• Instructed students through the complete research process, from stakeholder identification to qualitative data analysis.

• Mentored students through their design journey, providing hands-on guidance in user research, prototyping, and accessibility considerations.

• Conducted weekly design workshops for 150 students to simplify technical concepts into practical solutions.

• Simplified complex design thinking principles, enabling students to create accessible and responsive websites.

• Championed inclusive design practices, ensuring accessibility considerations were embedded throughout the curriculum.

• Accelerated product development and reduced design-to-development handoff times by streamlining workflows, fostering better communication between designers and developers, ensuring faster and higher-quality deliverables.

• Scaled and maintained a 150+ component design system, ensuring consistency, accessibility, and usability across GreenStand’s products, while enabling faster iterations for all teams.

• Streamlined onboarding for new designers by creating clear documentation, guidelines, and workflows, enabling high-turnover teams to integrate and contribute effectively and quickly.

• Fostered a strong design culture by sharing best practices, facilitating discussions on usability and accessibility, and ensuring design stayed central to organizational decisions.

• Spearheaded the design and prototyping of a cross-channel (In-vehicle to Mobile App) experience for General Motors, focusing on the integration of a Track Mode feature for performance cars

• Led background research and collaborated with cross-functional teams, including engineers, designers, and product managers to inform feature design.

• Designed and refined 25+ high-fidelity prototypes, incorporating user insights to optimize driver experience.

• Implemented NHTSA guidelines to ensure consistent, compliant, and accessible in-vehicle digital experiences.

• Conducted multiple user testing sessions to improve usability and increase overall driver satisfaction.