About
For the past fifteen years I’ve designed software for people whose jobs depend on it. Field technicians closing work orders in boiler rooms. Parents checking their kids in at daycare before a morning meeting. Mechanics troubleshooting a grounded aircraft. The work has to load fast and say what it means.
Most of what I’ve learned has been about the layer underneath the screens. Design systems that don’t drift. Hiring rubrics the next manager can run. Critique cultures where junior designers can push back on senior ones. The screens are downstream. The systems are where the team gets built.
I came up through startups at every stage. Campus Labs early on, ACV Auctions in the years before its IPO, then AirExpert, Kangarootime, and now Helixintel. Different industries, same problem: a product people use because they have to, and a small team trying to make that feel like a choice.
A single feature solves one problem. A system gives a team a way to solve the next ten. At Helixintel I’m the sole designer, and my first months went to component libraries, design QA standards, and the hiring framework the next designers will run on, all before touching the actual modernization work. Foundations first. Features second.
Cross-functional credibility doesn’t come from titles or research decks. It comes from understanding what engineering, product, and customer success actually deal with day to day, then showing up with work they can use. When I made the case for the year-long Helix CMMS overhaul, it landed because the CS team had already seen me sit in their ticket queue for a week. Data made the proposal defensible. Familiarity made it possible.
I measure success by the designers I’ve mentored into senior roles and the teams still hitting the quality bar after I’ve moved on. That means honest critique, room to fail, and being the one to answer for risks the team is willing to take. The work I’m proudest of isn’t shipped under my name. It’s shipped by people I helped grow.
I’m Lead Product Designer at Helixintel, where I’m leading the transformation of a legacy CMMS platform into a modern SaaS product. I’m also building the systems that will scale with the team.
Based in Buffalo, New York. Small enough that you know everyone in the local tech community, big enough that the work is interesting.
Helixintel
Sole product designer operating at lead scope. Owning design end-to-end and laying the foundations for the team to come.
Acting as the design function for a legacy CMMS modernization serving 100K+ enterprise users across insurance and property management. Established component library standards, design QA, and research operations. Built the hiring framework and design process the next designers will run on. Partnering day-to-day with engineering, product, and customer success.
Kangarootime
Designed the parent experience for U.S. and Australian markets. Balanced speed with high-stakes safety and billing features.
Served as one of two core designers. Collaborated directly with founders and engineering leads to establish design processes and standards for dual-market product expansion.
ACV Auctions
Maintained design quality through IPO. Bridged design and engineering during hypergrowth to $3B+ valuation.
Supported 3x team growth (4 to 12 designers) through the IPO. Established design-engineering collaboration patterns and quality standards that scaled across multiple product teams.
Campus Labs
Transformed the student platform for 400+ universities. Led the accessibility overhaul and mobile-first redesign.
Led cross-functional initiatives impacting 400+ university clients. Established accessibility standards and mobile design patterns adopted company-wide.
If any of this resonates, drop me a line. I want to hear what your team is shipping, where it’s stuck, and where you’d want a design leader to help.