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 society. Therefore, good design is meticulous in its pursuit of responsible solutions. In creating user experiences, I’m committed to craft and serving a larger vision—I focus on building accessible, scalable solutions for long-term, positive social impact. I do this by developing relationships with users, leveraging data to inform design decisions, prioritizing well-written documentation and team comms… and altogether driving deep, cross-functional collaboration that helps everybody win.
Strengths in design
Let's find alignment between what I bring to the table, and what you're looking for in a design partner—these 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, driving research, and thinking critically about tradeoffs, all the while refining organizational knowledge and feeding a common design system.
Cross-functional collaboration
One of my favorite elements of design is its collaborative nature—I love working together with a team toward a common goal (especially my PM and Engineering partners), finding alignment through the rough patches, and producing work in which we all take pride. My success is their success, and vice-versa.
World-class documentation
I often think through writing, and I believe there's great power in language and the way language is constructed. I'm the specific type of designer who enjoys making resources for colleagues, and takes pride in the clarity of my documentation—whether in the form of design specs, decision logs, experiential details, or research analysis.
Communicating design decisions
I love sharing with stakeholders. Setting appropriate context, developing a strong narrative, highlighting the data, centering the user… good design is clearly communicated design.
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 I’ll be transitioning old posts to live here in the future.