Jacky Ho

Product Designer · Creative Technologist

I design products where technology, creativity, and business meet.

Toronto-based product designer and creative technologist working across AI platforms, digital tools, and connected products.

Founder at Westside Union · Faculty at George Brown College · Open to product, innovation, and creative technology opportunities

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TORONTO / 2026

Recent projects across product design, AI, and physical innovation.

Paviqo AI-powered automotive lead management dashboard showing a lead pipeline with qualification stages

Paviqo

in development · 2024–2025

Reducing lead leakage for automotive dealerships with AI-powered qualification and follow-up.

Product StrategyAI WorkflowsSaaS UX+1
Close-up of a Bio Union smart garment showing embedded sensor threads in dark athletic fabric

Bio Union

previous venture · Documented activity through 2023

Connected smart garments for long-term physiological monitoring.

Wearable TechnologyProduct VisionHardware/Software+1
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Capabilities

Product & Experience

Product strategy, UX architecture, workflows, prototyping, design systems

AI & Technology

AI workflows, automation, SaaS, connected products, hardware/software ecosystems

Creative Direction & Business

Brand systems, storytelling, market framing, presentations, stakeholder communication

Career Journey

A multidisciplinary progression over the past decade.

2007 – 2016

Fashion & Textile Engineering

Founded Box Clothing and served as Design Director for Seven Crash, leading haute couture and ready-to-wear collections.

2017 – 2023

Wearable Health Technology

Co-founded Bio Union and engineered medical wearables at NKG, designing biosensor garments bridging textiles, hardware, and health software.

2014 – Present

Education & Design Leadership

Teaching design, fashion, and creative technology across multiple universities and colleges while advancing product practice.

2009 – Present

Digital Products & AI

Leading Westside Union to build AI-powered SaaS platforms and shipping tools like Paviqo and Artpresso for creative professionals.

A practice rooted in exploration.

My approach to product design is informed by a long-standing artistic practice. Whether I am developing AI tools for enterprise or creating new media installations, I look for the intersection where human experience and complex systems meet.

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Open to roles in product design, innovation strategy, and creative technology. Based in Toronto, Canada.

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