Product Designer on Safety — video retrieval, AI video search, and AI-augmented design workflows.

• Designing video retrieval UX and AI-powered video search for Samsara’s safety products; partnering with PM and Engineering from discovery through ship.

• Running weekly design crits within Safety and presenting work to design leadership on a regular cadence.

• Leading cross-team design collaboration (Platform, Help, others) and mentoring designers on AI-augmented workflows to speed prototyping and reduce handoff friction.

• Prototyping in code (Cursor, dev environments) and using GitHub/Sandboxes to move from Figma to working prototypes for faster iteration and stakeholder alignment.

• Applying a second-brain / structured note-taking practice (Obsidian, personal OS) to keep context, decisions, and learnings organized across complex product areas.

Supporting startups and growth-stage teams on brand-product systems, UX workflows, and AI‑augmented design ops.

• Chalkboard (daily fantasy sports): Contract role in the Growth pod. Improving onboarding, retention, and KYC flows; refining first-time deposit experience; and developing the new referral program. Partnering across pods to reduce silos and strengthen system coherence. Early feedback highlighted that my handoff approach improved clarity and became a reference point for design quality.

• Greenlane (fuel-card fintech): Brand work, design system buildout, and UX improvements for onboarding and fuel purchase flows

• Ancestry: Short-term advisory — collaborated on early explorations of AI-first UI and onboarding logic

Currently open to full-time opportunities focused on product design leadership, systems thinking, and cross-functional collaboration.

• Delivered a high-visibility campaign for Microsoft and led asset production for a generative AI rollout, contributing to expanded client partnerships

• Designed retention-focused onboarding and subscription flows for McAfee’s consumer security platform

• Led cross-functional website redesign for World Wildlife Fund, coordinating closely with dev and client teams

• Explored AI tooling to accelerate UX workflows and prototype generation, contributing to internal design ops improvements

Tasks: Website implementation, design system, VQA, design mentoring

• Led a team of 4 UX/UI designers to redefine Fisker’s web and app platforms, supporting a shift to a dealership model.

• Strong stakeholder engagement with product and engineering teams to integrate UX/UI designs, enhancing release cadence and team collaboration.

• Optimized our workflow, Figma structure and design system for improved accessibility and efficiency, easing new designer onboarding and boosting scalability.

• Aligned design efforts with business goals, driving increased sales and customer satisfaction.