Principal Product Designer & Design Leader
I Design for How Complex Systems Actually Work
Twenty years across consumer, B2B, and enterprise, leading when it calls for it, hands-on when it matters.
Director-level UX and product design leadership.
Led teams of 3 to 8 across consumer, enterprise, and early-stage products.
MBA. NN/g UX Management certified. HFI CUA and CXA.
Selected Work
UX Strategy, Systems Design & Delivery · ACT, Inc. · EdTech

Reframed a fragmented ACT product ecosystem into a more unified learner experience spanning planning, testing, results, and next-step decisions.

Aligned product, research, architecture, and adjacent teams around a systems-level vision for continuity, personalization, and cross-product learner support.

UX Strategy, Systems Design & Delivery · ACT, Inc. · EdTech

Reframed a fragmented ACT product ecosystem into a more unified learner experience spanning planning, testing, results, and next-step decisions.

Aligned product, research, architecture, and adjacent teams around a systems-level vision for continuity, personalization, and cross-product learner support.

UX Strategy, Systems Design & Delivery · ACT, Inc. · EdTech

Reframed a fragmented ACT product ecosystem into a more unified learner experience spanning planning, testing, results, and next-step decisions.

Aligned product, research, architecture, and adjacent teams around a systems-level vision for continuity, personalization, and cross-product learner support.

Product Strategy, Research & Delivery · Hy-Vee · Consumer Ecommerce

Re-architected a highly complex product detail experience to support scale, variation, and long-term growth.

Defined and negotiated the variation system governing the platform migration, contributing to a 1.49% conversion rate increase and 84k additional add-to-carts.

Product Strategy, Research & Delivery · Hy-Vee · Consumer Ecommerce

Re-architected a highly complex product detail experience to support scale, variation, and long-term growth.

Defined and negotiated the variation system governing the platform migration, contributing to a 1.49% conversion rate increase and 84k additional add-to-carts.

Product Strategy, Research & Delivery · Hy-Vee · Consumer Ecommerce

Re-architected a highly complex product detail experience to support scale, variation, and long-term growth.

Defined and negotiated the variation system governing the platform migration, contributing to a 1.49% conversion rate increase and 84k additional add-to-carts.

0→1 Platform Design, Strategy & Delivery · Vertex · Manufacturing & Engineering SaaS

Defined interaction paradigms and system architecture for a cloud-based 3D collaboration platform built from zero to one.

Shaped a collaborative 3D modeling platform for large engineering and manufacturing organizations, with target accounts including Rockwell Collins, John Deere, Vermeer, and Caterpillar.

0→1 Platform Design, Strategy & Delivery · Vertex · Manufacturing & Engineering SaaS

Defined interaction paradigms and system architecture for a cloud-based 3D collaboration platform built from zero to one.

Shaped a collaborative 3D modeling platform for large engineering and manufacturing organizations, with target accounts including Rockwell Collins, John Deere, Vermeer, and Caterpillar.

0→1 Platform Design, Strategy & Delivery · Vertex · Manufacturing & Engineering SaaS

Defined interaction paradigms and system architecture for a cloud-based 3D collaboration platform built from zero to one.

Shaped a collaborative 3D modeling platform for large engineering and manufacturing organizations, with target accounts including Rockwell Collins, John Deere, Vermeer, and Caterpillar.

Complex Problems Require Trust
Colleague feedback
“He is great at creating processes where none exist to ensure alignment across teams and to drive transparency with leadership.”
Jason Engelbart

Product Design Leader | Ex-Amazon


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How I Work

I specialize in complex, ambiguous problem spaces where design must align tightly with business goals, technical constraints, and organizational realities. I work across product, engineering, and leadership to clarify problems, reduce friction, and move teams forward with confidence when conditions are imperfect.

Leadership

I align teams around shared models, not opinions. By clarifying constraints and surfacing tradeoffs early, I help product, engineering, and stakeholders make durable decisions under uncertainty.

Design

I design interaction models and information systems that scale with complexity. My focus is on how experiences behave over time, not just how screens look, to enable product and organizational growth.

Research

I turn messy qualitative and quantitative inputs into insights and direction. My strength is synthesis that reduces ambiguity and helps teams align without over-process.

About

I bring depth across UX, research, and leadership, shaped by years of work on complex systems. I value clarity, long-term impact, and building solutions teams can sustain.

Built With Intent, Not Templates

This portfolio was designed and built from scratch to reflect how I actually work.

AI tools including Claude, v0, and ChatGPT were used selectively to support exploration, synthesis, drafting, and idea validation. They improved speed and iteration, while design judgment, structure, and final decisions remained my responsibility.

The site was designed in Figma and built in Webflow for flexibility, performance, and long-term maintainability.

Explore the Full Scope of My Work
For a broader view of the systems, domains, and products I’ve led, explore the experience index, or download my resume.
Let’s Connect
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