With over 10 years of experience spanning multiple startups and corporations, I have served as a design leader and top tier performer specializing in data-visualization and operational products. Hiring managers and clients hire me for B2B and B2B2C SaaS products, data-intensive applications, products with complex operational workflows, and to help create more efficient internal product teams to help drive growth and increase profitability.

As a product designer, I am always looking to collaborate with highly talented engineering and product teams that are committed to delivering the best possible products. I firmly believe that the best outcomes arise from working together, listening to feedback, and iterating based on user insights.

When I’m not designing, you can find me raising three personality-filled daughters, listening to jazz and film scores, woodworking in my garage, digging in to philosophy, or at the gym working toward new PRs.

Reliability.
My teams count on me to complete work on time and at a high standard. I'm consistent, dependable, and take responsibility for my work.

Adaptability.
I've learned to adapt and work effectively in changing environments. This includes learning new skills, adjusting to processes, and being open to feedback.

Initiative.
I am proactive, I take ownership of my work, and I'm always looking for ways to improve my performance and contribute to the success of the team and the organization.

Collaboration.
I am collaborative and supportive. I'm happy to share my knowledge and expertise, help others when needed, and work together to achieve shared goals.

Empathy.
I understand that life happens and sometimes the work can get pretty tense and stressful. I've been there and have learned how to stay positive and keep my team motivated.

So how did I get to this point? I actually went through high school thinking of little else beyond music. I lived and breathed jazz saxophone and music composition, and I ultimately entered college to pursue a degree in music composition and film scoring. One of the rare deviations from my music obsession, however, was to take a design course where I thoroughly enjoyed what I learned and was eventually asked to create our high school course catalog. Looking back, I really enjoyed how the approach of design is so similar to the approach of composing music for film scores: in both instances, you have to intentionally drive toward creating desired outcomes for a target audience.

As fate would have it, I found the music program at my University to be under-whelming as I was simultaneously growing more interested in understanding how people tend to think and work. Two years into my education, I switched my major to anthropology with minors in philosophy and music. At the time, I didn't realize how important anthropology would be for my future career as a designer and researcher, but in hindsight I'm incredibly grateful that things worked out the way they did. I've utilized many aspects of my training in more ways than I can count.

As I graduated college I took up photography, which served as a gateway into an obsession with Photoshop and the Adobe suite. Around this same time, I took a job with J.B. Hunt doing some billing work. Fast forward a little bit, and after fate did its thing and had me cross paths with the new design director at J.B. Hunt, I found myself working full time in research and design roles. And the rest is history.

Interested in learning more or working with me? Shoot me an email and let's chat!