Experience

Two decades of leadership

From IC craft to building and leading multi-disciplinary design organizations across the world's most complex product challenges.

Amazon (AWS)

2022 — Present

Product Design Manager

Led UX for 9 mission-critical AWS services spanning Networking, Compute, Messaging, Backup, and Resilience. Scaled the org portfolio 3× (12 → 34+ services) with no headcount growth by implementing tiered UX support models, prioritization frameworks, and AI workflows.

Sony PlayStation (SIE)

2015 — 2022

Senior Product Design Manager

Established business confidence to grow the global Partner Platform UX team from 5 to 20+ designers — building applications that enable Game Developers and Publishers to manage and operationalize content on PlayStation stores. Led design for PS5 Game Base social experience and PlayStation Now on Console and PC.

Lowe's Companies

2012 — 2015

User Experience Architect

Led user experience design for Lowe's next-generation responsive eCommerce website, helping to lead the conversion of the entire site to Adobe Web Experience Manager components. Translated customer feedback, user research, and BI data into actionable design decisions.

Studio

2010 — 2012

Sr. Product Designer & Researcher

Designed and led UX for mobile applications and web platforms — AT&T's mobile video player and family communication apps, HTC's multi-national cable box and mobile experience, ooVoo's web-based video chat platform, and Qualcomm's trucking operations web application.

Qualcomm

2005 — 2009

Senior Human Factors Engineer

Led user research and design for the in-vehicle driver experience — B2B safety, navigation, and workflow applications. Conducted ethnographic research with the truck driver community (including ride-alongs) to define workflow, user needs, and product value propositions.

Kyocera Wireless

2004 — 2005

Human Factors Engineer

Led UI design for mobile features including Bluetooth, Games, Web Browser, Tools, Media Gallery, Settings, and E911. Worked with 15+ carriers (Verizon, US Cellular, Alltel) to translate carrier requirements into customized UI design solutions.

Patents and awards

Patents

  • Connecting a player to expert help in real-time during game play of a gaming application
  • Method and apparatus for providing navigation support for private premises

Awards

  • First Prize · 2021 Hackathon · Sony Interactive Entertainment
  • Honorable Mention · 2019 Hackathon · Sony Interactive Entertainment

Let’s chat

Happy to connect, whether it’s a coffee chat or collaborating on an interesting design problem.

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