about mei’m an architecture nerd turned product designer. i love furniture, legos, comics, acai bowls, fruit loops, and formula 1. i help teams define & creatively respond to business and customer needs using data & qualitative insight. most recently i’ve contributed extensively to teams at Netflix, Facebook, and Instacart. work things netflix • product designerjuly 2019 - present • los angeles, caplaying the shortest, bestest, funniest moments on netflix… like america’s funniest home videos, but wayyy betternot sure what to watch? play something! watching trailers is a thing, seriously facebook • product designerFeb 2017 - july 2019 • san francisco, cakeepin’ the news flowin’ on the news feed teamkeepin’ tabs on your status so friends will say heyyy more oftencreative tools for small/medium biz folks so they can up their stories game & more instacart • product designeraug 2015 - feb 2017 • san francisco, cathe team was small back then, orientation included shopping real orders at the whole foods down the streetdelivering fresh groceries on Growth & Core Experience Teamsstatus updates with all things related to your order so you know when the ice cream gets delivered coin • product designeraug 2014 - aug 2015 • san francisco, camaking it too easy to add/sync cards to this Coin device thingoh, and everything else because we were a startup, i built my desk on day 1eventually coin got acquired by fitbit, + then again by google school things university of waterloobachelor of architecture • 2005 - 2010this was 4eva ago. do people even care?lots of models built, lots of manual drafting, lots of crits, lots of wondering if i can unglue my fingers from each other note to self something i wish i had known sooner, like way sooner…most things will take 3x times longer than you think it’ll take. maybe 5x, accept/plan for this. last thing amongst other things, i care about helping new designers become better designers.if this interests you also, send a note here.
