About me, personally and professionally.
Personal Biography #
I’m ever curious. Always looking for connections, always trying something new.
In my spare time, I tinker with restoring old iPods and making art with skulls (not real ones, which would be weird). I absolutely adore typography and have designed multiple typefaces, including Cosmata and Uptown Sans. I read a lot.
I call Joshua Tree home, but split time between there and Los Angeles.
Professional Biography #
I’m not like other design leaders.
My ideal day isn’t spent sitting in strategy meetings, managing managers. Instead, I thrive at both the strategic and tactical levels. There’s joy for me in getting my hands dirty and leading teams while practicing my craft.
Since the start of my career, I’ve built high-performing, deeply collaborative design teams from scratch, and I’ve designed 5-star mobile apps that people love. My focus has been on healthcare, fintech, and other consumer-facing industries, but the most rewarding projects are those that help people improve their mental and physical health.
With over 15 years of design experience and 5+ years in direct leadership, I’ve learned what it takes to guide teams and help companies grow. My journey started as a visual artist creating websites for bands, and it’s evolved into something far more impactful.
I believe in being responsible for what we put into the world, and I bring that principle into every project.
I value kindness (not niceness), principle-driven thinking, and being curious about everything I do.
I also believe in talking things out, even when the conversation is hard, so much so that I wrote a book about it. “We Need to Talk: How to Have Hard Conversations with Anyone” is due for release in 2025 for Rosenfeld Media.
Talk to me if you want to discuss:
- Getting away from a stale, process-driven culture into a thoughtful, human-centered one
- Taking a concept to validated idea in (next to) no time
- How to be the best, most supportive leader you can to your team
- How to get people to care about accessibility
- Exactly how annoyed to get when a designer detaches a component in Figma
- Looking for my resume? Here you go.