• Own end-to-end product design for an early-stage, emerging-technology startup which includes leading the translation of novel technical capabilities into usable, intuitive, and scalable product experiences.

• Define the long-term product vision and interaction roadmap by balancing experimental innovation with practical delivery constraints to support sustainable platform growth.

• Lead the design and delivery of a patented global gesture-control product, overseeing the full lifecycle from concept development and interaction modeling through high-fidelity prototyping and production-ready specifications.

• Partner closely with engineers and external legal stakeholders, including DLA Piper, to ensure product designs aligned with patent requirements, technical feasibility, and regulatory considerations.

• Establish core interaction patterns and UX standards to ensure consistency across evolving product surfaces and future feature expansion.

• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration between design, engineering, and leadership teams to resolve ambiguity, align priorities, and accelerate decision-making in a fast-moving startup environment.

• Contribute to external-facing materials, including product visuals and demonstrations, to support partnerships, fundraising conversations, and strategic positioning.

• Collaborated directly with global partners including Netflix and the Paris Olympics, supporting contract acquisition through product demos, experience narratives, and design-led storytelling.

• Worked alongside founders of Coffee Meets Bagel to align product direction with user needs, market positioning, and business objectives.

• Met and gained clients from varying industries, including financial technology, client-management platforms, food order platforms, POS, product design platforms, and dating apps, working on projects diverse in topic and breadth.

• Engaged in brand design/redesign consulting and creation of visual brand identity.

• Built wireframes, low-fi, mid-fi, and hi-fi prototypes that incorporate the company's individual needs while using research to maximize user-friendly components.

• Collaborated with product managers, business partners, and engineers to help define product requirements and roadmap.

• Liaise with university faculty and globally distributed teams to design responsive web, tablet, and mobile learning platforms, increasing accessibility and engagement across varied educational contexts.

• Led the UX design process for diverse projects across multiple industries, such as multi-modal conversational UX for tech and customer management web-based systems, consistently exceeding client expectations and delivering remarkable results.

• Collaborated closely with developers, providing detailed design specifications, resulting in improved efficiency and ensuring a seamless handoff and implementation of designs.

• Recognized for outstanding design leadership and received a "Designer of the Month" award at the design agency for consistently delivering exceptional projects.

• Developed information architecture and designed user interaction for a high-value client.

• Facilitated projects within a multi-functional team, end-to-end, including user research and developing user interfaces.

• Received accolades from clients for delivering high-quality designs within aggressive timelines, exceeding expectations, and fostering long-term partnerships.

• Coproduced UX research, ideation and innovation with the CTO in collaboration with UX designers and developers.

• Collaborated with the creative team and proactively participated in weekly meetings, presenting results of user research and testing.

• Focused on designing and shipping user-friendly onboarding process for a new mobile/web Blockchain application, ensuring that all client’s requirements are met and company procedures fully followed.

• Lead designer for the company’s project in redesigning desktop applications.