about
i help people get the ideas out of their heads && into a form they can actually work with.
background
systems-thinking product designer. 16 years across air force ops, land governance, and digital product — mapping actors, jobs, and flows before reaching for tools. i bring analog clarity to increasingly automated spaces.
experience
- sr. ux product designer at medifast, 2024 — design system overhaul leveraging figma variables && community resources. coordinating design tokens across coach, client, && web engineering surfaces.
- head of design at medici land governance, 2019 — 21. led design across product for a 0→1 blockchain-based land administration system. facilitated 5-day cross-functional sprint. hired 3 designers (jr–sr), established team cadence && 1-on-1s.
- ux · design systems at overstock, 2017 — 19. two-person team supporting ~25 designers. built MVP design system in 6 months. led tool consolidation from 3→1.
- ux designer at directscale, 2015 — 17. holistic design across multiple touchpoints && personas for direct-selling e-commerce (b2b → b2c).
- systems admin, e-5 — u.s. air force, 2007 — 13. supporting 400+ personnel. led movement of 500 equipment items for AF post graduate dental school opening — 29 days ahead of schedule.
education
- b.a. communication — boise state (magna cum laude)
- a.s. computer info systems — palo alto college
- fullstack dev bootcamp — devmountain
elsewhere
- linkedin (external link) — full work history && recommendations
- github (external link) — 33 repos, 2.6k starred
- unsplash (external link) — 3.4m views, 32k downloads