Teaches:

• Senior Thesis

• Experience Design

• Futures Lab with Samsung Research

• Visual Interaction Design

Led one of the nation’s top interaction design programs while building a high-performance creative organization.

Academic and administrative leadership for CCA's Interaction Design Undergraduate Program.

Recruited, led, and managed 27+ full-time and adjunct faculty from leading technology and design organizations

Directed strategic planning and budget management, including full curriculum redesign

Grew program enrollment 40% through program strategy and marketing initiatives

Implemented data-driven evaluation frameworks for program planning and decision-making

Built industry partnerships with Oracle, Google, Medtronic, Adobe, Visa, and Vitra to deliver real-world product design collaborations

Sponsored Studios:

Future of Work studio - SwissNext, CCA, Vitra

Oracle Design + CCA Design for Trust Sponsored Studio

Medtronic + CCA Diabetes Monitoring Sponsored Studio

Samsung R&D + CCA Future of Home Sponsored Studio

Google Digital Wellness + CCA XD Studio

I work with start ups to Fortune 500 companies on strategic design projects.

From designing entire complex enterprise products to marketing campaigns to staffing up and training design teams.

Most recent projects include:

A risk and rehabilitation feature for an AI SaaS platform applying artificial intelligence and computer vision to critical infrastructure systems.

A concept design for emergency management system, applying data science, and product leadership to define product vision to address complex technical, policy, and human-experience challenges.

Audio and location based audio social history tours

Directed UX and design operations for SF.gov during the COVID-19 response, delivering accessible information and services to millions of residents.

The Director of the Design Team comprises experienced UX designers, researchers, service designers, and content strategists.

• Head of the design team

• Led recruiting and selection processes for design positions

• Defined and enforced Design standards and practices for the Digital Services Team

• Developed policies for accessibility of applications and ensure that policy is followed within Digital Services and shared and implemented citywide

Projects:

• Creation of the Workers and Family First Program

• Service design and Online application and appointment booking experience design of the CityTestSF, Citywide COVID19 Testing sites.

• introduction of social media promotion for building awareness of city services

• Way-finding designed a site for people experiencing homelessness to shelter in place during the COVID Pandemic