Strategic UX design and product management leader with extensive experience driving user-centered design initiatives, developing scalable digital products, and leading high-performing, cross-functional teams.
Passionate about blending thoughtful UX strategy with technical execution, I bridge the gap between users, stakeholders, and engineering teams to deliver intuitive, accessible, and robust digital solutions. Proficient across UX design, product roadmapping, front-end engineering, and usability testing, I ensure alignment between user needs and business objectives.
An effective communicator and collaborative leader committed to operational excellence, strategic planning, and continuous team growth. A dedicated mentor and lifelong learner, I foster supportive environments where innovation thrives, team members grow, and high-quality outcomes are consistently achieved.
Knowledge, Skills, & Software
Product Strategy
Agile
Scrum
Jira
Confluence
Wireframing
Prototyping
User Research
Usability Testing
UI & Icon Design
Design Systems
Miro
Figma
Sketch
Photoshop
Semantic HTML
Responsive CSS
Accessibility
WCAG
Tailwind CSS
TypeScript
Angular
React
React Server Components
React Router
Remix
Astro
Solid.js
Node.js
Deno
Bun
Cloudflare Workers
Swift
UIKit
SwiftUI
Firebase Firestore
SQLite
REST
Gen AI Prototyping
Agentic Coding Tools
Git
GitHub
GitLab
Bitbucket
Docker
Final Cut Pro
Logic Pro
Relevant Career & Professional Experience
UX Engineer
May 2026 – Current
- Build and maintain Zephyr Code, a GUI-based agentic coding harness built on AWS Kiro that enables UX designers on a major telecommunications engagement to create full-fidelity, production-stack prototypes for usability testing and developer handoff.
- Designed and built an agentic scheduling-assistant proof of concept for a national legal-services company using the Claude Agent SDK, server-sent-event streaming, and AWS Bedrock in support of new-business development.
- Specify behavior and expand automated test coverage for Brazos Portal, BP3’s Camunda-based task dashboard product, laying the groundwork to rearchitect it as a modular library clients can compose into their own dashboards.
- Deliver rapid generative-AI prototypes for sales, marketing, and delivery teams across client engagements, working primarily with Claude-based tooling.
Organizer
June 2025 – Apr. 2026
- Produced the meetup’s presentation materials and served as an on-site leader and host for monthly events.
- Edited video recordings of meetup talks for post-event publication.
- Spoke on modern web development topics, including generative-AI prototyping workflows.
Lead Product Designer
Jan. 2025 – May 2026
- Led a team of four UX designers, providing strategic direction and mentorship for a high-profile consulting project with a major national telecommunications client.
- Conducted comprehensive process discovery and user research to inform and define product strategy and roadmap.
- Developed detailed wireframes, mock-ups, and interactive prototypes for complex enterprise web applications.
- Created high-fidelity, interactive prototypes using Angular to facilitate precise interaction design and usability testing.
- Designed custom product icons and established cohesive visual branding guidelines tailored specifically to client requirements.
- Piloted generative-AI coding workflows for interactive prototyping and presented the approach publicly in “Vibe Coding a UX Prototype with React Router” (2025).
UX Engineering Volunteer
Nov. 2023 – Current
- Partnering with the Austin Public Library to redesign the library’s website, facilitating goal-setting workshops with stakeholders to scope and prioritize the effort.
- Prototyped the highest-priority replacement first — a meeting-room booking application built with React Router and the U.S. Web Design System (USWDS), with colocated unit and integration tests and a live Railway deployment — to retire the legacy booking system causing the most user pain.
- Conducted user research, usability testing, and stakeholder workshops to ensure community needs were thoroughly addressed.
Lead UX Designer
Aug. 2021 – Jan. 2025
- Led a UX design team focused on delivering intuitive enterprise software solutions, from initial concept through final implementation.
- Managed design processes, including research, wireframing, prototyping, and usability testing to ensure optimal user experience.
- Coordinated closely with stakeholders and development teams to align designs with strategic business goals.
- Built the engagement’s first interactive code prototype as an Angular single-page application on the production stack and design system, raising usability-testing fidelity (9.6/10 rated ease of use) and establishing code prototypes as the team’s standard practice.
- Designed template-management tooling spanning 2,188 material and labor templates across 33 management areas; the feature shipped to production and is now in its second revision.
UX Design Consultant
Feb. 2020 – Aug. 2021
- Conducted detailed user research, interviews, and usability tests to inform and validate design decisions.
- Created comprehensive wireframes and interactive prototypes for enterprise software applications.
- Collaborated directly with client stakeholders to ensure alignment between user needs and business objectives.
- Designed and delivered solution architecture for an enterprise construction-management platform supporting $3B in subsidized rural broadband expansion, integrating legacy SAP systems and replacing spreadsheet-driven estimation workflows.
- Designed the platform’s first module, construction permitting, later described by the client’s senior business architect as their most successful software launch — working on day one with no rollbacks or retraining.
Automation Consultant
Nov. 2019 – Feb. 2020
- Assisted clients in identifying and implementing automation strategies to streamline business processes.
- Developed process documentation, workflow analyses, and presented findings to stakeholders.
- Worked closely with cross-functional teams to ensure automation solutions effectively met business requirements.
UX Designer & Copywriter
Entrée
Jan. 2016 – May 2016
- Developed clear, engaging copy for Entrée’s Facebook Messenger chatbot interactions.
- Collaborated closely with stakeholders to refine product messaging and user experience.
- Designed Entrée’s initial website layout, icons, and assets.
UX & UI Designer
Entrée
June 2015 – Jan. 2016
- Created the initial visual design, layout, and interaction model for the Entrée iPad app.
- Developed branding assets, including icons and graphical elements.
- Performed user testing to iterate and refine app usability and functionality.
Design Director
Mobile Application Developers (MAD)
Mar. 2015 – Apr. 2016
- Directed visual and interaction design strategies for iOS and Android applications.
- Developed a unified icon set to maintain visual consistency across products and marketing materials.
- Designed marketing collateral and compelling presentation materials for industry conferences.