I am a proven Product Design Director, mentor, coach and outcome-focused leader.
TL;DR
My passion is for design & teamwork that increases value at scale.
- 2013-2025: Led remote async design teams at global companies (San Francisco, Boston, EU, Canada)
- 2008-2012: Led my own San-Francisco based startup (Moment). Invented home screen widgets.
- 2000s: Principal Design Lead for Microsoft, Time-Warner; products for ~350M users.
- Invented After Dark screensavers, $230M in sales - #1 selling software worldwide.
What makes me unique is:
my passion, experience, and proven success at leading design & research teams to success.
My value prop: What I can do for you
I'm known for inspired design leadership that gets results. I bring infectious positive energy, trust, and data-driven strategy to cross-functional collaboration.
- I know each design discipline. I love to mentor & coach collaborative research, design, and product design thinking. I enjoy bringing out the best in everyone around me.
- I am a trusted people manager. I lead from a place of trust, knowledge, & humility, empowering my team with purpose, autonomy and a path to mastery.
- I'm proven to deliver value. You can trust me to lead teams to deliver user & business value aligned with KPIs. I have a bulletproof process to guide teams to success.
Past is prologue. I have a record of achieving great results as a Product Design Director. I look forward to achieving more.
Personal Interests
I love my work, but outside of it, I like to be physically and mentally active with Lindyhop dancing, Wing chun kung fu, scuba diving & snorkeling, and science fiction & mystery novels.
