RESUME
EXPERIENCE
Senior Product Design Manager @ Salesforce (Automation), Oct ‘24 – Present
Senior Product Design Manager @ Salesforce (Data Cloud), Mar ‘24 – Oct ‘24
Senior Product Design Manager @ Salesforce (MuleSoft), Mar ‘21 – Mar ‘24
Associate Product Design Manager @ Workday (Spend Management), Nov ‘18 – Feb ‘21
Product Designer III @ Workday (Financial Management), Sep ‘17 – Oct ‘18
Senior Interaction Designer & Innovation Catalyst @ Intuit, Jul ‘16 – Aug ‘17
Interaction Designer & Innovation Catalyst @ Intuit, Dec ‘14 – Jul ‘16
Coach & Team Advisor, Design Thinking for Sustainable Impact @ Stanford University, Jan ‘17 - Apr ‘17
UX Research Graduate Intern @ Mozilla Firefox, Jun ‘13 – Sep ‘13
Design Masters Student, Graduate Researcher @ Carnegie Mellon University, Aug ‘12 – May ‘14
Pre-UX experience
Research Support Officer @ UC Berkeley Engineering Research Support Organization, 2010 – 2012
Research Analyst @ UC Berkeley Sponsored Projects Office, 2008 – 2010
Regional Human Resources Specialist @ Willis Towers Watson, 2005 – 2006
Office Manager @ Goggin & Goggin Attorneys at Law, 2004 – 2005
EDUCATION
Carnegie Mellon University, School of Design
Master of Design, Communication & Interaction Design, 2012 – 2014
University of California, Berkeley
B.A. with Distinction in English, Minor of Arts in Rhetoric
SKILLS
UX for technical products; data platforms, low and pro-code development, AI & agentic integration
UX & Design team leadership, recruiting, hiring, advocacy, org design, resourcing, scoping, operations, coaching, career growth, design critique and feedback, performance management, relationship building
Deep experience from kickoff through execution and delivery - product design, user research, project planning, product vision and design strategy to engineering handoff
Tools:
Figma, basic vibe coding AI tools (Claude Code/CLI, Cursor, Gemini, GitHub), pen & paper, design systems
Design thinking, facilitation, workshop, ideation and innovation techniques
User research; UserTesting.com, user research, interviews and synthesis, conceptual and mental modeling, persona and scenario development
Loves communication, writing and speaking
PUBLISHED
For Effective UX Design Workshops, Don’t Be a Lone Wolf
Workday Design, Medium.com, 2019
Not Fade Away: Enriching Music Festival Audience Experience
Master of Design Thesis Project, Carnegie Mellon University, 2014
Design for Better Music Festivals: Exploring Music Festival User Experience
Lineup Magazine, Lineuplive.com, 2014