An establishing designer for startups and emerging organizations.
I have a strong foundation in traditional design with a focus on information technology through 19 years of professional experience, serving both as a people manager and an individual contributor.
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I have a strong foundation in traditional design with a focus on information technology and 19 years of professional experience, serving both as a people manager and an individual contributor. My career has been diverse, spanning start-ups, agencies, cloud providers, public broadcasting, and public archaeology—I believe variety truly is the spice of life.
My affinity for diversity has allowed me to experiment with emerging technologies through human-centric prototypes that employ Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Robotics, Internet of Things, and Spatial Computing. I'm also dedicated to giving back as a volunteer facilitator, mentor, and teacher, most recently speaking to the Industrial Design program at CUNY. On a personal note, I'm a tinkerer, musician, and proud dog dad.
2024 — Current
Staff UX Designer — Google
First Designer in Google Public Sector
2023 — 2024
Head of Design — Panasonic Well
First Design Hire
2019 — 2023
Principal Design Technologist — AWS
First Designer in Global Solutions Architecture
2018 — 2019
UX Director — St. John
First ever UX Director
I design with critical optimism and radical transparency
Transparent
I believe in sharing and testing, early and often. Perfection is the enemy of progress.
Scientific
I begin my work with a human-centric, evidence-based approach.
Focused
I fall in love with the problem, not the solution. I scope my design investments to match what we need to know and demonstrate first.
Iterative
Critical design phases all have heuristic definitions of "done," until we know better.