Versatile Design & Product Leader with a proven track record in motivating teams, driving innovation, and shaping impactful outcomes within complex, multi-sided marketplace environments. Adept at leading cross-functional design and engineering teams to deliver compelling user experiences and successful products. Believes in transforming processes to improve outcomes and fostering initiative to elevate the design function.
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My leadership spanned both the strategic vision and design execution for FullStack Connect, our proprietary multi-sided marketplace platform. This platform is pivotal in streamlining the complex interactions among clients, talent, and project management, and under my guidance as VP of Product, it now focuses on integrating AI-driven features to enhance efficiency and retention across this critical ecosystem.
Over the course of a year, my team and I designed seven apps for Uber's Productivity Tools, which allows its employees to work and communicate more effectively, find the information they need across the entire Uber ecosystem, launch internal improvement campaigns, and monitor user requests. These products have contributed to the professional success of Uber's employees.
View Uber Search Case StudyIn partnership with Siemens Energy's global innovation team, I designed prototypes for several web apps that allow power plan operators to monitor, maintain, and service their power plants across the globe.
I worked with the team at Ekso Bionics to develop digital tools to help people with spinal cord injuries walk again. Through user studies on both sides of treatment (patient & therapist), our team created a web portal for therapists to track patient progress and a UI to conduct therapy sessions with the EksoGT.
View Ekso Pulse Case StudyI lead my team in defining and executing comprehensive design strategies that directly inform product direction. This involves collaborating closely with C-Suite leadership to shape overarching product strategies, while guiding my team through user flows, product roadmaps, feature definition, and in-depth market and user research to ensure our solutions are data-informed, market-relevant, and impactful.
I foster an environment where innovative product concepts flourish through user-centered design. My approach ensures we can explore and define new user experiences or elevate existing ones, maintaining a hands-on understanding of the technical intricacies as we lead the creation of intuitive interaction patterns, robust information architectures, and scalable design systems. This ensures our user experience vision is not only compelling but also technically feasible and ready for seamless implementation.
My leadership is fundamentally focused on building healthy, resilient, and high-performing design teams. I achieve this by actively facilitating knowledge-sharing workshops, creating comprehensive training materials for designers, establishing clear career paths, and personally mentoring my team members to foster their growth and success. This dedicated investment in our people directly contributes to our ability to deliver everything from strategic explorations to polished, high-fidelity products, ensuring comprehensive documentation and fostering seamless collaboration with engineering for flawless execution.