Previously, Partner and Head of Product Design at Celo and Valora, where I was the first designer and later led design, research, and content strategy. Before that, I led product research for Adobe Acrobat and PDF at Adobe molding AI research into products used by millions of people.

Experience

PersonalSabbatical

2023 — 2023

Celo FoundationPartner, Head of Product Design

2019 — 2022

San Francisco Bay Area

Co-established the design team covering UX, brand, and content strategy.

ValoraHead of Design (Founding Team)

2019 — 2021

Spun out from Celo in 2021 to become a standalone company. Acquired by Stripe.

AdobeStaff Product Designer

2016 — 2019

Led product research for Acrobat, PDF, and innovation. Sat between Product, Design, and Research to create new products introducing millions of users to emerging AI and CV/OCR. Managed and coordinated user research for next generation documents, mobile work, and The Future of Work.

PeerProduct Development

2012 — 2016

New York, New York, United States

For a few years, I ran a small shop helping companies research, design, and prototype their technologies.

Adobe: New product research.

Feedie: Launched the popular social food app with Mario Batali and Jamie Oliver.

Salesforce: Designed Salesforce.com.

Tribal: Led early discovery and interaction design for the agency's New York office.

Moment: Design strategy and foundational research advising big financial companies' tech roadmaps.

de Young Museum: Designed interactive exhibits.

Education

University of California, Berkeley

Bachelor of Arts - BA

California College of the Arts

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Education

Bachelor of Arts - BA

Master of Fine Arts - MFA

Experience