About

Most of what I work on never makes it into a portfolio.

Senior Product Design Lead · San Jose, CA

Underwriting queues. Compliance approvals. The tool a finance team quietly gave up on and went back to spreadsheets for. It isn't flashy work, but it's real, and getting it right matters more than most people realize.

I've spent the last few years figuring out what these systems are actually trying to do, then designing the structures, workflows, and experiences that make them make sense. Sometimes that means creating a framework for an entire team. Sometimes it means helping a single admin understand how to set a threshold nobody had properly explained to them.

I recently finished a master's degree focused on how people and AI systems work together, which changed how I think about a lot of this work. A few of the projects I've shared come out of that exploration.

“I'm at my best when something is broken, unclear, or entirely undefined. I figure out what it should actually be, then prove it with real usage data, not opinions.”

0 to 1 Product Design

I take vague, messy problem spaces and turn them into clear, working products, mapping dependencies before pixels and validating direction with research.

Systems & Platforms

I understand the difference between designing a feature and designing a framework other teams build on, and why that difference matters at scale.

Evidence Led Leadership

I push back on assumptions with evidence, run fast design sessions with real data, and align teams across functions around what actually works.

Platform & systems experience. A proven track record on platform teams and design systems. I've shipped work that other designers, engineers, and product teams rely on to move faster and stay consistent.

JPMorgan ChaseBank of AmericaPayPalAnthemMicrosoftCognizantHIBU

Experience

Where I've done the work

11 years

  1. 2023 — Present

    UX Research & Design Lead

    Cognizant

    Leading enterprise UX for Anthem, JPMorgan Chase, and PNC: Salesforce agency portals, commercial banking dashboards, and the Clickserv lending platform.

  2. 2021 — 2022

    UX Design Lead

    PayPal (Contract)

    Led design for 25+ predictive analytics dashboards across PayPal, Venmo, and Xoom, and owned WATCH, shipped in two months with an 85% productivity gain.

  3. 2019

    Application Architect, Sr. UX Designer

    Bank of America (Contract)

    Owned UX strategy for four internal enterprise tools serving 200K+ users, with 160+ hours of qualitative research and design systems that meet WCAG standards.

  4. 2014 — 2017

    Sr. UX Associate

    Cognizant

    Scaled UX for American Express, Franklin Templeton, ADP, and CFA Institute, including an Amex card platform redesign across 26 countries.

  5. 2013 — 2014

    Creative Design Manager

    HIBU

    Directed design strategy for a 150-person design organization, introducing training programs, delivery frameworks, and visual QA standards.

  6. 2013

    Sr. UX Consultant

    Microsoft

    Led the accessible redesign of a responsive banking platform for one of Canada's largest financial institutions, with full ADA and WCAG compliance.

Education & certifications

MDes, Design Strategy and Human AI Interaction

San José State University, 2026. MIRA, AR gait tracking, and sensory UX research projects.

BA, minor in Fine Arts

Punjab University

CUA, Human Factors InternationalUX Certification, IDEOCognitive Psychology, UC Berkeley ExtensionAdvanced Figma