• Built data pipeline from scratch, integrating revenue, editorial, & business logic into one ontology

• Introduced automated AI-assisted workflows for formatting & ops tasks, reducing manual effort

• Automated large distributed systems, hands-on with system design, tooling, & implementation

• Standardized design, editorial, & CMS workflows to support rapid launches & migrations

• Led acquisition of a 23-year-old media brand, completing the deal at 2.5× yearly net revenue

• Built automations that improved operational efficiency & reduced manual publishing overhead

• Established dev-ops practices with GitHub-based deployments from staging to production

• Implemented continuous deployment, shipped over 100 improvements & features

• Built unified Figma → Storybook design system with shared components, tokens, variables, & docs

• Established user research pipeline to synthesize customer feedback data into actionable tasks

• Managed & mentored four designers while remaining hands-on with system architecture

• Standardized core UI patterns, improving design-to-dev delivery speed by ~50%

• Audited existing UX and design patterns & components, generating 20+ actionable improvements

• Built a closed-loop Figma → React design system with shared visibility across teams

• Partnered with engineering to ensure system components mapped cleanly to React

• Defined core brand system (color, motion, graphics) to support a seamless rebrand

• Created & maintained design systems for IXL, Rosetta Stone, Vocabulary.com, & Education.com

• Defined foundational variable elements (type, color, spacing, accessibility) within design systems

• Enabled a lean team to support ~4× more product surface area with systems & consistency

• Partnered closely with engineering to align system design with implementation constraints

• Mentored designers through regular reviews & system adoption practices