Strategy · Design · Leadership

Design for tomorrow.
Build for today.

Expert product and design thinking paired with precise execution, tailored for your company’s vision, needs, and resources.

 

2015 - 2020

Here’s what I’ve been up to lately.

 

Leadership & team building

Over the past five years, I’ve worked as a product leader and strategist, focused on building and leading great products and teams. Directing product at Ginger.io, leading experience design at Samsung R&D, and lately directing design for Livongo’s all-new mental health app.

 
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Livongo · Principal Experience Architect

Led design for Livongo’s new mental health offering.

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Samsung R&D · Director, UX

Photos & wellness experience design for the Galaxy S20.

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Ginger · Director, Product

Lead product to create affordable, 24/7 mental healthcare for individuals and employers.

 

Mastering product

Before leading and growing teams, I honed my craft making exceptional product experiences from the ground up. Combining engineering and design skillsets, my goal during this time was execution at premium levels. I co-founded a proper Silicon Valley Tech startup after years running a boutique iOS product shop.

 

2008 - 2015

That’s cool, but do you make stuff or just tell people what to make?

 
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Empirical · Co-founder

Funded by Floodgate & Greylock, we started Empirical to create products as smart as the data that powers them.

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Thunderdog Studios · Design & Software

Create avatars of your friends and family with art from famed Kid Robot illustrator Tristan Eaton.

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Behance · Strategy, Design, Software

Before the Adobe acquisition, Behance and I built GTD products for creatives.

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MIT Media Lab · Lowly grad student

A product to help organizations source local labor instead of relying on their internal employees.

 

1999 - 2008

I’ve been coding since the web ran on Cold Fusion and prayers.

 

The first decade

Creating art. Building websites. Designing for agencies. Building iOS apps. Running my own boutique iOS shop. I cut my teeth as a UX designer and production engineer, getting my start in mobile apps through jailbroken iPhones.

Builder, budding designer, but not much of a leader.

 
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Synchstep · Design and build

Magically matches music to your pace. Originally built as a custom hardware device.

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Poke NY, Steelcase,

UCSD Pediatrics, etc · Sr UX · Product Mgmt · Software Engineer

Years of early work that’s probably not worth talking about anymore.