I’m a design leader, researcher, and product strategist with a specialization in creating collaborative human centered design processes and cultures.
I love solving complex problems and creating people-centric cultures and systems that enable design and product teams to do amazing work.
I'm particularly passionate about education, healthcare, and mental health, and I love working on early to mid-stage products with high complexity.
I’m currently the Vice President of Product Design at Garner Health where I’m building a design team to help people find better, more affordable healthcare.
Previously, I was the Senior Design Manager at Omada Health leading a team of designers and content strategists across multiple product lines. Learn more here about my approach to managing a design team.
I also have taught and facilitated design thinking workshops within Google and for other companies and non-profits.
I can help your team…
Build out or grow a design and user research program
Create a culture of design thinking
Create a shared product vision
Revitalize your product strategy
Improve your product’s information architecture and usability
Build and maintain a design system
Create a great user experience across multiple touch points
Solve tough problems together using design thinking
EDUCATION
UC Berkeley – 2014
B.A. Cognitive Science, Course Thread in Human-Centered Design
EXPERIENCE
Garner Health, Vice President of Product Design, 2022-Present
Currently leading design and building out a UX team at Garner Health
Omada health, Senior Design Manager, 2021-2022
Managed a team of 4 designers and 1 content designer across multiple product lines
Omada health, Senior interaction designer, 2020-2021
Led design on Omada’s Care Team Platform including scaling the platform to accommodate multi-person care teams and a more modular program.
Google, Senior Interaction Designer & Product Strategist, 2015-2020
Owned and led product, design, and research for an experimental ML based project in Google’s Area 120
Led design of Google Hire’s native mobile app to reimagine how recruiters work through a mobile device
Led dozens of user research studies ranging from foundational research to usability testing and more
Tackled high complexity challenges including redesigning navigation systems, permissions systems, and more
Created and facilitated design processes and strategy for 10+ person design team
Developed and taught design workshops through Google.org to non-profits locally and around the world
Facilitated multiple design sprints for teams across Google as a certified Sprint Master
Bebop, Interaction Designer, 2015
Planned and conducted foundational research for a brand new product
developed the original feature set and foundational information architecture of a brand new product as one of three original product designers
Bebop was acquired by Google in Nov 2015 and the product we worked on was turned into Google Hire
Cooper, Interaction Design Intern, 2014 – 2015
Created executive training workshops to teach a human-centered approach to visual design and interaction design
Collaborated on multiple client projects including work for financial institutions and health care providers
DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
Design is a way of thinking to help you consistently making good decisions with a particular goal in mind.
While this does apply to helping users achieve their goals on web and mobile UI, it’s a process that can also be applied to communication, public policy, business strategy, your life choices, and more. I think thinking ‘like a designer’ is a useful skill for anyone; whether you’re trying to be a designer, start your own business, or just make yourself happier.
Please reach out if you’d like to work together or just chat.