Resumé

I am product design leader who thrives where others might hesitate—big, messy projects like transforming legacy systems into modern, user-centric experiences. I’m known for building scalable design systems through a systems-thinking approach that drives impact and lasting usability.

⏵ WORK EXPERIENCE

PRODUCT DESIGN MANAGER | WorkWave | 2023 – Present
Promoted to drive product design strategies that enhance user experience, improve security, and modernize the platform. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to implement scalable design solutions aligned with business goals and user needs.

Key Impacts

  • Streamlined authentication across multi-tenant SaaS offerings for 25K+ daily users by designing and implementing Single Sign-On (SSO) workflows. 

  • Modernized 1,000+ product pages with standardized templates and style guides, which improved accessibility, consistency, and usability. 

  • Improved navigation by leading system redesign based on user feedback, prototype testing, and focus group insights to enhance usability and scalability. 

  • Redefined UI variables and extended design palettes to prepare for dark mode.

  • Recognized by peers as winner of company-wide Customer Centricity Wavemaker Award, with only 16 awards given annually.

PRODUCT DESIGN LEAD | WorkWave | Mar 2022 – Jan 2023

Promoted to lead role, provided mentorship to junior designer, to support product vendor integrations & expansion into international markets.

Key Impacts

  • Expanded GPS support by allowing companies to use external GPS vendors like Azuga, which provide detailed route data from within the product.

  • Improved end customer notifications by automating how and when their customers receive service notifications.

  • Supported localization & internationalization efforts with scalable feature redesign

UX DESIGNER | WorkWave | Sept 2021 – Feb 2022

Hired to transform company’s flagship legacy product and support large engineering team

Key Impacts

  • Addressed consistency issues with the creation of a style guide and supporting library of components

  • Supported customer sales by allowing the companies to bundle services & offer discounts 

  • Aided onboarding by demystifying internal jargon with the creation of a living glossary of internal and industry acronyms; now utilized company-wide and by senior leadership.

FREELANCE DESIGNER & DEVELOPER | 2010 – 2021

Selected Clients | Rutgers University, Aerosoles, March of Dimes, Hipcycle.

Selected Projects

  • Expanded the visibility of the Equine Science Center to the youth demographic with a kids portal, branded giveaways, virtual tours and simulation games

  • Created brand identities for new ventures

  • Increased efficiency and reduced errors with mobile app for instantaneous reporting of repair requests for on-site construction vehicles, replacing the existing paper ticketing system

DEVELOPMENT TEAM LEAD | Bristol-Myers Squibb | 2013 - 2015

  • Led transition from deprecated Flash technology to HTML5 ads for desktop and mobile platforms targeting consumer and HCP markets 

  • Collaborated with brand and design teams to develop banner ads with tight technical specs.

  • Recipient of the TEKSystems Excellence Award for “Outstanding overall development and support of our people and business”

PROFESSOR, Design / Creative Tech and CompSci | College of NJ | 2009 - 2013

From freshman to graduating seniors, challenged students in preparation for the workforce

Key Impacts

  • Emphasized process in product and game design courses: research, wireframing, prototyping, user testing & iterative design, the ingredients to realizing a successful product

  • Focused on best practices in introductory programming courses: writing clean, clear, modular code alongside documentation

SKILLS

Figma

Sketch

Maze

Pendo

Adobe Suite

JIRA / Confluence

Design Systems

Prototyping

A/B testing

User Research

Accessibility (A11y)

Product Design

Design Leadership

Mentorship

Project Management

B2B SaaS

Agile

Illustration / Animation

HTML/CSS

EDUCATION

MPS, Interactive Telecom Prog, NYU 

BS, Comp Science & Fine Art, College of New Jersey