Built and scaled a cross-functional design, research, and safety team during CARIAD’s U.S. market expansion—driving product strategy across Audi, Porsche, and VW with a focus on accessibility, safety, and user-centered innovation.

• Built and led a cross-functional team of 6 (design, research, and safety) to support VW Group’s North American market expansion and address strategic customer priorities across Audi, Porsche, and VW.

• Co-led cross-brand alignment on accessibility and safety standards for CARIAD’s unified software platform, contributing to systems used across Audi, Porsche, and VW and impacting 10M+ vehicles annually.

• Championed the accessibility vision and UX architecture for an in-car screen reader; partnered with engineering, brand teams, legal, and safety to align on implementation.

• Improved team engagement and performance during startup phase through design review cycles, career development initiatives, and visibility of team contributions.

Accessibility advocate and industry leader guiding inclusive design and research strategy within VW Group’s innovation lab—shaping future vehicle platforms through user research, standards development, and cross-sector collaboration.

• Led and expanded VW Group’s Inclusive Mobility Initiative, partnering with 6 disability organizations to advance accessibility in future mobility platforms and broaden VW Group’s customer reach

• Led initiative to define wheelchair accessibility in next-generation EVs; collaborated with brand teams, industry partners, and U.S. government agencies. Organized two national roundtables, convening 60+ stakeholders to develop standards strategies

• Contributed to defining VW Group’s accessibility vision for future vehicle platforms through user research and collaboration with pre-development engineering teams in Germany

Established and led VW Group’s Inclusive Mobility Initiative—partnering with 6 disability organizations to expand accessibility and broaden the customer base to include disabled users.

Led UX design and research for Intel’s spatial computing and 3D sensing initiatives, collaborating across business, design, and engineering teams to deliver novel user experiences and developer tools.

• Led interaction design and UX research for launch of RealSense 3D camera, collaborating with LEGO to release 3 augmented reality games

• Worked cross-functionally with executive stakeholders across marketing, middleware, software, and design

• Authored UX design guidelines for RealSense cameras to support 3rd-party developer adoption and consistent interaction standards

• Designed open-source wearable navigation aid for blind users—featured at CES keynote and tested with both disabled Intel employees and external users