Focused on analytics platforms, data workflows, and internal systems where trust, semantics, and system clarity matter more than surface polish. I design system-level experiences that reduce cognitive load, make relationships and dependencies legible, and help teams make confident decisions at scale.
I own the design and definition of complex internal systems end-to-end. From framing ambiguous problem spaces to establishing shared semantics, workflows, and decision frameworks across teams. This often includes analytics platforms, data workflows, API-driven systems, and observability-driven tooling where the primary challenge is not interface complexity, but system understanding, trust, and coordination.
My role typically spans product strategy and product design, ensuring that technical systems are legible, governable, and usable by the people who rely on them.
Design & Leadership Philosophy
Design as an Operating System
I approach design as an operating system for decision-making. When systems are unclear, teams slow down, over-coordinate, or rely on tribal knowledge. My focus is on creating shared understanding that allows teams to move independently without breaking each other.
Strategy Before Screens
I prioritize system clarity and decision structure before interface execution. Screens are outputs; understanding is the product.
First-Principles over Familiarity
By reasoning from essentials instead of precedent, ambiguity turns into structure and insight becomes systemic.
AI as an Amplifier of Judgment
I use it to remove friction so human judgment and creativity can operate at a higher level.
Clarity Is the Deliverable
Clarity builds trust, accelerates decisions, and makes complexity feel inevitable, not overwhelming.
Leading Through Ambiguity
I help teams move from uncertainty to structure through shared language, clear decision loops, and systems that make progress repeatable.
Thinking
Experience
While I’ve held leadership titles, my impact has consistently been as a senior individual contributor — owning system-level design decisions and execution while mentoring others.
Lead Product Designer (Head of Design) for Sparq
Design Lead & Architect for Palantir
2019 → 2022
Lead Product Designer for Genalpha
2018 → 2019
Senior UX Engineer, Design Systems for Acculynx
2017 → 2018
Senior UX Designer, Foundational Systems for Zywave
2014 → 2018
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