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Glissade Design is a product design strategy firm that helps businesses achieve results through innovation and excellence in product development.

Great Design is about delivering tangible, measurable results. We have spent our careers building the teams, culture & vision to deliver highly successful products aligned with business goals. Our firm understands the opportunities and challenges in delivering extraordinary experiences, and we’ve formed Glissade Design* to empower businesses to realize their goals.

Former VICE PRESIDENT, GLOBAL DESIGN • ANAPLAN • SEPTEMBER 2021 - NOVEMBER 2023

SAN FRANCISCO, AND LONDON

• Led global design, including UX/UI, Design Systems, Strategy and Research. Report

to CTO and Thoma Bravo private equity board of directors.

• Directed a team of 40+ across 3 studios.

• Aligning design, Product Management, AI/ML data and engineering to create a seamless user experience.

• Created the Anaplan design system known as “Palette Design”

• Keynote speaker for Anaplan regarding AI in design.

Chief Designer for Private and Hybrid Cloud Analytics, Big Data, AR/VR, and Machine Learning technology. Now running 4 studios, my primary responsibility is designing IBM Analytics' Private and Hybrid Cloud offering as a holistic user experience. Responsible for creating the IBM SF Design team and rebuilt 3 other studios, recruiting a team of highly motivated designers from the world's best design schools. These studios are now designing the future of IBM product and human-machine interaction.

• iF Award - DSX, Best UI/UX Design 2018

• Red Dot Award - winning designer for DSX (Communication Design 2017, Interface and User Experience Design)

• Design Leader for IBM Data Science Experience (data science.ibm.com)

• Design Executive for Watson Health leading key initiatives at Memorial Sloan Kettering and the Mayo Clinic.

• Executive Designer for AR work within the Analytics Portfolio

• Keynote speaker regarding AI in Design. Speaking as a subject matter expert in Seoul, Dubai, Johannesburg, San Francisco.

• Design Lead for Portfolio Simplification, major rebuilding project for 2018

Chief Designer for Global UX and Branded Studios

Responsible for Global UI / UX Design. Leading a team of over 150 Designers Globally.

Responsible for Global Branded Components for all of GM’s interiors. These include all touch points: Steering Wheels, Center Console, Dash / IP, HUD, all interior electronics.

Brought the number of global interfaces down from 27 to 3. Focus on usability and making the UX

Intuitive and self-starting.