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A design leader with experience in agencies, startups, non-profits, global companies, and higher education.

Digital experiences are not only changing human behavior, they are architecting society and impacting the human narrative globally.

I feel a strong responsibility to learn better truths, leverage understanding, and care to solve interesting problems.

I believe design delivers visual artifacts using critical & resourceful thinking to help communicate ideas that solve real problems and provide real value.

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My Principles


001

Give a hoot.

Kindness, care and respect to all people and things. A banner I carry into all relationships. The world is crazy enough without us adding to it.

002

Solve for simplicity.

Creating simple solutions is a challenging process. I'm an advocate for simplicity in all things: process, research, and execution.

003

People > Products.

Kind & caring humans build delightful experiences. Value people more than the products they build.

004

Document over create.

Creating from nothing is no fun. Taking time to document provides a well of resources to create from.

005

Right over easy.

Making the right call is not always the easiest decision. It's important to do whatever it takes to make sure the right thing is done the right way at the right time.

006

Speak clearly.

It's important to let others know where they stand, what they are doing well, and highlight opportunities to improve. Feedback is a gift we can all give.


Experience

Bestow

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Product Designer Manager • 2022-Currently


Bestow knows the peace of mind that can come from feeling prepared for an uncertain future. We’ve reimagined life insurance, driving innovations in technology and data to expand access and opportunity to more families. I joined the team as a design manager focused on improving our design ops and growing the team. I also contribute as a lead designer on several platforms.

Lead Design


Operations Portal

Admin Portal

Design Systems

Underwriter Portal

SaaS platforms

Enterprise partnerships

Endeavors


Design Ops

Design Manager

Tide Cleaners

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Associate Director of Product Designer • 2018-2022


I joined team Solvent not knowing anything about the dry cleaning industry. I saw tons of opportunity and a fun problem to solve. We built something that no one had yet to been able to accomplish in the industry, and we built a team and process at the same time. I jumped right in and enjoyed every moment of it. As Associate Director of Product Design, I lead the thought and design of all applications.

Tide Cleaners

Raiders

Lead Design


Operations Tool

Point of Sale

Driver App

Guest App

Guest Care

Endeavors


Head of Design

Marketing

Branding

User Research

User Testing

Sprint Structure

Design Systems

Agile

Design Ops

Design Manager

Education