About me
Over the past 8+ years, I have been exploring the intersection of user experience design and software engineering through a medley of experiences in front-end development, interaction design, and software prototyping. Along my journey I’ve had the honor of participating in major product launches, experimenting with emerging technologies, and traveling the globe to help teams understand the diversity of our users and their needs.
Lately I’ve been focused on building design systems to help design and engineering teams communicate more effectively. Tactically, this work has taken the form of developing tools, introducing new processes, and building partnerships all alongside more traditional product-oriented prototyping.
While I value my career, I also like to unplug and spend my time with my family, play board games, watch football, listen to music, read books, or try making new recipes.
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Experiences
Staff User Experience Engineer
Geospatial products • Google LLC
Establishing best practices for geospatial design systems across user experience and engineering teams
- Consulting on design system implementations for multiple teams
- Exploring new product ideas through prototyping and data sketching
Senior User Experience Engineer
Geospatial products • Google LLC
Developed a variety of processes, tools, and prototypes focused on helping teams understand, communicate, and solve complex front-end & design challenges
- Led adoption of design systems on sustainability-driven products
- Built design token infrastructure to scale design decision implementation
- Influenced major product decisions through feature & redesign prototypes
- Mediated priority discussions between design & engineering teams
User Experience Engineer IV
Google Maps • Google LLC
Influenced product decisions and improved team processes on Google Maps by building tools to streamline internal processes and owning prototype creation from idea to external user testing
- Co-founded an internal working group focused on building tools for Google Maps UXers
- Led prototyping efforts for sub-sections of the Google Maps product, including prototyping for international research in countries such as Japan and India
- Developed an internal platform to help Googlers manage & showcase project portfolios
User Experience Engineer III
Google Meet • Google LLC
Partnered with researchers, designers, and software engineers on prototyping concepts, finessing UI implementations, improving upon UX tooling, and launching product
- Prototyped new features across 5 platforms for concept & usability research
- Implemented high visibility product demos for external launch events
- Developed internal tools to help streamline mundane UX design tasks
Front-End Software Engineer
Hangouts (Chat) • Google LLC
Developed user-facing features for Google Hangouts (Chat) across the web & Android platforms
- Launched 4 features focused on improving the group conversation experience
- Coordinated pre-launch testing with quality assurance teams
- Partnered with UX team on animation proposals & foundational research
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