My Work
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My Resumé
Places I’ve worked and things I’ve done
Product Design Lead, MVC Services
Nov 2020 — Current
- Leading and mentoring a team of 4 designers for VMware Multi-VC Services.
- Crafting design vision and processes for the overall team execution while concurrently driving key feature areas.
Product Design Lead, VMware Cloud Services
Nov 2019 — Nov 2020
- Leading and mentoring a team of 6 designers for the Cloud Services Platform.
- Crafting design vision, strategy, and processes towards the overall team execution.
Senior Product Designer, VMware Cloud Services
Apr 2017 — Nov 2019
- Senior designer for VMware Cloud Services.
- Lead designer for notifications and billing.
Senior UX Designer, Aerohive Networks
Apr 2017 — Nov 2019
- Led and mentored a team of 3 designers.
- Drove design of new product offerings (Aerohive Connect, Advantage MSP).
Senior UI/UX Designer, CrossCap
Mar 2014 — Sep 2014
- Led and mentored a team of 3 designers.
- Delivered the Global Asset Catalog and developed a design system.
Lead UI/UX Designer, ETS
May 2013 — Feb 2014
- Led a cross-functional team for HiSET, a new testing offering that was released in 2014.
- Re-designed UX/UI framework and implemented it throughout the ETS product suite.
UI/UX Designer, OPSWAT
Mar 2013 — Jun 2013
- Designed account settings and edit workflows for Metadefender User Management.
- Designed form-based password entry and recovery workflows.
Leadership
How I approach leading teams and initiatives I’ve driven
I believe in empowering designers to accomplish projects on their own terms. Some designers may need more direct feedback and 1:1 time than others, for example, so I let the designer guide that conversation. I can then figure out how to structure my support around their needs …
I incorporate design thinking and collaboration exercises along with team rituals like design reviews and team collaboration. That way, everyone can stay up-to-date and share ideas towards better outcomes for the team.
Leadership in Action: Driving Motion Design
Working with executive leadership, I identified motion design as a skill that was lacking within the team and an area that I could contribute to broadly. I have driven this area for the team overall, running workshops for the team and setting a program for helping designers deliver specific motion designs into their products.
I drove a study — along with support from other designers and researchers — to prove that motion design can save seconds of perceived time and improve the quality of crucial interactions and touchpoints. Afterwards, I gave a presentation at a company R+D event called Radio. View that here:
About Me
A bit about my background and interests
I also love playing music, playing soccer, watching basketball, and cooking. In fact, it was my love of music that brought me to design. You see, I was in a rock band in college. While we played gigs around town, we struggled to make ends meet …
We had no money to pay for album artwork, posters, and other collateral, so I took it upon myself to design these assets. By the time the band later broke up later on, I had developed a passion for design and wanted to learn more …
I moved to San Francisco and enrolled in a Masters design program to learn more about design theory and practice. I immersed myself in it, learning more about product development through hands on experiences …
I try to keep that learner’s spirit alive through a life of continuous learning, as evidenced most recently through evening courses at IDEO studying design thinking methodologies …
Professionally, I’m lucky enough to have led a few great teams. Most recently, I lead a team of 4 designers for VMware MVC Services. There, our team is working to release new functionality to enable organizations to be efficient at scale.
Dribbble Bits
Nuggets of interaction and motion design