Product Designer // Entrepreneur.
I believe in building a product development process that centers around iteration and validation, and one that rewards failure. I see this as an absolutely crucial quality for building innovative teams, products, and businesses.
I attended ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, and the MBA-Elective Exchange program at INSEAD Business School in France. I learned most of my research skills from working in the field, doing projects in rural Africa (through MIT & IDDS) and South America (through DesignMatters) delivering solutions to impoverish communities. As well as having conducted research and strategy for several Fortune 500 companies all over the United States while at Kelton Global.
- Principal UX Designer at Faraday Future (Current).
- UX Lead at Maker Studios (Acquired by Disney 2014).
- Notable projects: Maker.TV, Maker Axis (Asset Management System used by Maker and Disney for all short form content, Site & App Generator for Talent Video Hubs.
- Co-Founded Blayze Inc, a Santa Monica based media / tech company, with two partners in 2011. (Managed Product & UX)
- MuckerLab accelerator class of 2012, venture backed.
- Acquired by Vobile Inc. in 2013.
- Design Strategist at Kelton Global, traveling 60% of the time for field research (ei. ethnographies, design observations, focus groups).
- Clients included: Pfizer, Target, Target Pharmacy, Domino's Pizza, Best Buy, Bloomingdales, Jägermeister.
- Contracted for 10 startups to date. Advised many more.
