About me
I'm a Senior Director of Product Design at a leading cybersecurity company, where I lead an 85-person design organization spanning our full product ecosystem—from core verticals to platform systems, design infrastructure, and internal tools.
Combining a decade of design leadership with ten years of hands-on experience as an individual contributor, I've built and scaled multiple teams, mentored emerging leaders, and shaped comprehensive design strategy across complex technical domains. My work thrives at the intersection of creative systems, intelligent tooling, and human-centered design—where clarity and craft meet complexity.
What I do
Product design strategy and leadership
Driving UX and product design strategy in product orgs, growing and scaling UX teams, building out practices and processes, and training the next generation of designers
Design vision and strategy
Roadmapping and prioritization
Setting overall design quality bar
Scaling teams and organizations
Establishing and improving design processes
Coaching and career growth plans
Mentoring
Leadership
Visual communication + storytelling
Data visualization
Creative direction + graphic design
Design craft and execution
Concepting and designing industry-leading products and software, building and maintaining design systems, and driving generative research and product insights
Market and design research, analytics, and metrics
End-to-end UX design + design architecture
User interface design + illustration
What’s up with the octopus?
While refreshing my personal brand identity, I wanted an animal to serve as my icon and logo. After brainstorming with ChatGPT discussing my overall brand and current career, my short-, mid-, and long-term goals, as well as a few personal extras, I landed on an octopus. This is a bit of a serendipitous choice, as they've always been one of my favorite animals. I find them fascinating because they embody adaptability, curiosity, intelligence, and deep attunement to their environment.
Like the octopus, I thrive across multiple disciplines: design strategy, data visualization, product storytelling, and emerging technology. This symbol reminds me to embrace complexity, think in systems, and maintain a spirit of exploration. It also reflects my passion for the ocean and coastal living, as well as my interest in science communication, natural science illustration, and marine sciences.