Experience
2025 — 2026
2025 — 2026
• Sole designer on a full platform redesign, partnering directly with product, engineering, and leadership
• Authored the product transformation vision and phased roadmap targeting 3-5x participant scalability
• Led UX research: concept validation interviews that directly shaped match transparency and new platform features
• Designed end-to-end application flow including multi-step form, review screen, invitation system, and all UX copy
• Built foundational design system in Figma with coded React component counterparts
• Built two Figma plugins to bridge design and codebase (component linting + AI agent management on canvas) and established design-to-code sync workflows
• Designed BreakLine's internal browser plugin, giving outreach and admissions teams direct access to platform data during workflows
• Prototyped features in React to validate UX decisions before engineering sprints
• Built AI-augmented design workflows using Claude for research synthesis, ticket creation, and enforcing the UX tone guidelines I authored
2024 — 2025
2024 — 2025
• First designer on a recommendation/discovery app, building the product design foundation from zero
• Created the design system, established patterns, and set the visual direction
• Partnered closely with engineering to ship at speed while maintaining design quality
2023 — 2024
2023 — 2024
• Unblocked a stalled product launch by prototyping key features for leadership alignment, then roadmapping and shipping TableCaptain 2 on deadline
• Created Riker, an accessible design system with a buildable component library that reduced implementation ambiguity for engineering
• 70% improvement in design consistency across analytics dashboards through Figma overhaul and design token adoption
• 35% reduction in conceptual revisions through design token-driven workflow and shared review cadence
• 25% reduction in communication errors via comprehensive design documentation and interaction specs
• Dual role as Lead PM and Lead Designer, coordinating product roadmap with cross-functional delivery
• Designed complex data-dense interfaces: player analytics, tournament brackets, venue dashboards, and search/filter systems
2008 — 2024
2008 — 2024
Remote
• Built Figma plugins for teams and publicly, including Lazy Export batch export tool (2K+ downloads)
• Built Sketch Weaver, a design-to-code utility bridging design files and production code
• Designed all app interfaces for an engineering publisher's Android reference book, building the companion app used as GitHub source material for legacy Android systems
• Specialized in zero-to-one product phases: foundational design systems, complex UX, and tooling for clients across fintech, government, music, and social networking
• Prototyped and built responsive web interfaces in React, improving user engagement by 30% through A/B testing
• Built LLM-powered design tools and workflow automation as open-source projects
• Evolved across every major tool shift from Flash through Sketch to Figma and modern frontend
2022 — 2023
2022 — 2023
Remote
• Built Bonfire, a white-label design system across 5 platforms (React, React Native, WordPress, Rails, Admin), driving 64% adoption through developer workshops, documentation, and collaborative governance
• Contributed to $143K in annual savings ($54.6K design, $88.4K engineering) through shared component system and cross-functional alignment
• Built 14 atomized, composable components with engineers across multiple tech stacks, reducing project completion time by 30%
• Led accessibility initiative that reduced issues from 500K+ to under 100 across all five platforms over 12 months
• Reduced design turnaround by 25% through shared libraries across 5 business lines