Resume

Overview

Principal Product Designer with 15+ years of experience designing B2B and B2B2C SaaS platforms across AI, compliance, content management, and discovery. Specializes in turning complex, fragmented data into intuitive products that support trusted decisions at scale. Led 0-to-1 product and platform design initiatives reaching 20M+ monthly users and contributing to $50M+ in ARR.

Experience

Principal Product Designer @ Pex (acquired by Vobile, Mar 2025)

Mar 2025 - Present

  • Led end-to-end product design from concept through launch for two new AI-powered B2B SaaS compliance products now generating multimillion-dollar revenue and growing 40–50% year over year.
  • Promoted to Principal Product Designer from Staff in recognition of product impact and expanded leadership scope.
  • Retained post-acquisition to lead product design through Pex's transition to Vobile.
  • Partnered with product and engineering leadership to prioritize roadmap initiatives, align stakeholders, and drive execution across multiple product lines.
  • Mentored designers and engineers via one-on-ones, design reviews, and workshops, increasing team quality, autonomy, and decision-making confidence.

Staff Product Designer @ Pex

Nov 2022 - Mar 2025

  • Led end-to-end product design for a content identification and rights management platform serving global copyright holders, translating complex music licensing workflows into intuitive product experiences.
  • Promoted to Staff Product Designer from Lead in recognition of customer research initiatives for the Analytics feature including rapid prototyping, quickly iterating with customers, and shipping a solution within 2 months.
  • Established and scaled a cross-functional design system in collaboration with 10+ designers and engineers, increasing feature delivery velocity by 3x and improving product consistency across the platform.

Lead Product Designer @ Pex

Apr 2021 - Nov 2022

  • Led product design for the Analytics features and services within Attribution Engine, a licensing platform used by musicians to license their work on social media platforms and collect royalties based on their use.
  • Partnered with design, product, and engineering leadership to shape and execute roadmap initiatives across multiple product areas.

Lead UX Designer @ The Library Corporation

Mar 2011 - Apr 2021

  • Led end-to-end design for a library automation platform used by thousands of institutions and millions of users, spanning B2B staff workflows and B2C discovery experiences.
  • Influenced multimillion dollar contracts with major school districts such as Chicago Public Schools and the Hawaii Department of Education, who cited product quality as a key decision factor.
  • Led design of two industry-first products: a mobile-friendly public access catalog and an award-winning cataloging platform that modernized how library collections are managed by staff and discovered by patrons.
  • Directed modernization of a legacy product ecosystem, aligning stakeholders across engineering, product, and executive leadership around a unified UX vision.
  • Redesigned complex cataloging workflows to be intuitive enough for non-specialists, expanding participation beyond trained librarians and increasing staff cataloging productivity by 5x and patron checkouts by 22%.

Art Director @ Barbarian

Mar 2010 - Jan 2011

  • Led art direction and interaction design for Samsung.com US homepage and flagship product experiences.
  • Collaborated with internal and brand teams to deliver high-visibility digital experiences for products such as the Samsung Galaxy S phone and Samsung LED TVs.

Design Technologist @ Cheil North America

Feb 2009 - Mar 2010

  • Bridged design and engineering by leading front-end development and interaction design for Samsung digital experiences.
  • Aligned creative vision with technical execution across cross-functional teams.

Front-End Engineer @ Renegade Marketing

Aug 2006 - Dec 2008

  • Delivered interactive web experiences for major brands (Panasonic, Redbox, Car & Driver).
  • Established a foundation in rapid product delivery and cross-disciplinary collaboration.

Skills

Leadership

  • Cross-functional team leadership
  • Product strategy and roadmap alignment
  • Design mentorship and coaching
  • Stakeholder alignment and executive communication
  • Design systems leadership
  • Agile product development

Product design

  • Product vision and experience strategy
  • Complex workflow and platform design
  • User research and insight synthesis
  • Information architecture
  • Interaction design and prototyping
  • Usability testing and validation

Technical Fluency

  • React, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, CSS
  • Supabase, Vercel, GitHub
  • Custom AI agents and applications
  • Rapid prototyping with code

Tools

  • Figma, Sketch, Adobe
  • Miro, Balsamiq
  • Cursor, Codex, ChatGPT, Claude Code, Gemini
  • Google Analytics, Looker Studio, Airtable
  • Slack, Notion, Google Workspace
  • Jira, Shortcut

Education

Rochester Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Fine Arts, New Media Design (2006)