Hi! It’s so nice to meet you.
I’m a mission driven person, so after 6 years of working in AI/ML and Big Data, I’m looking to return to healthcare, government, or other community serving jobs.
I’ve been a designer since 2016, and have worked in a a variety of environments from large corporations, early stage start ups, and agencies. On small teams and as a solo designer, I heavily leverage my skill and talent as a facilitator to bring everyone together, create alignment, and deliver on achievable solutions backed by research. I’ve delivered several 0-1 experiences over the course of my career, by driving projects and setting clear expectations around collaboration and clearly defining risks and rewards. Every day I learn a little bit more about being a good designer and collaborator, and it enriches my craft.
If you want to really know who I am as a person, I play group hug / stax in Magic the Gathering. Ask someone who plays, and watch their mood change.
Do you think someone with this face could do you dirty in a card game?
Sr. Product Designer
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
As the design system lead, I crafted a design system for a new product offering, with future plans to scale the new design system to all products within our portfolio. In addition, I led and executed on customer facing projects, as well as developed internal processes for collaboration.
Nov 2023 - Nov 2024
Product Designer
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
As the solo designer for a product family, I owned design work for our web offering, its plug-ins, and occasionally when asked, its command line experience. I not only executed on project initiated by the product team, but also I brought projects to the table that addressed gaps in our user experience — projects brought on by my user research and the team’s monitoring of user feedback.
Mar 2023 - Nov 2023
Product Designer
Pachyderm Inc.
As the second designer brought onto the team, I both executed on product driven projects, and expanded and solidified Pachyderm’s design system. I also established the design processes for design, dev, and product. And, I started the research practice at Pachyderm with user interviews, and journey mapping.
(Pachyderm Inc, was acquired by HPE in Mar 2023)
May 2021 - Mar 2023
Product Designer
IBM
At IBM, I led two teams — the data lineage team, and the data privacy team. I mentored junior designers, and was an on-call design facilitator for workshop for internal teams and external clients. And, I trained designers on the use of IBM’s design thinking methodologies.
Jan 2019 - Apr 2021
Design Strategist
Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum
As the first designer for this nonprofit agency in the healthcare space, I trained the staff on the use of Design Thinking in addition to working on service design, UX design, and capacity building projects for providers in HIV healthcare and departments of health and human services across the country.
Apr 2017 - Oct 2018
UX Research Consultant
Knology
As a UX researcher, I conducted user interviews, synthesized the data, and ran a co-creation workshop for our client — The Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. I mapped the journey, pain points, and recommendations of educators who use The Academy’s online resources for lesson planning.
Sep 2016 - Dec 2016