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About Me

I like turning messy, early product spaces into something teams can actually build.

My work is grounded in two principles: ruthless simplicity and earned trust. Simplicity means cutting through noise until the product feels obvious. Trust means designing experiences that feel credible, useful, and respectful of the people using them.

Teammates often describe me as a PM-design hybrid — someone who can move between strategy, storytelling, systems thinking, and hands-on execution.

I bring a high bar for craft, clarity, and product judgment to the teams I'm part of — which helped lead to recognition as one of three designers in the company to receive LinkedIn's Design Excellence Award in 2024.

My Experience

A Decade In Product

01 LinkedIn

2021 — NOW

LinkedIn

Staff Product Designer

Leading end-to-end product design and direction for LinkedIn's short-form video initiative — a top company priority. Stepped in as Interim Product Manager for six months. Earlier, led design for trust & safety on the feed.

02 Facebook

2018 — 2021

Facebook

Product Designer

Led product design for location sharing initiatives across Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and AR/VR. Earlier, drove ad-creation simplification for small businesses inside the Ads org.

03 Workday

2016 — 2017

Workday

Product Designer

Designed Workday's Time Off and Scheduling product areas — bringing a mobile-first, consumer-grade experience to an enterprise HR product.

Where I get my Energy

01 / 02

Ambiguity

I love using design to explore wide, debate rigorously, and narrow on a thesis.

Building

I like getting to tangible artifacts quickly because it helps teams align, react, and learn faster.