I love bringing great products and thoughtful designs into the world. I’ve built a cybersecurity platform at SafeBase, managed creative teams at VML and Deloitte, served as Chief Product Officer at Jaspr Health, and been a PM at Microsoft.

When not working, I am playing hide-and-seek with my kids, making coffee, or buying more books than I need.

Writing

 
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Playing games
Playing games

Gamification is great, provided the game is something we actually want to win.

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Consulting
Consulting

I never want to be an expert on car seats.

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Love and constraints
Love and constraints

When applied correctly, constraints have the ability to bring out the best in all of us.

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My Design Philosophy

I’m very interested in the idea of design being useful and minimal: it should be helpful, and then leave you to your day. Cal Newport has done some excellent work on this subject in Digital Minimalism, and I’ve adapted some of his ideas into my current design philosophy.

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GOOD DESIGN SERVES USER VALUEs

Good design serves something that a user values deeply. Merely offering some benefit is not enough.

2

good design PROVIDES AN OPTIMAL solution

As designers, we must aspire to create systems that are the best way to serve a particular value. If it is not the best option, we must continually work to improve it until it is.

3

good design has self-imposed constraints

Good design does not try to do everything. It should be the best possible solution only within a given context.

Portfolio

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genomics dashboard
illumina

llumina is a world-leader in genomics research, with a complex array of devices and applications. I worked with a team to design a unified, responsive, web-based dashboard for all of Illumina’s services. From DNA sequencing status to product order shipment information, the dashboard organizes and streamlines everything on one page.

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DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
Massage Envy

Massage Envy is the world’s largest franchise of massage therapy services. Until recently, all therapist notes and patient information was done on paper, which was an expensive an inefficient operation. After extensive user research, I helped design a digital transformation strategy for Massage Envy, and led the design of a new iPad-based therapist and customer intake experience.

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financial dashboard
regis corporation

Regis Corporation is the largest operator of hair salons in the world. Their corporate website, primarily targeted to institutional investors, had not been updated for some time. In ten days, I completed a responsive UX re-design, which formed the basis of the visual design and developed site that is live today.

health management app for Apple Watch
ELI LILLY

Taking their medication on time is critical to patient health for customers of this pharmaceutical company, but remembering to isn’t always easy. I created the experience and visual design for an Apple Watch prototype to allow for fast and easy medication and symptom tracking.

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network management dashboard
Cisco Systems

The application for this multinational technology corporation is an incredible tool to visually provision and configure network devices. The original product design contained hundreds of page details with minor variations. I partnered with a team to create a design system for the product, and implement a consistent look-and-feel across the product.

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Patient Care application for android
Kaiser Permanente

Chronic care patients benefit tremendously from dedicated support and visits from their nurses, but these relationships don’t easily scale. To help maximize patient’s support, I worked with a team to design an Android application for patients to track behavior change and asynchoronously stay connected with their care providers.