Recommendations

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"I was a direct report of Eli's. Eli is the best manager I've ever had. He invested in my growth as a designer and a person, by taking the time to understand my background, past experiences and skills to help me create a professional development plan that matched my career goals. 

Eli is the type of manager that provides cover when you need it but never a micromanager. I learned a lot about strategic platform design and how to be a cross functional systems thinker from watching him manage his team and stakeholders. I would not hesitate to work with Eli again."

"Thoughtful. Driven. Pragmatic. Organized. These are the words that come to mind, when I think of Eli.  At Wayfair, Eli was well respected by his design peers. He established strong working relationships with his product and engineering counterparts. He's also a true servant leader, who built a highly collaborative and functioning design team, all while supporting multiple product areas previously devoid of UX resources.  

Eli’s authentic and genuine character — I really mean it — made him a sought out mentor and thought partner for many on Wayfair's Enterprise Design team, myself included. I valued his counsel and support.  Eli’s breadth of experience, design leadership, and strategic thinking would make him a valuable addition to any organization."

"I believe one key to being successful is to work with great people. Elijah is a hard working professional who has been a joy to work with. He is detail oriented, ambitious, loyal, insightful and independent. 

Elijah is a take-charge inspirational person who is able to present creative solutions to complex problems and has the ability to effectively communicate the benefits to clients and or stakeholders. Definitely someone I enjoyed having on my team daily."

"Eli is a tenacious senior design leader who has the ability to balance outward stakeholder and strategic efforts with mentoring and creating a strong team culture. Eli joined my team and took over a complex area of the business. Within a week, he demonstrated an excellent understanding of the domain and had already began gaining trust from key partners and his team.  

Eli holds himself, and everyone around him, to a high standard, and is considered to be a very approachable leader and mentor. Designers from other domains in our company sought out his guidance on both projects and their career path. Eli is someone I trust without reservation to lead his team to measurable success. I look forward to another opportunity to work together and continue demonstrating the value of product design in business."

"Eli was an absolute joy to work with. As soon as he joined our team, he made a great impression and fostered relationships with people in design, product, and engineering. He was proactive and started leading giant initiatives that would help transform our enterprise media tools.  

Eli is just fun to collaborate with, he always brought excitement and energy to each meeting, and made everyone feel included.  I always knew that Eli had my back, and he regularly mentored me through one-on-ones while he was my manager. I've learned how to approach problems more holistically and how to better run design meetings and workshops because of Eli. I hope I get the chance to work with him again in the future, he's an amazing design leader."

I worked on Eli's design team for the last year and saw first hand what an effective leader he is. He has a unique ability to think strategically about business needs and how they translate into design priorities, understanding fully how to efficiently scale not only products but also organizations. 

He is an incredible manager who constantly empowered our team to be more effective design partners. I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to work with Eli and I am excited to see the success the he will continue to accomplish.

"Eli is one of many Senior Product Design Leaders in my organization, but has consistently stood out to me as a future industry leader. He combines strategic design thinking with a pragmatic and lean approach to product, which enables him to not only manage stakeholder relationships effectively, but also his team of direct reports. 

Eli understands the balance of coaching and guiding the team while empowering them to grow and succeed on their own, and does so by creating a creative, safe, fun, and welcoming team culture. I would work for Eli if a professional opportunity presented itself, and I believe any company would be lucky to have him."

"It isn't everyday that you come across a system thinker like Eli who can bring people together and align on a UX vision.  Eli was a partner of mine in the product design leadership team, and was instrumental in articulating a path to a unified experience across what had been a disparate set of supplier facing tools.  I will sorely miss Eli's camaraderie and team building skills, but my loss will surely be another team's gain, and Eli will become a great asset in any organization he joins."

"It’s rare that you have the opportunity to work with a manager who is also a coach and a mentor - but I did when I worked with Eli for a year. We may often hear people say: “great managers understand there is no one-size fits all solution to growth and should provide equitable opportunity for each member to succeed” - Eli is one of the few I have seen who could actually do this well. 

So well in fact, that multiple designers who did not report to him directly, myself included, would seek his council often.  One thing I will always remember about Eli is - if he saw someone having a rough day, he would make the time to check in with them before he left or was offline for the day.  If you’re thinking about adding him to your team, Eli comes with my highest recommendation!"

"Eli is a great manager I have seen first hand his ability to problem solve and manage a design team. He is a manager that really cares about the growth of his team members and the people he's mentors. Eli encourages you to think differently when approaching a problem. 

Eli is a leader that is a team player, a problem solver, a strategic thinker, a great communicator, future-focused, result oriented, builds relationships and has mastered the art of listening. I am very grateful to have worked with Eli and would work with him again if the opportunity presented itself."

"I had the pleasure of working with Eli at Wayfair, where he was a senior product design manager. It was under his suggestion and guidance that I collaborated closely with his team on both cross-departmental and individual design projects. During the time we worked together, it was immediately made clear to me just how talented of a designer and manager Eli is. He understood what each of his reports needed in order to not only succeed in their current roles but to truly grow in their careers. 

I was also repeatedly impressed by his ability to, on one hand, formulate and propel forward a strategic vision for both his team and large-scale projects, and on the other hand, provide insightful design expertise and feedback. In short, he knows his stuff.  Eli’s incredibly hard working and wonderful to work with. He was a leader not just within his team, but across Enterprise Product Design at Wayfair where he contributed to a deep sense of empowerment, camaraderie, and community. I can’t recommend Eli highly enough. I admire him as a leader and designer, and given the opportunity, I would jump at the chance to work with him again."

"Eli has the natural ability to solve problems in a creative way. He can quickly grasp a concept and take it to the next level. His ability to empathize with people and personalities really shines when he manages a team and he develops relationships with cross functional departments. I had the pleasure working with him and would highly recommend him to any team needing that unique design leader and strategic thinker."