Designing with clarity, curiosity, and purpose
I'm a Principal Product Designer with 10+ years of experience creating thoughtful, user-centered digital experiences that balance clarity, scalability, and impact. I thrive at the intersection of strategy, systems, and storytelling—building intuitive interfaces that solve real problems and move businesses forward. Proven success in leading complex UX strategy, high-stakes security initiatives, and lifecycle experiences across responsive web and mobile. Currently a Senior Product Designer at Snowflake, I specialize in blending qualitative research with behavioral data to drive measurable impact through design systems and a code-first methodology.
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Senior Product Designer (Contract)
Snowflake — San Francisco, CA | October 2025–Present
Driving security and governance initiatives within the Snowflake Trust Center, focusing on enhancing global security postures and enterprise-grade protection for the Data Cloud.
- Shipped a new Strong Authentication hub in just 3 months using a code-first design approach, streamlining the security experience to ensure 100% of customers are MFA-ready by October 2026.
- Designing multi-party approval systems for high-risk actions to provide enterprise customers with robust, decentralized security controls.
- Embracing a code-first design methodology within the design organization to accelerate shipping velocity and improve the fidelity of handovers between design and engineering.
Senior Product/Visual Designer (Contract)
Domino Data Lab — San Francisco, CA | June 2025–October 2025
Led the end-to-end redesign of Domino's marketing site to strengthen brand perception and drive organic growth in a highly technical enterprise space. Created sales and marketing assets—including whitepapers, eBooks, data sheets, and pitch decks—to support go-to-market efforts and align brand messaging across channels.
- Spearheaded the end-to-end redesign of Domino's marketing site to enhance brand perception and drive organic growth in a highly technical enterprise space.
- Orchestrated the reimagining of the site's design system, creating a flexible and scalable framework that improved brand consistency and cross-team adoption.
- Transformed dense product narratives into engaging visual storytelling tailored for data science leaders, achieving a 28% increase in average engagement time.
- Collaborated with marketing, engineering, and external agencies to define a scalable content architecture, contributing to a 32% lift in organic traffic to targeted pages.
- Delivered modular Figma libraries and design templates that accelerated the implementation process and empowered non-designers to create within brand guidelines.
Principal Product Designer
Bank of Montreal (BMO) — San Francisco, CA | 2023–June 2025
formerly Bank of the West, San Francisco, CA (2020–2023)
Led cross-functional product design across multiple teams (Sales, Credit Card, and xSell) to drive digital transformation initiatives, including the successful launch of an in-house digital account opening experience, and introduced a new xSell experience within online banking.
- Laid the foundation for BMO's digital sales experience with the implementation of personalized and targeted offers, that resulted in a 5X increase in visits than the previous offers page and 68% increase in click through rates for interstitials and banner offers.
- Redesigned digital account opening for Bank of the West to drive conversion and make account creation feel friendly and intuitive. The result? We boosted the in-app funding rate from 20% to 41% and increased credential creation from 56% to 91%.
- Introduced new features to the online banking platform to boost brand recognition as the "environmental bank," which improved user engagement with the Carbon Footprint tool by 38% and reduced onboarding time by 60%.
- Encouraged a culture of learning and innovation through mentorship and active participation in design critiques and workshops.
- Led the accessibility audit for the online banking platform and advocated for inclusivity in user testing.
Senior Product Designer
Clarizen (now Planview) — San Mateo, CA | 2014–2020
Led design initiatives across enterprise project management platforms, delivering user-centered solutions that improved workflow efficiency, portfolio visibility, and customer engagement.
- Redesigned Clarizen's marketing site, resulting in a 73% increase in live demo registrations and a 150% boost in free trial submissions, directly supporting customer acquisition goals.
- Designed key features for Clarizen Go, including customizable widgets, modular dashboards, and agile task boards, which simplified team workflows and contributed to a notable increase in enterprise agile adoption.
- Launched Clarizen Go, a lightweight project management platform, which drove a 23% increase in ecosystem buy-in among enterprise accounts in its first month, strengthening cross-product integration and retention.
Visual/Product Designer
Badgeville (now CallidusCloud CX) — Redwood City, CA | 2012–2014
Collaborated cross-functionally with product, marketing, and customer success teams to shape a more holistic customer experience.
- Designed gamification mechanics such as leaderboards, badges, and behavior-driven incentives for enterprise clients, leading to a measurable increase in user engagement (+28%) and retention (+15%) across key accounts.
- Spearheaded the creation of the Badgeville Customer Community, an interactive platform for customers to share success stories and best practices, resulting in a 40% increase in community participation and a 25% uptick in product adoption through peer-driven education.
- Partnered with marketing to align gamification strategies with campaign goals, contributing to a 32% lift in enterprise upsells through increased user engagement insights.
Visual/Product Designer
Aegis Holding Company — San Francisco, CA | 2008–2010
- Led the end-to-end design and implementation of the first coffee shop inside BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) stations, shaping the brand from inception to launch.
- Developed the brand identity, including logo, packaging, and website design.
- Designed interior and exterior signage, environmental graphics, and all supporting collateral to ensure a cohesive customer experience.
- Collaborated with architects, developers, and marketing teams to bring a holistic vision to life—from strategy through execution.
Visual/Product Designer
Fader Magazine — New York, NY | 2004–2006
- Designed print layouts that balanced visual storytelling with editorial structure, helping define The Fader's distinctive aesthetic and brand voice.
- Developed strong foundations in hierarchy, typography, and design systems through close collaboration with editors and art directors.
- Contributed to the magazine's early digital expansion, helping translate brand and editorial standards to online formats—an experience that sparked a lasting passion for digital product design.
Skills
Design Leadership & Strategy
- Design vision & strategy
- Product thinking
- Cross-functional leadership
- Stakeholder alignment & influence
- Design road-mapping
UX/UI Design
- User experience design (UX)
- Interaction design (IxD)
- Visual design & UI systems
- Accessibility & inclusive design (WCAG)
- Mobile & responsive design
- Design system architecture
Research & Validation
- User research & insights synthesis
- Journey mapping & personas
- Usability testing & rapid iteration
- A/B testing & experimentation
- Data-informed design
Tools & Collaboration
- Figma, FigJam, Adobe Creative Suite
- AI-enhanced design tools (Cursor, Figma, Figma Make, generative prototyping)
- Prompt-driven exploration & workflow automation
- Agile & Lean UX
- Jira, Confluence, Slack
- Prototyping & developer handoff
Personal qualities
- Creative and innovative thinker with a keen eye for aesthetics.
- Strong communicator, capable of effectively articulating design concepts.
- Collaborative team player with a positive attitude.
- Passionate about staying current with technology and design trends.
Education & professional development
- Bachelor's Degree in Economics and Sociology, UC Berkeley
- Certificate in User Interface (UI) and Human-computer interaction (HCI) Design, UC Berkeley
- UX Design Bootcamp, General Assembly
- Figma Fundamentals Workshop, General Assembly