough in his design executions and fun to work with. He is always eager to help colleagues when he can and is continually looking for ways to upgrade and diversify his skill set.”

“Austin Hastings listened to my concept and designed exactly what I was looking for: an attractive, inviting, clean and and informative web site. He delivered an effective tool for me to use to grow my business and the feedback from my colleagues and clients has been extremely positive. Top qualities: Great Results, Personable, High Integrity"

“Austin is extremely talented at his craft. I highly recommend utilizing his services for any web based applications. His knowledge and skills were highly regarded as an employee. FireDrum continues to call on Austin for consultation, design and program experience.”

“Austin is a detail-oriented manager who is a great designer watches the balance sheet like a hawk without losing sight of the strategic objective.”

“Even as far back as 2005 it was obvious that Austin not only had a crystal clear vision of he wanted to achieve, but also how to go about getting it. He communicated his thoughts vividly and projected an enormous amount of patience, all the while balancing it out with a never-ending amount of humor to keep the day moving enjoyably.”

"Austin Hastings led the Deposit Imaging team through a maize of undefined and shifting requirements with professionalism and unswerving dedication to process, best practices, and doing the right thing. Austin was never shy to ask questions about process, about deliverables, about each team member’s recommendations; in short, he was always learning and generously sharing his knowledge base throughout the project. When project team issues bogged down in indecision, Austin quickly and decisively recommended next steps and additional contacts who could provide additional guidance and insight. He was continually moving the project forward, but ensuring at each step that team members were meeting deliverables and understanding upcoming expectations and timelines. As a team member, Austin was quick to lend a hand and forward communications for speedy yet correct results. He is generous with his time, recognizes contributions by others, is highly organized and always dependable. Austin Hastings is modest, dedicated, trustworthy, and an all-around nice guy. I really enjoyed working with him on Deposit Imaging."

"Austin has been a key member from the UX team helping us complete the wireframes for the Deposit Images project. He and his team have had to work on very tight time lines and have continued to impress the rest of the team with their creative ideas and quick turnaround times. Thank you Austin for making such a positive impact and doing with such a 'can do' attitude."

"Building customer/client-driven environments, Demonstrating sound judgment and acting with speed, and Communicating crisply and candidly. Austin’s project leadership on LaSalle Transition Customer Day 1 efforts has proven his commitment to building good designs based on customer/client needs in a timely, error free manor. He’s raised the bar on demonstrating sound judgment and acting with speed by finding a way to meet the clients deadlines often with only a few hours notice. The short timelines and high risk involved in CD1 require that Austin communicate crisply and candidly, he is showcasing this skill on this project."

“Austin is solid at building relationships and partnerships with members outside the team and internal to the team. Austin began his exposure to business partners through his first project lead responsibilities on LaSalle Transition and shows tremendous promise in this area” “While UX was not seen as an equal partner on the LaSalle Transition going in, Austin worked hard to drive partners to see the value UX brought to the table and inserted himself as an equal to show our value. He has advanced our perception amongst team members and to our LaSalle partners.”
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“Austin’s leadership of LaSalle was rock solid, an unexpected surprise given it was his first project lead responsibility [at the Bank]. We will need to take advantage of Austin's skills in this area. Additional project leadership can open doors for Austin by exposing his talents across UX and to business partners as well.”
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"Austin has done an outstanding job in the re-design of the new ShopSafe client. Not only did he do a great job of developing the design, but he also showed dedication in ensuring the design was deployed on time to the vendor (Orbiscom) without compromising its integrity. Several times Austin had conferences with the vendor, pertaining to the design and functionality, where he participated early in the morning to accommodate the time difference with Orbiscom’s designers in Dublin, Ireland. Also, on the Friday before a week vacation, he stayed as long as necessary to ensure last minute changes were made to meet a deadline."
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"Austin has gone above and beyond to help support Macintosh issue resolution as we transition to another support model. Although he has little or no available bandwidth given his design responsibilities, he has somehow managed to provide his invaluable support whenever needed."