Experience
2023 — Now
2023 — Now
San Francisco, California, United States
Senior product designer for enterprise tax and compliance software within a 25-person UX organization. Design for complex regulatory products serving tax professionals across 20-50 person cross-functional teams.
• Design Systems: Own enterprise design system serving 6+ product teams and 25+ designers, reducing design-to-dev handoff time by 30%. Built comprehensive component library and elevated accessibility from 60% to 95% WCAG 2.1 AA compliance
• Product Design: Designed enterprise dashboards for tax compliance workflows, reducing user error rates by 20%. Led cross-platform notification system unifying alerts across 5+ products (iOS, Android, web)
• Delivery Excellence: Streamlined design discovery process through rapid prototyping and early stakeholder alignment, reducing iteration cycles and accelerating time-to-market
• Research & Mentorship: Conduct usability testing with tax professionals, facilitate meetings with stakeholders, and mentor 3 junior designers
Tools: Sketch, Azure DevOps, Abstract, Microsoft Teams
2022 — 2023
2022 — 2023
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
2020 — 2023
2020 — 2023
Los Angeles County, California, United States
Co-founded design consultancy providing brand strategy, UX design, and web development for startups and small businesses. Led end-to-end design from strategy through launch.
NOTABLE CLIENT PROJECTS
• Themis AI (MIT CSAIL Startup): Led complete brand identity and digital presence for AI safety startup during launch phase. Designed logo, visual system, Webflow website, and Keynote presentation system. Translated complex AI transparency concepts into accessible visuals, enabling successful early fundraising and driving waitlist signups
• zeroRISC (Security Startup): Created full brand identity and WordPress website for open-source silicon security company founded by Google OpenTitan contributors. Developed visual system bridging hardware-rooted security with cloud services, increasing investor interest and accelerating partnership conversations
• Delivered responsive website design and development for additional clients using WordPress, Webflow, and Figma
RESEARCH & STRATEGY
• Recruited and managed user research studies with 10,000+ participants across multiple projects
• Conducted usability testing, user interviews, and surveys to inform product strategy
• Facilitated client workshops and design sprints
Tools: Figma, WordPress, Webflow, Keynote, Adobe Creative Suite, Airtable
2017 — 2021
2017 — 2021
Malibu
Contract position providing digital design and information architecture services alongside full-time roles.
• Designed digital solutions and information architecture for a luxury events company during rapid growth and pandemic transition.
• Designed Airtable database solutions for client files with custom workflows, reducing file retrieval time by 60%
• Developed information architecture for client management system
• Created remote or hybrid event experiences and digital strategy during COVID-19 pandemic transition
• Trained team members on information management and process automation
Tools: Airtable, Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Engaged.app
2018 — 2020
2018 — 2020
Greater Los Angeles Area
Designed e-commerce user experiences for a furniture retail company with 1,200+ product catalog.
• Created site maps, user flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity mockups for e-commerce redesign
• Designed responsive product pages, category pages, and checkout flow optimized for mobile
• Led product upload project: delivered 1,200+ products in 2 weeks vs. estimated 3-month timeline, improving team efficiency by 80%
• Collaborated with product managers and developers through iterative design reviews
Tools: Sketch, InVision, Adobe Creative Suite, WordPress, WooCommerce
Education
UCLA
Bachelor of Science - BS
UCLA Extension