about

I'm a generalist product designer who picks up whatever a project needs.

I've got experience in all the stages of product development, but more importantly: I know enough to spot what matters, and when it's time to hand it to someone who knows more.

Who am I?

I'm a generalist.
I move across research, design, front-end code, and business strategy without needing a handoff meeting first. I'm just as useful holding a whiteboard marker as I am opening a pull request.
I've got experience.
I've spent 8+ years in B2B product design, working on everything from construction equipment telemetrics to tax auditing software.
I become part of the team.
I've loved mentoring junior designers on large design teams, moving quickly in small design teams, and wearing 12 different hats as the solo UX person.
I code.
Fullstack, not just "I can talk to developers about code." With my M.S. in Management Information Systems, I design with an eye on what the systems underneath can actually support, not just what the screen shows.
I can talk business strategy.
Good UX strategy is deeply tied into the business strategy, and I learned so many business words getting my MBA. I can sit in a pricing or roadmap meeting and advocate for design, not just nod along until my part comes up.
I love design systems.
Unreasonably. Give me a messy product with inconsistent components and no documentation and I will not rest until it's tokenized, documented, and holding up in code.
Forward-thinking (but practical).
I've brought AI tools into my process, for brainstorming, prototyping, and testing ideas faster. I'm genuinely excited about it, but I use it carefully. It rewards people who already know what they're doing.
How I Work
  • Generalist by design: research, design, front-end code, and business strategy, not siloed into one lane
  • Comfortable in ambiguous, constraint-heavy B2B environments, legacy systems and all
  • Equally at home as the only UX person on a project or embedded on a larger team
  • Easy to work with, and constructive when I disagree with you
  • Run my own research: interviews, competitive analysis, sync and async studies
  • Build design systems that go beyond components: patterns, documentation, and usage guidance
  • Use AI tools deliberately, with testing and judgment, not as a shortcut around either
Experience
Senior Product Designer (Design Engineering), Studio Designer
2025 – 2026 · Remote
  • Owned end-to-end design of payroll management and financial workflows, cutting task completion time by 30%
  • Brought AI tools (Claude, Codex, Figma AI, Relume, ChatGPT) into the workflow for documentation, accessibility, and rapid prototyping
  • Aligned design direction across 15+ cross-functional stakeholders, cutting design revision cycles by 40%
  • Built and maintained a 200+ component Figma library, documented in Zeroheight and Storybook
  • Ran 20+ annual usability sessions, driving a 45% increase in user satisfaction
Product Designer, Vertex Inc.
2021 – 2025 · Remote
  • Led design and architecture of a scalable, WCAG-compliant enterprise design system, cutting design inconsistencies and dev rework by 60%
  • Owned end-to-end UX for enterprise fintech, tax compliance, and payroll calculation tools
  • Aligned Figma component architecture with frontend frameworks and Storybook, working directly with engineering
  • Authored design system documentation and drove adoption without direct authority
  • Ran research, design sprints, and usability testing; mentored peers and managed UX roadmaps in Asana
User Experience Architect, Temeda
2019 – 2021 · Naperville, IL
  • Founding designer for a B2B SaaS manufacturing product: set the UX vision and led it from concept to launch
  • Architected a global design system supporting 4+ product lines, reducing front-end rework by 20%
  • Overhauled the company website and help center, cutting support tickets by 55%
  • Designed complex financial workflows to full WCAG compliance
Designer & Fullstack Developer, Dovecote, LLC (Independent)
2010 – Present · Remote
  • Consult on end-to-end design and front-end development (HTML/CSS/JS) for a range of clients
  • 100% project completion rate with long-term, repeat clients
  • Build custom filterable directories and search interfaces from raw CSV datasets
Education
MBA, Business Administration, Dominican University, 2022–2025
M.S., Management Information Systems, Dominican University, 2022–2025
B.S., Engineering, Miami University, 2010–2014
B.A., Psychology, Miami University, 2010–2014
Skills
Research & Strategy: User Interviews, Competitive Research, Problem Reframing, Stakeholder Alignment, A/B Testing
Design & Systems: Figma, Design Systems, Component Libraries, Accessibility (WCAG), Pattern Documentation
Development: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript (React, Angular), REST APIs, SQL, Git, CMS
Data & Analytics: SQL, Python, R, SPSS, Tableau, Power BI, Looker, Google Analytics
Process: Agile/Scrum, Asana, Jira, Confluence, Cross-Functional Collaboration, AI-Assisted Prototyping