Designer and Design Advisor

Owned the end-to-end product experience for a first-of-its-kind robotics platform. Set the experience direction across software, physical interaction, and system behavior, working closely with engineering and leadership to make the product understandable and usable for real customers.

Managed and coached a team of 6 designers split across Innovation and Growth. Worked directly with the CEO and executive team on company-level strategy, leading multiple 0→1 initiatives from concept through execution. Personally drove the end-to-end redesign of the core product experience, reframing the platform around family use cases and redefining the product’s positioning and long-term experience vision.

Second design hire at the company, joining when the org was ~40 people and scaling to ~500 during my tenure. Served as a Staff Product Designer on the Core UX team, owning the redesign of the hardware interface IA—including navigation, content discovery, programming flows, and the end-to-end customer journey. Partnered closely with product and engineering to establish foundational UX patterns that scaled with the product.

Lead Product Designer on Music and Social teams

Led the companion mobile app for the Here One earbuds. Partnered closely with hardware and firmware teams, and consulted on on-device UX to ensure a cohesive hardware–software experience.

Led the redesign of Expedia’s global design system and owned the hotel shopping experience, the company’s highest-revenue surface. Also helped raise design quality across the org by shaping team processes and contributing to the design playbook/team principles.

Lead interaction designer on responsive web and iOS applications for healthcare and enterprise clients. Worked directly with clients including Emdeon, Walgreens, the CDC, Press Ganey, and Greenway