After over 25 years in design — including 7 years at Microsoft and 10 years leading Dupla Studios — I've learned that great design needs both strategic vision and hands-on execution.

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2025 — NowDupla StudiosFounder & Fractional Design Lead

2025 — Now

Focusing exclusively on fractional design partnerships for software companies—embedded, long-term work that bridges strategic vision and hands-on execution.

2015 — 2025Dupla StudiosCo Founder, Head of Design

2015 — 2025

Greater Seattle Area

Award-winning UX studio with clients such as Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Smartsheet, and MURAL. Our work was recognized as a finalist for the 2024 IxDA Interaction Design Award.

2016 — 2016General AssemblyUser Experience Design Instructor

2016 — 2016

Greater Seattle Area

Enabled the next generation of UX designers make the world a better place.

Co-instructor with Court Crawford for a full-time, 10-week immersive course on UX Design for adult learners. (UXDI)

Sole instructor for the 1-week immersive UX Design program (UXD 1W)

2013 — 2015MicrosoftSenior User Experience Designer

2013 — 2015

Designed future social experiences for home and work.

Worked on research projects as well as across several Microsoft products, helping define the company strategy moving forward.

Served as Microsoft liaison with ESDI (Escola Superior de Desenho Industrial, Brazil) for their participation in Microsoft's Design Expo 2014. ESDI's project won the award of Best Overall.

Headed Microsoft Design Expo 2015, coordinating among 8 international design universities.

Served as Microsoft liaison with PUC-Rio (Brazil) for their participation in Design Expo 2015.

2011 — 2013MicrosoftSenior User Experience Designer

2011 — 2013

Envisioned the next generation of automotive experiences

Direct touch and remote interaction via voice, controller, steering wheel controls, gaze, gestures.

Presented the Microsoft Automotive user experience vision to Fiat/Chrysler, Ford, Mercedes, BMW and IDEO.

Selected to be featured as part of a series of Windows Embedded Automotive promotional videos (link below)

Education

2005 — 2008

The Ohio State University

MFA

2005 — 2008

1997 — 2003

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

BS

1997 — 2003

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Education

MFA

BS