UX design is a political compromise between technologies, business models, and people. A good design is a compromise that works well for all three. My PhD focused on the development of user interaction in the proliferation of computer technology.

Experience

Horizon3.aiSenior Product Designer

2025 — Now

San Francisco Bay Area

Designing intuitive, accessible user experiences for NodeZero, Horizon3.ai’s autonomous pentesting platform.

I collaborate across teams to turn complex security workflows into simple, elegant interfaces.

Focused on usability, consistency, and empowering defenders through great design.

TrusteroPrincipal UX Designer

2022 — 2025

San Francisco Bay Area

Lead product design at fledgling startup focused on NLP/AI/GPT for compliance (regtech). Got to wear lots of hats, including my usual platform design work, product management, UX Research, Marketing Design (website, tradeshow booth, product demos, blogger, KB article authoring, SQL query coding, AI image generation, Python scripting, Graphic Design, and helping us get our SOC 2!

The mission is very reasonable: we should use AI to review a lot of compliance paperwork and help people comply with existing standards such as SOC 2.

TruSyftSenior Product Designer

2024 — 2024

Product design turning a clear concept into all the specific flows and screens for a valuable first release B2B product. I also redesigned the website (and implemented in Wordpress).