About me

As a designer #

With over seven years of experience leading the UX design process for web and mobile products, I am an expert at transforming user insights into goal-driven design deliverables that improve the end-to-end user experience. Whether synthesizing strategic research, communicating product vision, producing interactive prototypes, or creating design systems, I strive to inspire others through my passion and dedication to excellence. As a curious, compassionate people person, I cultivate relationships with diverse groups of stakeholders to create the type of collaboration that amplifies results across the whole organization.

How I got here #

Back when I worked at Yammer, and then Microsoft, I was designing analytics and reporting systems with my eye solely on the business. Then one day, I had the good fortune to be invited to a user research meeting. It was my first introduction to UX and designing with the user front of mind. I was hooked.

Since 2015 I have been fortunate for experiences that helped me grow as a product designer, a UX designer, a service designer, and a researcher working for many organizations.

My work at Turner Construction and SKUR Inc. challenged me to design products in 3D and improvise with new methods and design tools.

My work with Stamen, USCF Osher Center, Palo Alto University, and Paul Ekman LLC, helped me develop personally as I helped them design products for emotional intelligence.

I honed my service design and user research skills when I worked with Mandel Communications, Be Great LLC, and Claude Stein to create new offerings in communication and leadership training.

And most recently, my work for Flipcause rallied all of my previous experience together as I helped influence the product vision and direction and mentored junior designers. The opportunity to use my talents to give back to an underserved but vital sector in our society has been gratifying.

Visit my Linkedin profile for more details about my work history.

When I’m not designing #

When I’m not designing, I’m doing the other things I love: dancing with live drumming, making new sauces for my air fryer improvisations, and sending my niece funny videos. I also maintain a hypnotherapy and spiritual counseling practice.

While working on my demo EP (white boy blues vibe), I’ve been diving deep into melodies and basslines of soul, funk, punk, and x-wave artists. Pro tip: playlists made by audio engineers can be a gold mine for discovering music outside your algorithm!

On the internet, I’m frequently browsing Hacker News, scouring Reddit for non-bot reviews, and learning from others on forums and Discord servers. My appetite for continuous learning never seems sated.

I currently live in San Carlos, CA, and my happy places during the pandemic have been hiking through the Penninsula watershed and jumping into the cold waters of the Pacific!