Product & Visual Design Leader | Design Systems, Identity, and User Experience at Scale
I’m a product and visual design leader with 15+ years of experience creating scalable, human-centered products across platforms. At Microsoft, I led design systems, theming, and visual identity initiatives that unified Outlook and Office for hundreds of millions of users.
Directed Outlook’s brand expression across app icon, theming, and marketing visuals—launching globally across platforms and seen by 400 million users; praised for clarity, cohesion, and brand resonance.
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Established horizontal visual strategy to unify aesthetics across Outlook, improving satisfaction, trust, and design adoption; increased internal design velocity by 20% through reusable visual patterns.
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Founded and scaled the Outlook Design System, enabling consistent, high-quality design across multiple teams; reduced redundancy and accelerated cross-platform development.
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Led foundational visual strategy for Windows & Web, enhancing typography, color, iconography, and navigation; improved usability, reduced cognitive friction, and strengthened brand coherence.
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Fostered design culture and team growth through AI learning initiatives, workshops, and studio identity efforts; increased team engagement and cross-functional collaboration.
Led design for Universal Win32 Mail & Calendar, delivering a cohesive Windows experience that improved usability and reinforced platform consistency across millions of consumer and enterprise users.
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Defined and unified M365 brand personality, aligning suite-level visuals—headers, navigation, and color systems—resulting in stronger brand coherence and cross-app familiarity.
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Championed visual design standards across the greater organization, driving design quality and alignment across teams; accelerated collaboration and reduced redundant design effort.
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Integrated illustration and teaching UI, creating reusable frameworks that increased user clarity, emotional engagement, and improved feature onboarding across partner teams.
