Design Leader · Product Designer · AI

Designing products.
Leading teams.

I lead product design from strategy to execution — turning ambiguous technology problems into clear products, scalable systems, and experiences people want to use.

  • Product strategy
  • 0 → 1
  • AI products
  • Design systems
  • Team leadership

What I do

I work at the intersection of product, design, technology, and leadership. I can go deep into interaction and visual craft when needed, but my focus is creating clarity: defining the problem, aligning the team, making decisions, and getting good work shipped.

Current role

OpusClip

Design leadership · AI video

Leading design in a fast-moving AI product environment, with a focus on product direction, quality, cross-functional alignment, and helping a growing team move from ideas to shipped experiences.

Product directionTurn ambiguous opportunities into clear product and design directions.
Cross-functional leadershipWork closely with Product and Engineering to make decisions and keep execution moving.
Design qualityRaise the bar through critique, systems, principles, and hands-on craft.
Team developmentSupport designers through feedback, mentoring, context, and clearer ways of working.
iOS · macOS · 2021–2022

Pasteline

Rethinking note-taking as messaging, so saving an idea or a link takes seconds — and finding it later is just as fast.

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iOS · Android · Web · 2021–2022

Fictionate.me

Turning a fragmented reading and publishing experience into a product that makes discovering authors feel effortless.

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iOS · 2017

Barney: Learn English

Growing English vocabulary through short reads — tap an unfamiliar word and it joins your study list.

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How I lead

01 — Product strategy

Frame the problem before jumping to the interface. Turn uncertainty into a direction the team can act on.

02 — 0 → 1

Prototype early, test assumptions, and stay close to the product until the idea becomes something real.

03 — Design systems

Create reusable foundations that make quality easier to maintain and teams faster to execute.

04 — Team leadership

Give designers context, ownership, feedback, and a clear quality bar rather than prescribing every solution.

05 — Cross-functional alignment

Bring Product and Engineering into the design process early so decisions are shared rather than handed off.

06 — Craft when it matters

Stay hands-on when a problem needs deeper interaction, visual, prototyping, or technical exploration.

About

I'm a design leader and product designer focused on complex technology products. My background spans product design, interaction, visual design, prototyping, and engineering — and I increasingly focus on helping teams make better decisions and ship better work.