I’m a design leader committed to solving user needs and delivering business results. Here’s what I love doing:
Crafting product visions and making them real
Growing and scaling teams
Building partnerships across disciplines and stakeholders
Nurturing talent and fostering an inclusive team culture
“Today, I lead a team of UX producers and managers in achieving design excellence at Microsoft.”
Microsoft Cloud + AI
Principal Design Manager | 2020 - Present
Senior Design Manager | 2018 - 2020
The Dynamics, Power Platform, and Azure business units make up the Cloud + AI organization. We support a wide array of users including line-of-business and knowledge workers, IT pros, citizen developers, and more. With over 500 designers, C+AI Studios span 9 countries, 7 disciplines, and hundreds of products. 95% of Fortune 500 Companies are our customers.
My role:
Grow and lead a team in scaling design impact across Cloud + AI
Define, standardize, and iterate user-centered design processes that yield maximum customer and business success
Develop programs that track, measure, and improve design effectiveness
Identify areas of work that provide growth opportunities for my team while answering user needs
Senior Producer | 2016 - 2018
Design strategy and execution lead for multiple products including Power BI and V1 offerings Dynamics 365 Talent and Market Insights (now Customer Insights).
My role:
Create and realize a user-centered product vision
Build collaborative relationships across design, product management, engineering, and data science
Achieve operational excellence through rigor, organization, and communication
Identify resource gaps and hire a world-class team
Foster a culture of empathy and inclusion
IBM
Product Manager, 2015 - 2016
My role:
Oversee an agile team in delivering tools to scale IBM's Digital Marketplace platform
UX Design Researcher, 2013 - 2015
My role:
Lead user research for IBM’s first self-service platform designed for work
Design Science
Information Designer, 2012 - 2013
My role:
Translate complex surgical procedures and medical device user testing results into visual deliverables including storyboards, personas, wireframes, and process maps
