About Me
I’m a product designer with 14 years of experience making complex systems simple—first in industrial design, now in digital product. My career began at a small design/manufacturing startup, helping 150+ brands turn ideas into reality with engineers, PMs, and marketers.
After four years in-house, I went freelance, and in the last three years added UX and product design to my toolkit. I focus on productivity and collaboration tools, shaped by a decade of workflow experimentation as a freelancer. That led to two self-initiated case studies—an AI-powered Slack summaries feature and a Miro file-management redesign—both validated by real users, engineers, and later echoed in the companies’ product updates.
Work with brands like Hermès and Coach honed my visual craft, while delivering 750+ projects built my technical edge. I thrive where design maturity meets room to innovate, creating tools that help teams work better—together.
When I’m not designing, you’ll find me on a mountain bike trail or deep in a philosophy book.
The saga continues...
UX / Product Design Freelancer
After a UX boot camp in 2021 and some unpaid UI work for a small software company in 2022 I realized I needed a bit more practice before I was ready to start freelancing. I spent another year closely mentoring with some ex Smartsheet UXers and now I am leading design on an iOS app for a startup with a former boss of mine!
ID Design Freelancer
The majority of my work right now comes from working with two different companies as an industrial designer. For both Pacteam Group and Metaline products I design and help prepare for engineering, point of purchase displays, packaging, and retail store environments. Over this time I've also designed a few consumer products for Kodak.
Headed out west: My move to Denver, Colorado
It had always been a dream of mine to move out west and spend some time exploring the Rockies. When I started freelancing I was able to make this dream a reality. I spent 5 great years in Denver and went on all sorts of adventures, most of them on my mountain bike. This chapter came to a close with COVID.
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Climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro and raised $15,000 for a non-profit
A good friend had asked me if I wanted to join him in Tanzania to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro for his 30th birthday. I of course said yes! As part of the trip we decided to "Climb for 30" and raise money for a non-profit called the Adventure Project that was helping to provide water pumps for farmers in Kenya.
First Industrial Design Job
My first foray into the design world came right after college when I got a job at a company named Pacteam Group that designs and manufactures displays and packaging for the luxury watch and jewelry industries. This job was about delivering on brand, beautiful and functional design and then preparing technical documents for engineering.
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