I'm a highly collaborative, full-stack product designer and leader with over 20 years experience across UX, UI, interaction design, visual design, and brand.
I also really like cats. 🐈
Skills & strengths
player/coach
UX design
UI design
interaction design
user research
visual design
engineering XP
user flows
product strategy
craft
design strategy
iconography
prototyping
design systems
user testing
pragmatism
A/B testing
parsimony
creative direction
management
team building
conflict resolution
emotional IQ
mentorship
collaboration
illustration
animation
Tools & methods
Figma
Figjam
sticky notes
Framer
Photoshop
team jams
ZeroHieght
System Usability Scale
After Effects
Illustrator
Agile
design history
Lean
Design Thinking
high fives
ChatGPT
Midjourney
Procreate
Logic Pro
Premiere
lucid daydreaming
html/css/js
UserTesting
futurism
Penpot
Rive
Spline
pen & paper
Values
There are no castle walls. Lean into radical inclusion and total transparency of the design process.
Life
When I'm not wrangling pixels for The Man, I like to go snowboarding, play drums in our band MERWULF, record music, design stickers and t-shirts and stuff, hang with my fam, train and coach Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and ride my Vespa all over the place.
Snowboarding on Mt. Hood
Impromptu band photo
Playing drums in MERWULF
It's a full house these days
HADESTOWN on Broadway with Wify
LARCLOPS
Meeting friends on the road
Coaching Jiu Jitsu
PDX to SF on my Vespa… why not?
Visiting my extended jits fam in SF