About
With over 20 years of experience as a creative, I've had the opportunity to explore a wide range of disciplines, from 3D modeling and writing to product design and development. This diverse background has solidified my belief that design is more than just beautiful surfaces; it's about crafting accessible, usable, and impactful experiences. I thrive in collaborative environments, prioritizing empathy and a deep understanding of diverse user needs. My passion lies in creating products and services that are both functional and delightful, while respecting human values, cultures, and abilities. This commitment has led me to focus on accessibility, a field I care deeply about, and where I can leverage my design system background and enjoyment of mentoring and leadership to help those working with me create truly inclusive experiences.
Side Projects
As a Figma Community Leader in San Francisco, I've organized events, workshops, speaker sessions, and even the chapter's inaugural Config After Party! I want to motivate, connect, educate, and empower my fellow designers.
As the Figma Community Leader in Tampa Bay, I worked hard to build a vibrant and supportive space for designers of all levels. I partnered with the Suncoast Developer Guild, where I organized events, workshops, speaker sessions, and mentorship opportunities to inspire, educate, and connect fellow designers.
A podcast that is a conversation with the people behind the technology, that love what they do, & do tech good.
Speaking
How to start a podcast, and what you need to prepare.
Writing
Annotations in design files bridge the gap between design intent and development execution, ensuring accessible and inclusive user experiences.
Work Experience
Built the accessibility and design systems teams. Established a set of accessible design and development patterns, tools, and embedded workflows used across dozens of Clark, Inc. products and services.
Built the product design and development team responsible for building the internal tools used by thousands of WebstaurantStore employees.
Managed the local design teams, remote contract workers, worked out project design requirements with company stakeholders and project managers, and coordinated the work to maintain and grow the design system used across the company’s software platforms and services.
Principal lead of the product design team, and helped define a standardized set of design patterns, guidelines and style guides to be used across the company’s platforms and services. Built and maintained a custom React SVG library, as well as the base CSS framework used throughout the company’s applications.
UI design for web, desktop, iOS and Android. Standardized an implementation review process to improve design through iteration based on user input, and user data analysis.
UI design and development for web, desktop, iOS and Android applications. Managed remote teams of developers who implemented designs, and developed a QA program to ensure reliable deployments.
Creative driving force behind the design and implementation of the startups that received Angel investor funding. Worked one-on-one with the entrepreneurs to plan the design, branding and marketing of their products.
Volunteering
Pamphlet design work and Front-End development on the foundation's website.
Assisted in graphic design work on everything from flyers to billboards. Front-End Development updates to the foundation's website.