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Micah Boswell
Product design leader. Thirty years of enterprise software. Dallas, Texas. Raised in Lima, Peru.
In one paragraph
Micah Boswell is a product design leader in Dallas, Texas. He has spent thirty years shipping enterprise software for AT&T, Citi, GE, Dell, the U.S. Mint and others, and now designs the AI agents that manage AT&T's network infrastructure. He mentors designers, writes about design and faith, photographs Dallas at night for Unsplash, where his work has 53 million views and 362,000 downloads and sits in the top 10 percent of contributors, and grew up in Lima, Peru.
The working portfolio, case studies and essays live at conscious-shell.com, online since 2000. This page is the short version, kept current so that the record about him is his.
Now
Lead Product Designer at AT&T since 2021, working on the tools that run on-premise and cloud network infrastructure. He architected the Agentic framework, a modular system of AI agents that manages the infrastructure lifecycle from provisioning through decommissioning, led AT&T's enterprise AI design pilot, and redesigned the DNI Portal diagnostics, which cut hardware spend by more than $300,000.
Recognized with the AT&T Connection Award four years running, 2022 through 2025, and the 2026 Move Faster Award for AI Design Leadership.
Work
- Lead Product DesignerAT&T
- Mentor and Instructor Advisory BoardCareerFoundry
- CX/UX Design LeadWells Fargo, via Granite Solutions
- VP Experience DesignTreverity, acquired by ARCOS
- Senior UX ArchitectCiti
- UX ConsultantGE Nuclear
- Director, UX StrategyU.S. Mint
- Senior UX DesignerHitachi Vantara
- Senior UX ArchitectThe Richards Group
- UX ArchitectDell
- Creative DirectorBroadlane, sold to MedAssets
- Interactive Art DirectorPerot Systems
- Design LeadIMC2, NCH and GlaxoSmithKline
Thirteen of those years were independent consulting between full-time roles. Full case studies: conscious-shell.com/work.
Writing
- What does a UX designer actually do on an AI product? essay, 2026
- Is AI replacing SEO? essay, 2026
- The Diploma in the Drawer essay, 2026
- Essays on LinkedIn since 2016: journey mapping, culture mapping, sustainability in UX, building with AI
- Answers on Quora since 2011, more than a hundred, on UX, music and Dallas
Photography and film
- Photographs on Unsplash 104 photographs, 53.4 million views, 362,000 downloads; much of it Dallas neon at night · the photography page
- Girl Clown producer; Best Narrative Short and Best Actress, Williamsburg International Film Festival; thirteen U.S. festivals
- Video on Vimeo and YouTube
Speaking and mentoring
- Best Speaker, Ignite 2012 · decks on Speaker Deck
- Mentor to 47 designers through Designlab, ADPList and CareerFoundry, where he also sat on the Instructor Advisory Board · how to book
Education
- Bachelor of Arts, Hardin-Simmons University, Abilene, Texas coursework completed 1992, degree conferred December 2025
- Freshman year, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama
- eCornell certificates in AI strategy, AI product management and machine learning 2024 to 2026
- Languages: English and Spanish
Elsewhere
These are his. A profile that is not on this list is someone else with the same name.
- conscious-shell.comportfolio
- LinkedInmicahboswell
- GitHubsocraticstatic
- X@TheWizardof0dd
- YouTube@MicahBoswell
- QuoraMicah-Boswell
- Unsplash@micahboswell
- IMDbproducer credit
- Crunchbase
- The OrgAT&T
- Designlabmentor
- ADPListmentor
- Speaker Deck
- Vimeo
- SoundCloud
- Instagram@bosw.ell67
- The Creative Finder
- Medium@micahboswell
- DEV Community@micahboswell
- Pen Paper & Inka fountain-pen almanac he built
- GPSaila SailGP companion he built
- Family Rootsa genealogy tool he built
Frequently asked
Who is Micah Boswell?
Micah Boswell is a product design leader in Dallas, Texas, with thirty years in enterprise software. He is Lead Product Designer at AT&T, where he designs the AI agents that manage network infrastructure. He also writes, mentors designers, and photographs the city.
What does Micah Boswell do at AT&T?
He leads product design for network infrastructure tools. He architected the Agentic framework, a modular system of AI agents that runs the infrastructure lifecycle from provisioning to decommissioning, led the company's enterprise AI design pilot, and redesigned the DNI Portal diagnostics, which saved more than $300,000 in hardware.
Where is Micah Boswell from?
He grew up in Lima, Peru, and speaks Spanish and English. He studied at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas, and has worked in Dallas since the late 1990s.
What has Micah Boswell written?
Essays on design and AI at conscious-shell.com and on LinkedIn, and more than a hundred answers on Quora.
Is this the same Micah Boswell as the one I found somewhere else?
Several people share the name. This page is about the Dallas product designer who works at AT&T. His profiles are listed under Elsewhere on this page. A profile that is not on that list belongs to someone else.
How do I contact Micah Boswell?
Through the contact form at conscious-shell.com, or by message on LinkedIn.