Work History

Bootstrapping a New Venture – Currently bootstrapping Mirro, a venture focused on democratizing personal styling by crowdsourcing fashion and style decision-making. Spearheading product vision, design, development, market research, and user acquisition. Conducted in-depth market analysis, surveyed over 1,000 potential users, and built a user base of 100+ with a 17% retention rate through targeted marketing efforts.

Skills: Product Management & Development · Market & User Research · UI/UX · Pricing · Marketing · Customer Support

Built a Design System One Brick at a Time – Spearheaded the development and scaling of Podium’s Brickyard Design System. Architected a comprehensive vision, roadmap, and strategy while leading a team of 8 engineers and 1 designer. Fostered widespread adoption, by positioning Brickyard as an internal product and establishing a governance team to ensure design consistency and reduce deviations. Implemented an automated tracking system using JavaScript, Snowflake, and Tableau to monitor component usage and system health and introduced a company-wide quarterly planning metric focused on component adoption, elevating the bar for UX excellence. These strategic approaches resulted in an 80% adoption rate among products within 18 months, significantly reducing engineering and design overhead, reduced code redundancy, and improved quality test coverage.

Led a Global UI/UX Upgrade – Led a cross-functional team to execute a comprehensive UI/UX upgrade across the Podium product suite within a compressed 4-month timeframe. Established a governance structure to prioritize high-impact areas, including the Primary Navigation and Global Settings. Employed ClickUp and Jira to manage project timelines and deliverables, resulting in substantial user satisfaction as evidenced by positive anecdotal feedback from Account Managers.

Security and Compliance Project Management – Led cross-functional teams in the successful rollout of two-factor authentication, ensuring seamless integration across platforms. Collaborated closely with engineering, security, content strategy, marketing, account management, and compliance teams to mitigate risks and optimize user experience.

Skills: Cross-functional Team Leadership · Strategic Planning · Mentoring · Agile Methodology · Snowflake · Tableau · Jira · Air Table · Confluence · Marketing Strategy

Empowered a Lean Team to Deliver a New Design System – Built and led a high-performing team of 5 to develop Gusto’s Workbench Design System. Fostered a culture of design thinking, drove 15% design efficiency gains and improved brand consistency. Achieved 10% internal system adoption. Implemented performance management frameworks, including regular 1-on-1s and career development plans. Successfully recruited and onboarded new engineers, contributing to a positive and inclusive work environment.

Skills: Engineering Leadership · Team Building · Recruiting & Hiring · Mentoring · Technical Operations · Technical Planning · Snowflake · Tableau · Jira

Championing Design System Efficiency – Led a company-wide initiative to consolidate Design Systems at WeWork. Developed reusable components, streamlined operations, instituted a governance team, and established a centralized asset library for said system. While the broader company landscape eventually shifted, this project laid a strong foundation for a more streamlined design process.

Skills: Global Cross-Functional Team Leadership · Strategic Planning · Developer Relations · React

Built a Design System One Connection at a Time – Spearheaded the development and scaling of Copper CRM’s Alloy Design System. As the founding UX engineer, positioned Alloy as a strategic internal product, developed a comprehensive roadmap and vision, and expanded the team 5x to drive product innovation and reduce customer support tickets by 10%. Implemented robust hiring and development practices, fostering a collaborative team culture. Actively contributed to product development by embedding the Design System team within all product initiatives.

Skills: Product Management · Cross-functional Team Leadership · Recruiting & Hiring · Ember.js · Jira · Developer Relations

De-risked and Drove Product Innovation through Rapid Prototyping – Developed high-fidelity prototypes for web, iOS, and Chrome applications. Played a pivotal role in Salesforce’s “Lightning” rebranding initiative, with the new user interface now adopted by over 150,000 customers worldwide. Accelerated decision-making, de-risked new features, and enhanced user experiences through early testing with product and sales teams.

Empowered Developers Through Dreamforce – Delivered engaging Dreamforce sessions on leveraging Salesforce’s Lightning Design System, teaching over 400 attendees. Expanded training reach globally, including a session in Australia. Mentored a team of 8 designers and engineers to deliver comprehensive workshops covering Heroku setup, local development, and deployment. Received second-highest session ratings.

Skills: Front-End Development · React · iOS Development · Public Speaking · Technical Training · Mentoring · Community Building

Expanding Affordable Healthcare Access Through Intuitive Design – Developed front-end for “Covered California”, “Your Health Idaho”, and “One Mississippi” healthcare exchanges. 

Skills: Front-End Development · React