Presence Sleep is a wellness brand that supports better sleep for all ages to enable each of us to live a simpler, happier and healthier life. We believe that small personalized changes add up over time to create impactful and long-lasting improvement to sleep quality and thus health and well-being. We achieve this by amplifying human expertise through software, services and devices.

Tasked as the primary designer and researcher in the development of a novel product for Novonate’s portfolio. Amongst other initiatives, I brought together and managed a diverse user & expert panel and introduced iterative design frameworks to the company’s design practice by facilitating 3 company wide design sprints. As a result, we successfully moved from loose concept to high-fidelity prototypes in only three months.

Leading a multidisciplinary team in the research and development of global health technologies to combat preventable deaths in neonatal care units in SubSaharan Africa, through the NEST360 effort.

Responsibilities included product-market fit evaluations, market sizing & user research.

Partnership with Stanford University through the Design For Extreme Affordability Social - E lab.

Lead the design and development of a mobile application to allow the use of telehealth in the orthodontic treatment for cleft palate patients under Smile Train; a global NGO that partners with local hospitals and practitioners to offer surgical services and comprehensive cleft care for children in their own communities.