About Me

Strategic Design Leader with extensive experience driving revenue growth for Fortune 500 companies. Expert in scaling enterprise design systems and architecting AI-augmented user experiences. Proven track record in e-commerce conversion optimization and high-growth digital transformation across a variety of industries including fintech, healthcare, e‑commerce, travel, and education.

My Past Experience

A journey of learning, and then learning some more.

Title
Principal UX Designer
Period
Mar 2024
Jan 2026
Description
  • Led global UX strategy for e-commerce properties, driving customer retention and conversion across high-traffic consumer platforms.
  • Integrated AI-driven personalization frameworks into the checkout flow, resulting in a measurable lift in cross-sell/up-sell revenue.
  • Scaled enterprise design systems to ensure accessibility (WCAG 2.2) and visual consistency across global business units.

UnitedHealth Group

Title
Principal UX Designer
Period
Jun 2023
Feb 2024
Description
  • Architected end-to-end Medicare journeys for complex healthcare initiatives, translating high-level product strategy into a cohesive design vision.
  • Facilitated cross-functional workshops with stakeholders to define "Agentic UX" patterns, streamlining member access to benefits through predictive search.
Title
User Experience Designer
Period
Jun 2022
Jun 2023
Description
  • Designed scalable enterprise data solutions for Business Data Technologies, managing high-complexity internal tooling.
  • Developed high-fidelity functional prototypes for rapid user testing, reducing engineering rework by 25% through early-stage validation.
  • Contributed to the internal design system, creating reusable UI patterns that supported 10+ internal product launches.

Alaska Airlines

Title
Senior Product Designer
Period
Jul 2021
Jun 2022
Description
  • Spearheaded e-commerce design for two primary product groups, focusing on revenue growth and digital monetization.
  • Executed A/B testing programs that optimized seat selection and ancillary service flows, directly increasing guest lifetime value.

Bayer Crop Science

Title
Product Designer (contract)
Period
Apr 2021
Jul 2021
Description
  • Architected cross-platform (Mobile/Desktop) enterprise solutions for internal workstreams, partnering with Engineering and Product leads to reduce task-completion time through intuitive UI patterns and streamlined information architecture.
Title
Senior Experience Designer
Period
Feb 2020
Mar 2021
Description
  • Architected UX solutions for a high-complexity Salesforce ecosystem, extending enterprise design system patterns to support custom business logic. Optimized complex user workflows and high-fidelity prototypes that accelerated stakeholder approval cycles  within a rapid-delivery Agile environment. Ensured WCAG 2.1 compliance within custom Salesforce components.
Title
Senior UX Consultant
Period
Nov 2017
Feb 2020
Description
  • Partnered with a global client base to deliver end-to-end UX/UI solutions, specializing in E-commerce Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) and scalable design architectures.
  • Revitalized order fulfillment processes for high-growth startups, identifying and removing friction points to increase checkout completion rates.
  • Engineered custom web solutions using a full-stack approach (HTML5/CSS3/JS/PHP), bridging the gap between high-fidelity design and technical implementation.
Title
Senior Product Manager
Period
Jul 2005
Nov 2017
Description
  • Designed and developed web application to track in-house quality assurance programs in U.S. and European production facilities.
  • Directed team of photographers and digital artists who oversaw imaging of all products featured on websites.
  • Developed digital painting product and trained team to execute production process with customer-submitted photos.

AllPosters.com

Title
Art Director
Period
Oct 2000
Jun 2005
Description
  • UX design and coding of various aspects of AllPosters.com website including checkout process, shopping cart experience, and development of strategies for increasing customer conversion.
  • Managed team of graphic designers who were responsible for all visual communication for the company including catalogs, direct mail pieces, website banners, and creatives for email campaigns.
  • Complete redesign of AllPosters.com Affiliates Program website as part of initiative to increase revenue for marketing channel.
  • Designed and developed E-Cards experience for website. Desired outcome was achieved through growth of visitor engagement, brand awareness, and customer conversion.

My skills

Skills - Simplematic X Webflow template

Strategic Design

Architecting scalable design solutions that bridge the gap between high-conversion e-commerce and complex enterprise logic, ensuring every interaction drives both user empowerment and long-term business sustainability.
Preferred Tools: Figma (Advanced), FigJam, Framer, Storybook, Adobe Creative Cloud

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AI/Emergent

Driving the next generation of product design by integrating generative design workflows and synthetic research with a focus on AI ethics and advanced prompt engineering to accelerate product iteration.
Preferred Tools: Figma AI (Make), UX Pilot, Miro Assist, Claude/Gemini (for UX Writing & Logic)

Skills - Simplematic X Webflow template

Leadership

Driving global product excellence through  strategic cross-functional stakeholder management, fostering a sustainable culture of continuous professional growth via dedicated mentorship while simultaneously streamlining complex delivery cycles through expert Agile/Scrum leadership.

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Front-End Architecture

Bridging the gap between visionary design and technical execution by leveraging a deep front-end architecture background to deliver high-performance, API-driven UI and scalable component structures that ensure pixel-perfect fidelity and optimal engineering velocity.

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