Hello and welcome
I'm a senior product designer with experience building for millions of users, in collaboration with amazing cross-functional partners. Most recently I led design for Ediscovery search facilities at csDISCO, where my work drove tens of millions in revenue. I'm focused on designing responsible, scalable solutions that unlock business value without compromising product quality or organizational integrity.
About me
Creative methodology
Designers are uniquely positioned to shape societyβso good design craft is meticulous in its pursuit of responsible solutions. I focus on scalability and accessibility for long-term business growth and positive social impact. I develop relationships with users, leverage data to inform design decisions, prioritize well-written documentation and strong team commsβ¦ and altogether drive deep, cross-functional collaboration that helps everybody win. IΚΌm research-oriented and an advocate for design operations. I embrace process and help drive it forward. I think in terms of systems for business longevity. And I help shape strategy through rich working relationships with product partners.
Case studies
I've helped shape progress across the fields of education, technology, entertainment, and lawβworking with teams ranging from lean startups to large global enterprises. Shifting between industries has helped me develop a balanced, holistic sensitivity toward design.
Strengths in design
Let's find alignment between what I bring to the table, and what you're looking for in a design partnerβthese are some of my key strengths in our craft.
Large-scale, complex problem solving
My favorite work is the big work. I have the most fun digging into poorly understood problem spaces, developing theory, driving research, and thinking critically about tradeoffsβall the while refining organizational knowledge and feeding a common design system. I have a love of craft in the finer details, too. But the big problems are the best problemsβ¦ with the greatest potential to unlock new value for users.
Cross-functional collaboration
One of my favorite elements of design is its collaborative nature. I love working together with a team of people who may think differently than me but are working toward a common goal (especially my PM and Eng partners). I get a lot of satisfaction from finding alignment through the rough patches in product development, and producing work in which the whole team can take pride. My success is their success, and vice-versa.
World-class documentation
I'm the specific type of designer who enjoys making resources for colleagues and investing in my organization's future base of knowledge. I often think through writing and leverage that writing to generate consensus and momentum in product development. Regardless of content or medium, I take a lot of pride in setting my team up for success, both now and in the future.
Communicating design decisions
There is a class of designer who excels operating as a silent partnerβbut that's not me. One of my greater strengths is stakeholder management and relationship building with the people who can help accomplish a common goal. Those dynamics come into play internally and externallyβwith partners in product, marketing, legal, and salesβ¦ but also with customers and complementary firms. I love sharing, setting appropriate context, developing a strong narrative, highlighting the data, centering the userβ¦ and generating consensus. Good design is well communicated design.
Professional rΓ©sumΓ©
Check out my updated breakdown of my professional disposition, expertise, and experience.
Causes I support
I have a responsibility to help empower the people doing society's most impactful work. I'm privileged to redirect 6% of my monthly income to these orgs whose work reflect my values. I share this snapshot because understanding my values is key to understanding me.
Venture by Design
This newsletter project is about distilling what I've learned in my design journey to benefit creatives in other domains. It's paused for now, but Iβll be transitioning old posts to live here in the future.