Product designer: My specialty is to simplify complex functional requirements into visionary products for people.
I have extensive experience creating products from zero to one, with iterative design and research plans that inform design thinking. I’m known by my engineering and design partners for simplifying information architecture, creating reusable design systems and in design support for continuous product development.
As an interaction designer, I have a global perspective with experience leading teams in Europe, China, India and in the US. I’ve led and mentored teams of designers and worked closely with product managers and engineers. I’m a great listener and can envision an entire product from a systematic perspective and work backwards to plan implementation by breaking a product vision into discrete, iterative steps.
From large-scale applications and mobile operating systems to small interactive widgets, I've worked as an advocate for user-centered design in many capacities: for small companies and startups (four that were acquired), as a consultant in my own design studio and as an employee at multi-national corporations.
An expert interaction designer, information architect and user advocate, I have a strong design sense and capabilities in both visual and interaction design. I can envision a concept, product or feature by making it as real as possible as quickly as possible.
First, I listen and gather requirements, understand goals, define assumptions and solve known issues before considering a systematic overall solution. My process always involves creating a list of assumptions and questions to be answered to gain an understanding of the current pain points, typical users, wider market and business landscape before drawing the wireframes that show the optimal task flow and ultimately the end-to-end experience for a product. These wireframe storyboards explain a product's usage model - a digital wayfinding system to be learned by repetitive usage - including written scenarios that define the individual features and functionality, including the visual look and feel for its target customers. I love to work closely with Engineers to implement the product, that’s the fun part. Then, watching someone use a product you’ve helped to create, that’s the best!