I’m a design & product leader capable of driving high-value innovation from research & design all the way to product execution, validation, market fit & delivery. Having worked in lean startups, agencies, as well as large enterprises, I’ve helped transform businesses and experiences with innovation and design for over 17 years.
My passion is in building empathy to uncover deep insights from end-users, understanding markets and bringing human centered innovation via solutions that leverage next-gen AI, NLP, Machine Learning, Data Science & Deep Learning.
I'm currently Senior Director at OktaX, Okta's venture studio in San Jose
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Senior Director at Okta X
Apr 2022 - Now
OktaX is a venture studio for world-class builders with a vision
Head of Design & Product at Hypersonix
Nov 2019 - Mar 2022
I headed all aspects of design and product from Seed to Series B
Director, Design & Innovation at SAP AppHaus
2013 - 2019
Studio lead at SAP's award-winning global design studio that brought human centered innovation to SAP customers
3 Design Patents in Interaction & Data Visualization
2017 - 2019
Analytical & 3 Dimensional experiences in the industrial manufacturing sector
Mentored students from Stanford, SFSU & Northwestern
2017 - 2019
Guest lectures, coached workshops, judged competitions and mentored students on design
Designed for The White House
2017, 2019
A future where SAP enabled data transparency between the Federal Govt. & the citizens of the US.
Won the Red Dot Design Award & IDEA Award
2016
Reimagined the citizen experience for a State Government in the United States
Developed, inspired & lead a team at SourceN Inc.
2006 - 2012
A multidisciplinary team of 35, that incubated several startups & large enterprises
Design for DisneyWE, Disney's employee portal
2012
DisneyWE (workforce engagement) brings together their ~200,000 employees
Lead the design and product for Seed&Spark
2012
A crowdfunding & subscription streaming service for independent filmmakers.
Lead the design and product for LifeScape
2012
A Story Telling Platform that makes it easy to create, share and enjoy precious memories.
Creator of Dezinerfolio, a design blog & community
2008 - 2011
~1.5 million design artifact downloads, ~150,000 monthly visitors. Discontinued
Lead the design implementation for Apple Developer Community
2010
Serving their ~20 million developers
Other Customers: NHL, Google, Amazon, Nestle, KFC, Samsung, Dell, Apple, MTV, Walmart, Valero, Exxon, Airbus, Bombardier, AMG, Daimler, Thermo Fisher, HP, NetApp, PG&E, Box & Evernote
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