• Advisory and consulting services for Startups.

Carina provides products to help connect care seekers receiving Medicaid funded home care with qualified care Providers.

• Team Leadership: Scaled and led a multidisciplinary team of Product Managers and Designers from 2 to 6, aligning hiring and team structure with Carina’s long-term vision while championing diversity, inclusion, and high engagement

• Vision & Strategy: Defined and executed a two-year product and design strategy, driving organizational alignment and measurable impact in a highly complex, regulated gov-tech environment

• Design Excellence: Elevated team practices by introducing scalable frameworks, design systems, and evidence-led methods—embedding systems thinking and user-centered discovery to drive informed and high-impact product decisions

• Collaboration: Led cross-functional collaboration with engineering, marketing, customer success, and executive teams to ensure cohesive product strategy and effective execution

• Change Leadership: Spearheaded company-wide process transformation, establishing scalable, autonomous, and collaborative ways of working to enable agile growth and continuous innovation

• Partnerships: Developed strategies to engage and strengthened partnerships with external stakeholders, including labor unions, state governments, and Medicaid funders—directly contributing to increased investment and support for Carina’s mission

Okta is a leading company in the field of Identity and Access Management (IAM).

• Led product design across key pillars

• Partnered with cross-functional leaders to shape and execute portfolio strategy aligned with business goals.

• Facilitated cross-functional activities and brainstorming sessions to build alignment and co-create feasible solutions, using mental models and system diagrams to foster shared understanding and uncover new opportunities.

• Supported Okta’s Agile Transformation by partnering with executives and cross-functional leaders to craft strategies that promote collaboration and innovation, acting as ambassador of user-centered and agile methods.

Formerly Pivotal Labs, our mission was to transform the way the world builds software.

• Collaborated with cross-functional teams of engineers, data analysts, design, and product managers to deliver impactful software in large-scale complex environments, while coaching organizations and teams on agile, lean, user-centered, and systems thinking practices

• Led end-to-end design for multiple complex products across web, mobile, and software architecture domains, facilitating cross-functional collaboration through workshops to support alignment and effective decision-making

• Partnered with leaders and product managers to assess business opportunities and constrains, define priorities, and inform product roadmap from research insights

• Supported sales efforts and scoped +10 projects aligning with clients on goals and success criteria, playing a key role in advancing design buy-in and closing complex deals

• Supported hiring, onboarding, and mentoring of designers, acting as a de facto design lead to build team capability and culture.