I help clients reach their goals. With 20 years of experience in design, UX, research, design leadership, design ops and workshops. I increase company output, build data driven solutions with research, set up or refine design teams, build their web presence and enable ideas with workshops.

• Led design systems and end-to-end product vision. Implemented strategy and governance,

resulting in improved customer satisfaction by 20%.

• Increased employee happiness by 28%, by building harmony in my teams, better design processes,

providing leadership opportunities and hiring great talent.

• I implemented an improved web presence, brand, marketing materials and product usability,

increasing and retaining new customers by 20x.

• Built Mariana Tek’s design system and dev tools which doubled the speed of product development.

• Hired a design team to best meet the needs of our growing company - scaling it by 3x. I also

adjusted staff to make sure we had the right level of talent and competencies.

• Built a design team by creating structure (job titles and descriptions) and rigor (meetings, reviews,

expectations, etc…) where none had existed before.

• Added significant billable work to Dev Seed’s invoices, notably UX and research, increasing the

amount they charged by 25%. This also resulted in happier clients and 10% fewer revisions.

• Worked with clients in many different modalities to achieve great results - collaborating across

countries with many different communication and language barriers.

• Implemented a mentorship program and internal review system for the design team. This

ensured we delivered high quality products and allowed for faster learning.