Carlos Tarrats

Currently in Los Angeles, CA

Full-stack product designer most recently with the Department of Defense's Chief Digital and AI Office (Defense Digital Service), working on modernization initiatives in high-security environments.

My work spans product, systems, and visual design across startups, enterprise, and government. I’m drawn to complex software, operational workflows, and emerging technologies, with a practice that increasingly blends design and hands-on building using AI-assisted development tools.

Selected Projects:

Personal

AdaptiveShop — A simpler way to start selling online See More

Professional

Defense Digital Service — Bringing modern product design practices into high-security government systems See More

Defense Digital Service — DoD digital transformation integrating AI, data, cyber, and IT
Personal

Control— A local-first AI app for iPhone that runs entirely on-device See More

Professional

RankBee — Visibility tooling for ChatGPT, Gemini, content quality, and generative search See More

RankBee — AI visibility platform for generative search optimization
Personal

Frank — Local-first collaboration layer for things that aren't on the internet yet See More

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Library

Currently Reading
Cibola Burn book cover Cibola Burn James S.A. Corey
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Abaddon's Gate book cover Abaddon's Gate James S.A. Corey
Caliban's War book cover Caliban's War James S.A. Corey
Leviathan Wakes book cover Leviathan Wakes James S.A. Corey
The Name of the Wind book cover The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss
Mistborn trilogy book covers: The Final Empire, The Well of Ascension, and The Hero of Ages Mistborn Trilogy Brandon Sanderson
Blood Meridian book cover Blood Meridian Cormac McCarthy
Neuromancer book cover Neuromancer William Gibson
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? book cover Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Philip K. Dick
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold book cover The Spy Who Came in from the Cold John le Carré
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress book cover The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress Robert A. Heinlein
Redwall book cover Redwall Brian Jacques
On the Road book cover On the Road Jack Kerouac
Designing Design book cover Designing Design Kenya Hara
Karlssonwilker Inc.'s Tellmewhy: The First 24 Months of a New York Design Company book cover Karlssonwilker Inc.'s Tellmewhy Clare Jacobson
The Lord of the Rings trilogy book covers: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King The Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hobbit book cover The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien
The Odyssey book cover The Odyssey Homer
The Iliad book cover The Iliad Homer
The Waste Land book cover The Waste Land T.S. Eliot
The Big Sleep book cover The Big Sleep Raymond Chandler
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn book cover Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain
The Tao of Pooh book cover The Tao of Pooh Benjamin Hoff
and more...