Work experience
Senior Staff Product Designer at Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
2022-Present
Promoted from Staff Product Designer 2022–2024
Sole designer on Knowledge Graph, translating complex architecture into usable developer tools
Designed MCP server POC with 8 tools, establishing CZI's AI developer infrastructure leadership
Led strategic discovery resulting in 4 product areas, 40+ opportunities, 2 production launches
Interim PM for Knowledge Graph (3+ months, 11-person team), maintained velocity, shipped features, onboarded 12 partners
Principal Product Designer at GoTo (Formerly LogMeIn)
2020-2022
Delivered tablet-first designs boosting user growth by 33% and primary engagement metric by 341%
Led unified mobile app strategy and collaborative alignment of cross-platform design efforts, leading to comprehensive navigation and surface area architecture
Principal Product Designer at 7 Cups
2019-2020
Led design of new mobile app initiative, increased app store ratings from 3.6 to 4.5
Designed and shipped a web landing page that boosted CTR by over 1,000% for the therapy business
Initiated first analysis of app store reviews impacting quarterly planning, prioritization, and org goals
Director of User Experience at Target
2014-2019
Promoted from Experience Design Lead 2014–2016
Directed design for Target Open House, attracting 3,000+ weekly visitors leading to a company-wide IoT strategic roadmap
Managed UX team that grew from 2 to 7 designers/researchers
Drove 2 smart home initiatives (hardware and software), Target’s first crowdfunding campaign
Creative Technologist at Intel
2012-2014
Led UX prototyping for Oakley Radar Pace, influenced product specs based on user research
Designed interactive experiences for civic/social engagement experienced by 9,000+ people
Designed and built 7 air quality tools, contributing to open-source communities
Education
University at Buffalo
Master of Fine Arts, Media Study
Master of Architecture
Bachelor of Science, Architecture
Awards and publications
Shoptalk's 2017 Heretics Award
March 2017
Recognizing individuals who champion disruptive innovation and problem solving, ranging from groundbreaking technologies to new consumer propositions
International Conference on HCI
LNCS, Vol 9751, July 2016
“The Role of a Retailer in Designing Our Connected Future”
Even though it was coined nearly two decades ago, the Internet of Things (IoT) didn’t really break into the market until around 2013 when it became evident the most popular…
SIGGRAPH 2012 Art Papers and In Search of the Miraculous Art Gallery
Volume 45, Issue 4, August 2012
“Saturation”
Saturation is an installation that highlights the abundance of wireless signals occupying the electromagnetic spectrum. The work indexes the FM radio spectrum…