I’m a technology and media professional working at the intersection of research, design, and development, building new products, services, and platforms.
Throughout my career I've worked with innovative organizations spanning industries such as reality capture, nature tech, drones and robotics, online video, social media, home entertainment, fintech, health and wellness, and more.
With over two decades of experience and a proven track record of success with organizations from early-stage startups to some of the worlds largest companies, I bring a wide range of capabilities to bear.
My focus on leading edge technologies has lead to being a co-author on multiple patents. I am particularly attuned to the needs of organizations that are building their technical understanding and product development team and practice.
I endeavor to be a collaborative, energetic, and inclusive leader and colleague, invested in my team’s and organization’s success. I bring with me a growth mindset aimed at finding how my skills and experience can augment the expertise and needs of those organizations I am working with.
Over the last few years, I have had the opportunity to work with a number of organizations focussed on conservation and restoration of forests, particularly in the Choco-Andino of Western Ecuador.
I've provided consulting on technology and process, as well as leveraged my experience in reality capture and field operations to gather data and provide capacity-building training.
In addition, I've been involved with a number of nature technology related industry groups, at which I have done numerous presentations and event facilitations.
Imgix is a pioneer in the management, optimization and delivery of media via its global CDN and advanced internal technology. Its capabilities are a core component of the technology stack of a businesses across a wide range of industries - media, e-commerce, real estate, and more.
Working closely with the CEO, engineering leadership, and other stakeholders, I developed and rolled out comprehensive product strategy that built on the platforms core strengths and positioned it to leverage emerging AI technologies at scale.
I was the first director-level design leader at this industry-leading reality capture SaaS startup, joining as the organization focused on growing its enterprise customer base and scaling ARR.
Zipongo (now Foodsmart) provides software tools and services with the working premise that "food is medicine."
While there I lead a major redesign of the mobile product, architected UX and service design for new business initiatives targeting health systems, provided creative direction for growth & engagement content initiatives, photoshoots, and video production, and built the design team and practices.
Circleup's mission was to provide capital and resources to promising companies working across the CPG space, a sector which doesn't have the same pathways or needs as technology. A particular focus of the organization was to create more neutral, software based mechanisms that provide access and foster inclusivity to services and resources critical to entrepreneurs. 250+ entrepreneurs raised over $300M with CircleUp’s help.
As the first product hire, I partnered with the founders and engineering leads to develope product strategy, lead design across all software product initiates, built the design team and practices, ran research projects, and sat on the senior team.
In the early 2010's, Zynga was the leader in social gaming, its games played by millions each day. Zynga's go-to hub and optimized game play experience for its dedicated players.
• Design of a standalone gaming portal, new account system, engaging interactive features, third party game development.
• 1 Million DAU within first 6 months.
• Increased NPS and player retention.
UX Lead on multiple product areas during YouTube’s high-growth early years.
Design for home page, video upload & management, user channels & profiles, site navigation & information architecture, television applications, and more.
Worked in conjunction with product and engineering teams to create systems and practices for social networking and sharing, personalized content discovery, video quality, content syndication and APIs.
Patents: US8069414, US8468201. US9553947B2. Multiple Filings.
