Product Design Leader • Creating user-friendly solutions for a healthier planet and people at the intersection of climate, health, and civic tech • Map & Data Visualization, Remote Sensing, Blue Economy
Collaborative senior product designer with 9 of experience years creating user-friendly solutions for complex problems in climate, government, and healthcare. On a mission to design solutions for a healthier planet and people.
Contracted by Blue Latitudes CEO and team to design an interactive Figma prototype of a map-based web application for offshore energy and conservation regulators to report on fisheries predictions
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Providing web and branding design for small businesses to launch. Most recently helped The Canelé Co., a California-based French pastry pop-up
Co-led and facilitated an ocean design workshop during SF Climate Week with 80+ attendees
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Leading a capstone project team researching organizations/solutions on ocean and sea-level rise / coastal adaptation and resilience.
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Facilitated design ideation sessions and created branding for Party Green, a capstone project focused on reducing party supplies and decor waste
The Climatebase Fellowship is a 12-week educational program with seminars, keynotes, and interactive workshops focused on expanding climate industry knowledge.
Established design team and aligned design operations with business goals to enhance customer value across 3 product verticals (Bathymetry/Ocean Mapping, Ocean Science, and Maritime Domain Awareness) and to scale drone fleet management - primarily for government agencies (NOAA, NASA, DOD, USCG, USN)
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Scaled design processes and design system across 4 data and workflow-heavy web-apps; Hired additional mid-level designer; Provided coaching and managed agile design delivery (doubling design output in terms of features and depth of prototype details for engineering, effectively reducing back-and-forth on product requirements)
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Created clarity and alignment with executives, product, engineering, data, marketing, and operations teams by presenting concepts and validation (product metrics, user feedback)
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Standout projects include: 1) Revamped customer-facing data and map visualizations, streamlining complex workflows and increasing customer satisfaction; 2) Designed collision avoidance feature, reducing risk of incidents while piloting drones, effectively scaling fleet
Led and mentored team of 3 designers in transforming the search experience on CMS.gov website, accelerating users to most relevant information (from 7+ clicks to less than 3 clicks; increased search usage and reduced abandoned searches)
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Improved accessibility scores (to nearly 100%) with responsive mobile design and visual design enhancements; Collaborated with engineers to ensure information architecture and page elements were implemented accessibly
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Redesign won Jan 2024 Web Excellence Award for Gov’t
Orchestrated a web-app MVP launch with 15 state governments, reducing confusion and processing time (from weeks to only a few days) for the US federal government Medicaid State Plan Amendments dat process; Directed team of 10 across design and dev
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Facilitated weekly visioning and roadmapping session with CMS Program Director
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Improved PM program by writing a playbook with 10 plays and facilitated 4 product trainings for 20 team leads
