HCI designer · San Francisco

Ryan Brill

I do my best work where the map is still being drawn. I study how people actually work, add what’s missing, and build tools to test it.

Design director, Kessel Run, U.S. Air Force · Previously Draper · M.S. HCI, Carnegie Mellon

Published AR design heuristics, HFES 2017 · U.S. patent 10,564,127

Case study 1 · Prismatic and Sounding · 2025 to today

Earned trust between an expert and AI

How a researcher teaches a panel of AI models their screening judgment, and how they know when to trust the models with the rest. Prismatic Advisory and Sounding, 2025–2026.

Co-founder and head of product · research, design and build Read the case study →

Case study 2 · Draper · 2016 to 2019

Design principles for attention in mixed reality

Establishing design principles for the HoloLens through sketch, prototype and headset testing, then applying them to an industrial inspection problem. Draper, 2016 to 2019.

HCI engineer and lead designer Read the case study →