ROLE PROMOTION - Design Program Lead for Hub Innovation | Oct. 2024

Directing the design strategy and development for a new cross organizational program. My design leadership contributed to 2 awards recognizing the launch of innovative, high-impact solutions and modeling an inclusive, "One Microsoft" approach.

PROMOTED - Design Lead for AI + Cloud accelerators | May 2024

Drove the design strategy, systems, and delivery for AI Gold Standard solution accelerators and AI-driven products within the CSA CTO organization.

SENIOR DESIGNER - Lead designer for AI + Cloud solutions | July 2021

I delivered impactful design solutions and nurtured a growth-mindset culture through strong leadership and communication. I managed multiple projects that boosted revenue and customer satisfaction. Key achievements include:

• Executed design strategy for a broad range of customer-facing sales assets. Each asset contained 60+ slides of rich market research, use case narratives, personas, prototypes, and demos.

• Led key initiatives for standardization, up-skilling, and inclusion, exceeding target goals by 150%.

• Designed the first pipeline dashboard, the organization's most complex experience at the time. It is now a critical tool for executive decision-making.

I've consistently maintained strong relationships with diverse stakeholders and subject matter experts. I've influenced process improvements and have been recognized for excellence in cross-functional collaboration and business impact. I was nominated for a Rise award and have mentored across seniority levels and disciplines. I've contributed to the expert network for Microsoft for Start-ups and was formally recognized for demonstrating cultural excellence.

Credited for executive storytelling, I've landed stakeholder buy-in through articulation of complex ideas. I've helped evangelize user-centered thinking across the organization, resulting in new innovation and out-sized impact.

CURRENT:

https://www.korenkieneryoga.com/

Yoga & Meditation Instructor: Practyce

Campbell, CA | Nov. 2020 - present

https://www.practyce.com/teachers

PREVIOUS:

Yoga Flow SF

Yoga Health Center

2021 - 2025

Meditation Instructor: WITHIN

San Francisco, CA | Jan. 2018 - 2021

Yoga Works / Yoga Tree

San Francisco

2019 - 2021

Yoga Instructor: Breathe Salt Yoga SF

San Francisco, CA | October 2020 - present

Corporate Yoga Instructor: Breakroom Fitness

San Francisco, CA | 2019 - 2020

Yoga Instructor: 
The Mindful Body

San Francisco, CA | 
Jan. 2018 - Oct. 2018

Yoga Instructor: 
Union Yoga

San Francisco, CA | Oct. 2013 - Jan. 2018

Yoga Instructor: World Gym

San Francisco, CA | Oct. 2013 - Oct. 2015

Community Yoga Instructor: 
Lululemon

San Francisco, CA | Nov. 2014 - Mar. 2015

Yoga Instructor: Moksha Life Center

San Francisco, CA | Feb. 2013 - Dec. 2013

Corporate yoga instructor: Black & Veatch

Concord, CA | Oct. 2012 - Jan. 2013

Yoga Teacher Assistant
: Umang’s Wellness Haven

San Ramon, CA | Aug. 2012 - Dec. 2012

• Managing and mentoring the product design team, which comprises of both designers and researchers

• Co-managing design hiring with the VP of Product

• Hiring responsibilities: creating role guidelines for job postings, candidate screenings, hiring formats, and interview exercises

• Shaping the future Product Design Team at Inkling through onboarding new designers, injecting new process improvements, and Design System advancements

• Working directly with the VP of Product to shape the company's guiding principles and design strategy

• Contributing to executive level conversations around Inkling’s product vision, direction and roadmap priorities

• Collaborating cross-functionally to influence and build a cohesive experience across Inkling’s full product suite

• Lead product designer for native mobile: charged with establishing, managing and overseeing the future design strategy as well as adapting new practices to Inkling’s desktop experiences

• Managed and mentored a UX Researcher to a title promotion

• Shipped the end to end IOS, Android, Tablet and iPadOS experience for Learning Pathways (May 2020): this complex domain streamlines online education management for a diverse user-base including HQ admins, managers, supervisors and learners

• Embedded an improved agile process within the mobile team which is now being adopted by other Product Managers

• Worked closely with Research to validate users' mindsets on the Learning Pathways Native Mobile launch and new mobile features

• Synthesized a robust set of mobile research findings which has contributed to company-wide prioritization within the roadmap

• Worked closely with the mobile product and engineering leads to implement a mobile tracking strategy using Google analytics, and continuing to include new tracking events as other features emerge

• Full-stack designer for Managed Payments - an initiative to simplify the payments experience for buyers and sellers by innovating the the front end interaction

• Delivered the final designs for the US Managed Payments BETA launch, which has reached nearly 10,000+ sellers and generated over $2,110M+ in GMV to date

• Functioned as the lead designer for the e2e US and DE Onboarding and KYC strategy - domains with high complexity and robust requirement implications

• Embedded in an agile team with daily collaborations with cross-disclipline leads

• Conducted ethnographic research (Oct. ’18) and a UER (May ’19) in Germany to understand seller mindsets and inform design goals for other upcoming launches

• Introduced new process methods, created roadmaps for tracking milestones and led weekly stakeholder review sessions with local and international partners

• Designed an e2e mweb and desktop Onboarding flow for the DE launch, which has been implemented and established as the baseline strategy for future markets