I’m a product designer with 15+ years of experience in leading projects from concept, wireframes, designs, to launch. I have a relentless passion for creating high quality user experiences while balancing business needs and engineering constraints.

2023 — NowZillowSenior Product Designer

2023 — Now

2015 — 2023GoogleInteraction Designer

2015 — 2023

Mountain View

Google Photos and Google for Jobs

2006 — 2017ThriveSmartCo-Founder, Lead Designer

2006 — 2017

San Francisco Bay Area

Led UI and UX design for ThriveSmart clients including Apple, Citizen Effect, and PalCycle.

Defined product goal and scope with ThriveSmart clients.

Created low fidelity wireframes, detailed user flows, and pixel-perfect finalized designs.

Presented wireframes and finalized designs to clients.

2014 — 2015SmartRecruitersProduct Designer

2014 — 2015

Led UX and UI designs of all web and mobile features, including defining product strategy,

wireframing, low-fidelity prototypes, usability testing, creation of pixel-perfect designs, and

implementation review.

Managed usability, interaction, and visual design for an Applicant Tracking System that

serves 70,000 businesses and 5+Million applicants with 500% year-over-year growth.

Collaborated with 6 product managers and a 50-person engineering team to ensure that

designs successfully address product goals and are technically feasible.

Managed and mentored a visual design intern.

2013 — 2014Shop It To MeLead UX/UI Designer

2013 — 2014

Managed UX and UI across entire product cycle, including defining product goals and success metrics, wireframing, low-fidelity usability testing, creation of pixel-perfect finalized designs, implementation review, and end-user A/B testing and analysis.

Led all usability, interaction, and visual design for Shop It To Me , a consumer shopping product with 4+ Million users.

Developed concepts and implemented designs for multiple platforms including desktop web, native iOS, mobile web, and email marketing campaigns.

Collaborated closely with 4 different product and engineering teams to ensure that designs both addressed product goals and were technically feasible.

Presented wireframes, user flows, and designs to all product and engineering teams at weekly build meetings.

Led the complete re-branding of Shop It To Me, including a re-design of the Shop It To Me logo and color palette.

Defined and created the Shop It To Me brand guidelines.

Re-designed the entire Shop It To Me product line across all platforms.

Education

University of California, Berkeley

Doctor of Optometry

UC San Diego

Experience+

Education

Doctor of Optometry

B.S.