Resume

Lead Product Designer

Running a design firm that creates digital, web, and mobile products for private equity companies.
Using research, full product design, and data analysis to manage projects and deliver strong results.
Applying UX design tools like Figma and AI-related tools such as Cursor, Vercel, and Supabase to improve product development.

Led design projects for key platform areas like Settings, Messaging, Forms, Integrations, and infrastructure.
Created easy-to-use, scalable experiences with cross-team collaboration to ensure consistency across apps.
Guided future design through quick prototypes and mentoring designers to shape the product’s long-term vision.

Led the complete design of financial product comparison tools for various teams: credit cards, mortgages, investing, banking, and insurance.
Focused on user-friendly design to improve product discovery, working closely with teams on features like Articles, Roundups, and marketing tools.

Created user interfaces for our CRM’s data objects, component properties, and data import features.
Worked with product teams, insights, and user data to guide decisions and focus on results.

Designed Wayfair’s homegrown merchandising software, partnering with 5 product scrums and various business teams
Led the end-to-end design process for Agile PT, Homebase Design System, and various initiatives for Merchandising

Match Education = Product Manager, Curriculum (2016-2017)
Nonprofits = Democracy Prep HQ, LEE, Stand For Children (2013-2017)
EdPipe = Board Member (2015-Present)
DB Fund = Special projects (2013-2017)
Teach For America = Teacher (2011-2013)

Product Strategy & Collaboration

Product Strategy · Roadmapping · Feature Definition · Prioritization · Whitepapers
Scope Alignment · Sprint Planning · Design-to-Dev Handoff
Partnering with PMs and Engineers on delivery pipelines (GitHub, staging, PR reviews, QA)
Writing design briefs, annotations, and implementation tickets
Facilitating design critiques, cross-functional reviews, and async feedback loops

UX / UI Design

Technical Collaboration

Working in code-adjacent workflows (GitHub, PRs, staging environments)
Inspecting components, verifying visual QA, managing asset sources, and contributing to tokens
Understanding of HTML/CSS fundamentals; collaborating closely with front-end engineers

Research & Data

Leadership & Communication

Cross-functional alignment across Design, PM, and Engineering
Mentorship and design process leadership within Agile/Scrum teams
Excellent communication; translating design intent into actionable technical detail

Entrepreneurship, Design strategy, Web & App Development, Design ops, information architecture, and databases

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
B.A. English & Textual Studies, Class of 2011

HUNTER COLLEGE
M.S. Special Education, Completed required coursework, 2011-2013