Father of two boysDesigner of 13 yearsBased in Pittsburgh, PA
Senior staff designer
Senior staff designer working on Kong’s AI Gateway. Led UX re-design of the AI Gateway (GUI and data model). Built internal code prototyping tools and a starter kit that are used across the company.
Head of Design
Led a small design team (1 report) supporting a 200 person organization. Evolved design to hand-off code prototypes instead of static Figma mocks. Led strategy, built products and raised product quality by collaborating closely with leadership. Drove a data-driven approach and owned company-wide OKRs, resulting in a 10x reduction in time to onboard.
Sr. Product Design Manager
Led the design team for multi-cloud Security products. Increased the impact of design by building product expertise, user-understanding and a data-driven approach.
Collaborated closely with leadership (Directors, VPs and co-founders) to define product strategy and lead initiatives to drive product led growth.
Defined user journeys, improved processes and improved design’s career ladder.
Staff UX Manager
Led design across Google Cloud’s DevOps (monitoring, logging and tracing) products. Defined strategy and process by collaborating with Engineering and Product management leadership.
Evolved the understanding of UX, instilled customer empathy, and drove adoption of user journey success as a measure of product success.
Built a high-functioning UX team that designed products, raised product excellence, and increased adoption and retention.
Senior UX Designer
Lead designer for critical Google Cloud Platform products, including APIs, Marketplace, and Cloud Shell.
Collaborated with Engineering Directors, Product Managers, and Tech Leads to drive strategy, raise product excellence, and build high-impact features and products.
Interaction Designer
Designed web-apps for desktop and mobile. Involved in all stages from initial concept development and wireframes to prototyping, usability testing, and collaborating with software engineers.
Professional Services
Engineer & Manager
Developed hosted search and content-management solutions.