DESIGN THAT SOLVES PROBLEMS

Accomplished Product Design Lead with over 15 years of experience bridging the gap between strategic brand identity and human-centered digital design. Proven track record of leading design teams to launch high-impact digital products, including AI-driven platforms, fintech apps, and enterprise SaaS systems. Versatile design strategist with a background spanning from directing comprehensive agency brand campaigns—building user flows, sitemaps, and visual layouts from the ground up—to refining multi-channel branded print and digital materials. Expert in Figma, Axure, and the Adobe Creative Suite, blending rigorous usability testing with high-fidelity visual design to ensure every digital interaction is current, meaningful, and deeply aligned with the overall brand vision. 

EXPERIENCE

Accenture - Product Design Lead

Oct 2023 – Aug 2026 / St. Louis, MO

Led a UX/UI team in the end-to-end design, rigorous usability testing, and cross-functional feedback collection for an AI-driven cybersecurity platform.

Defined and established the comprehensive platform style guide to ensure design consistency, scalability, and seamless alignment with product guidelines.

Created high-fidelity, interactive prototypes utilized for extensive user testing, drastically improving product validation and refinement cycles.

Collaborated directly with clients and core project stakeholders to identify, scope, anddefine strategic new features driving the platform's future trajectory.

1904Labs - Digital Product Design Lead

Feb 2019 – Oct 2023 / St. Louis, MO

Partnered as a consultant with Edward Jones to comprehensively reimagine their Online Access platforms across web, iOS, and Android applications.

Defined critical user flows in close collaboration with Edward Jones CX Leads to architect intuitive, frictionless user journeys.

Translated complex user paths into intuitive interfaces, designing high-fidelity UI comps tailored for seamless developer handoff.

Collaborated closely with cross-functional web and mobile engineering teams to guarantee design fidelity and ensure applications functioned exactly as intended.

Onespace - Senior UX/UI Designer

Jan 2016 – Feb 2019 / St. Louis, MO

Spearheaded the end-to-end design and successful launch of two core SaaS platforms: WorkStation and Project Center, over a three-year tenure.

Architected the core user interaction model and established the overall UI look, feel, and design system for both software platforms.

Directed comprehensive user testing initiatives and synthesized qualitative feedback to continuously drive future product iterations and feature enhancements.

Citi - User Experience Designer

Oct 2015 – Jan 2016 / St. Louis, MO

Designed and optimized a business-critical internal software application engineered to streamline and facilitate mortgage processing workflows.

Defined comprehensive user stories to align complex functional requirements with intuitive, human-centered design solutions.

Created high-fidelity functional prototypes utilized for rigorous user testing and delivered as precise technical comps for development.

Moosylvania - Senior Interactive Designer

Apr 2011 – Oct 2015 / St. Louis, MO

Led multidisciplinary brand teams on complex digital projects, ensuring all creative deliverables aligned seamlessly with client strategic goals.

Architected intuitive digital experiences from the ground up by producing comprehensive user flows, sitemaps, wireframes, and page layouts.

Championed modern design and development best practices across the agency to keep all digital work innovative, accessible, and current.

Facilitated full-service usability testing initiatives and generated detailed analytical reports to drive data-informed design iterations.

CFX Inc. - Senior Designer

Aug 2007 – Mar 2011 / St. Louis, MO

Refined and executed advanced graphic design and front-end development capabilities within a fast-paced agency environment.

Balanced a dual-focus workflow, split equally between producing high-impact print collateral and modern digital media.

Designed and developed multi-channel creative assets, ensuring visual consistency and brand alignment across physical and digital touchpoints.

EDUCATION

I cut my teeth on user experience design while pursuing a degree in Industrial Design at the University of Kansas. The Industrial Design program always emphasized process-driven, user-centric design solutions.