I’m a Lead Product Designer with 8+ years of experience shaping design systems, complex web applications, and cross-product UX strategy.

2022 — NowGoGuardianLead & Senior Product Designer

2022 — Now

San Francisco Bay Area

I lead design for GoGuardian’s Safety & Productivity suite — including Admin, Teacher, Beacon, Org Management, and Discover — a family of products serving millions of K-12 students, educators and IT administrators.

My work spans UX strategy, research, and design systems. I partner closely with product, engineering, and leadership to define cross-product experience vision, streamline workflows, and deliver measurable outcomes that enhance student safety and educator efficiency.

Highlights:

Defined and scaled the S&P Design System, unifying four products under one accessible framework. Result: +50% design & dev velocity, +29% QA efficiency, −30% bugs.

Led the Reporting & Insights redesign, transforming data usability and improving perceived user value by 35%.

Drove evidence-based product decisions through 50+ user interviews and multiple rounds of qualitative and quantitative testing.

Collaborated with brand and accessibility teams to evolve GoGuardian’s identity and meet WCAG standards.

Presented UX research and ROI to executive leadership, advocating for research, writing, and accessibility as strategic pillars.

Mentored designers and PMs on user research, design systems adoption, and communicating design impact.

2021 — 2021ITX Corp.Product Designer

2021 — 2021

San Francisco Bay Area

I worked across research, UX strategy, and UI design for enterprise clients in financial services and education. My goal was to make complex systems more human — connecting business outcomes to user insight.

Highlights:

Conducted user interviews and usability testing for a retirement-planning product, increasing satisfaction by 15%.

Built the company’s first shared component library, cutting design-dev cycles by 30%.

Introduced lightweight design-research methods, helping PMs and engineers make more user-centered decisions.

2018 — 2021Fjord, Part of Accenture SongService & Interaction Designer

2018 — 2021

San Francisco Bay Area

I collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to craft digital experiences and services for Fortune 500 clients. Over time, I progressed from apprentice to designer leading full-cycle projects — from research to concept to launch.

Highlights:

Designed onboarding and retention flows for Microsoft Aspire, contributing to higher new-hire engagement.

Created end-to-end digital experiences for ThreeInsure, a Berkshire Hathaway-backed small business insurance platform.

Conducted user interviews, journey mapping, and ethnographic research that informed cross-channel service blueprints.

Partnered with engineers and business strategists to translate qualitative insights into scalable, user-driven design systems.

2017 — 2018UnknownProduct Design Consultant

2017 — 2018

San Francisco Bay Area

I helped early-stage startups and small businesses bring their ideas to life through lean UX practices. I facilitated discovery workshops, built prototypes, and guided founders through user validation.

Highlights:

Designed MVPs and clickable prototypes to help clients secure seed funding.

Streamlined user onboarding flows that improved conversion and reduced support tickets.

Partnered with developers to implement front-end design and usability testing in agile sprints.

2016 — 2017Farm-to-Table RestaurantsGarde Manger & Cook

2016 — 2017

San Francisco Bay Area

Working in fast-paced kitchens taught me systems thinking, precision under pressure, and the beauty of iteration — all of which deeply inform my design process. I learned how small details shape experiences and how collaboration, communication, and timing create flow.