Director of Product Design

Research-led.
Impact-driven.
Built to scale.

16+ years designing customer-facing products in payments and fintech, with 7 in people leadership. I start from research, design for real behavior, and ship products that create measurable outcomes for millions of people.

Selected Work

My case studies are password protected.

My work includes confidential client details and unpublished research. You can find the password on my resume.

16+

Years Product Design Experience

7

Years People Leadership

$100MM+

Revenue Impact at Capital One

76.5%

GPV Growth at SpotOn

What I bring

Strategy, craft, and the rigor to connect them.

Design Leadership

I build design cultures. Rituals, standards, ways of working that elevate teams, not just individuals. I lead from alongside my team.

Product Strategy

I sit at the intersection of design and product strategy. I build the case for design with data and research, and influence roadmap direction.

Research and Data

I build the case for design with evidence. Qualitative research, quantitative data, A/B tests, usability sessions. I use all of it to prioritize, defend, and improve.

AI Workflows

Figma Make, Claude, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Vercel. I integrate AI to accelerate delivery and sharpen iteration without sacrificing craft.

Outside the Work

How I stay creative outside the office.

I stay curious on purpose. The things I read, listen to, and obsess over feed directly into how I think at work.

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Listening

I stay informed on global news, industry trends, and developments in AI and design through Fast Company Design, Hidden Brain, Design Better, NPR News Now, NPR Technology, The Economist, and Forbes.

Reading

Fiction, historical fiction, memoirs, and fantasy. My 2026 picks so far: Go as a River and The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store.

Obsessing

I started using ChatGPT the day it launched. Today my daily toolkit includes Claude, Figma Make, Vercel, Perplexity, and Granola. I'm eager to keep exploring how generative AI evolves and how we integrate it into everyday life.

Moving

I stay active away from my desk. I practice vinyasa yoga and play in a community pickleball league. I take pottery classes, sew my own clothes and home goods, and have performed with an improv troupe in Chicago's Second City.

Let's work together.