A little about me
A little about me
EXPERIENCE
Lead Product Designer / Loti Services Inc.
October 2024 - June 2025 / San Jose, CA (Pre-launch phase)
Problem: Transformed a nascent product concept into a clear, intuitive, and aesthetically strong user experience for a pre-seed SaaS startup. Solution: Led end-to-end product design, encompassing strategic definition, user flow development, and high-fidelity UI creation. Impact: Established foundational UX/UI, positioning the product for efficient development and positive initial user engagement during the pre-launch phase.
Problem: Addressed critical inconsistencies and scalability challenges in a rapidly evolving startup environment. Solution: Architected and implemented a comprehensive design system (HCT color palette, typography, core components) from scratch. Impact: Significantly reduced design debt, accelerated prototype development, and fostered seamless developer collaboration, ensuring consistent, high-quality UX for future growth.
Thrived in a fast-paced, ambiguous startup environment, making rapid, impactful design decisions that balanced creative vision with technical and business constraints to meet key objectives.
Product Design Strategist / Comcast
April 2022 - Present / Philadelphia, PA
Problem: Identified critical inconsistencies and inefficiencies within the complex Xfinity app ecosystem (design files, loading patterns, system alignment). Solution: Conducted holistic UX audits to pinpoint areas for improvement. Impact: Ensured greater consistency with strategic customer journey moments and laid groundwork for targeted design enhancements across the platform.
Problem: Leveraged extensive user data and research to identify opportunities for significant customer experience innovation within the Xfinity app. Solution: Developed strategic impact maps, detailed user flows, and high-fidelity prototypes. Impact: Informed product strategy and prioritized initiatives, driving a data-driven approach to app evolution.
Problem: Guided the strategic direction for the future of a high-visibility, large-scale consumer application. Solution: Collaborated closely with product management and senior leadership to define a clear strategic focus and comprehensive roadmap for the next generation of the Xfinity app. Impact: Ensured alignment across executive and product teams, setting a clear vision for long-term product development.
User Experience (UX) Design Specialist
Problem: Streamlined complex Xfinity Mobile sales and product adoption within the app. Solution: Led design for the Xfinity Mobile Trial product and optimized the core commerce flow. Impact: Achieved 20% conversion rates within the first 15 days of launch for the trial product and contributed to 32% of all Xfinity Mobile sales originating within the app, significantly driving business outcomes.
Problem: Enhanced smart home security and utility by transforming existing WiFi infrastructure into a motion detection solution. Solution: Led end-to-end UX design and strategy for advanced WiFi Motion features, including Matter integration, focusing on intuitive user control and mobile app optimization. Impact: Achieved a 10% conversion rate for upgrades among 2.1M monthly users (450K daily in-app users), providing a highly valued feature to a massive user base and leveraging existing hardware for new value.
Championed user-centered design within Agile sprints, fostering strong cross-functional collaboration with designers, engineers, and researchers. Created detailed design specifications and participated in code reviews, ensuring pixel-perfect implementation and upholding rigorous quality standards across platforms.
Elevated design quality and fostered skill development by mentoring junior designers on Xfinity app projects, strengthening team capabilities and ensuring consistent application of best practices.
Served as a key design subject matter expert, proactively supporting stakeholders and cross-functional teams (including engineering) with design implementation and clarification throughout the product lifecycle.
Creative Design Strategist / DBC
May 2021 - April 2022 / New York, NY
Directed design initiatives for diverse B2B/B2C clients, ensuring design strategy aligned with client business objectives and delivered high-quality results in dynamic environments.
Graphic Design & Brand Specialist / Freelance
May 2020 - April 2022 / United States
Developed impactful print, social, and web designs for diverse clients, earning a Cisco Systems' logo design award and providing strategic guidance that connected design solutions to business goals.
EDUCATION
Executive Education in Design
Royal College of Art / September 2024 - April 2025
Bachelor of Architecture
North Carolina State University / August 2019 - May 2020
Bachelor of Environmental Design in Architecture
North Carolina State University / August 2015 - December 2018
SKILLS
Product: Product Strategy, Product Management, Customer Experience (CX), Agile (Scrum), Project Management, Design Systems, Information Architecture.
UX Design & Research: User-Centered Design, Usability Testing, User Research (Qualitative & Quantitative), UI/Interaction Design, Wireframing, Prototyping, Responsive Design, Mobile-First Design, Web Design, Visual Design.
AI & Emerging Technologies: AI Strategy, Generative AI (ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, Copilot, Notion, Deepseek-R1), RAG, Prompt Engineering, AI Safety, Ethical & Responsible AI, Mitigating Bias, AI Risks & Compliance, Red Teaming, AI Verification, Leading with AI.
Tools: Figma (Expert), Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, XD), Sketch, Miro.
Business & Strategy: Market & Brand Strategy, Data Analysis, Cross-functional Collaboration, Stakeholder Management, Problem Solving.
Technical Familiarity: HTML, CSS, JavaScript.
CERTIFICATIONS
Business Foundations Specialization
University of Pennsylvania / In progress
Courses in specialization:
Introduction to Operations Management, Introduction to Corporate Finance, Managing Social and Human Capital, Introduction to Financial Accounting, & Introduction to Marketing
Codecademy
Coding programs at Codecademy / 2021 & 2025
Courses:
Navigating AI Ethical Challenges & Risks (in progress)
Code Foundations, Generative AI for Everybody, Leading in the Age of Generative AI, Ethical Prompt Engineering with Deepseek-R1 (completed 2025)
HMTL, Responsive Design, CSS, Color Design, Navigation Design (completed in 2021)
Pendo Product Management
Six Product Management courses at Pendo / 2024-2025
Courses completed:
Product Analytics, Product-led, AI for Product Management, Digital Adoption, Radical Product Thinking, & Product Management Basics
DeepLearning AI
AI for Everyone: foundational AI course focuses on Generative AI, Responsible AI, & AI Strategy / 2024
Google Career Certificates
Learning programs at Google / 2024 & 2025
Courses completed:
Google Agile Essentials: Project management, product management, Agile Project Management, Waterfall Methodology, Scrum, & cross-functional collaboration
Google AI Essentials: Critical thinking, AI tools, iterative thinking, problem solving, prompt engineering, AI harm, responsible AI, & generative AI
Google UX Design: Usability studies, Figma, Adobe XD, prototyping, sketching, ideating, UXD, UXR, & wireframing
Comcast Leadership
Activate Growth: Leadership program at Comcast / 2022
IBM Enterprise Design Thinking
Enterprise Design Thinking programs at IBM / 2020 & 2024
Courses completed:
Enterprise Design Thinking Team Essentials for AI: AI, critical thinking, design thinking, problem solving
Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner: Design thinking, empathy, UX, user-centric design, & UXR