Designer. Leader. Runner.

I design digital products, build teams, and run ultras in the mountains. Different disciplines. One approach. Based in New York City.

I design interactions, lead teams, drive strategy, climb mountains, and run ultras.

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Ro

Ro’s Top-of-funnel

A configurable system of merchandising & UX patterns that scaled across the funnel and drove conversion.

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Barkbox

One Bark

A north star CX vision that aligned leadership, bridged brand & digital, and shaped the roadmap for BARK Eats.

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NBC News

Building & leading a design team

Restructured & scaled CNBC's product design team from 4 to 10+, establishing design as a revenue-driving force.

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Ro

Ro's onboarding

Realigned Ro's onboarding with customer mental models, cutting completion time in half & increasing CVR — in 30 days.

More of my work
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About me

I'm a designer and team leader with a pragmatic, collaborative approach. I work across the full span of a product — from shaping the vision to the details that make it hold up.

My career journey

I'm a generalist: product, interaction & visual design. I've led teams and projects at early-stage startups, agencies, and Fortune 500 companies.

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Principles that guide how I design & lead

Facilitation is the cornerstone

A designer's ideas only go as far as others understand and believe in them. Facilitating debate, discussion, and alignment is how design moves through an organization.

Design is a team sport

Good design is rarely the product of one person. It's shaped by cross-functional collaboration, diverse viewpoints, and open debate.

Great designers sweat the details

Whether it's a complex interaction or an error state, the collective care across every small decision is what separates good work from great work.

Design thinking needs to be balanced with design doing

Insights and strategy only become actionable when someone picks up a pen. The best designers move fluidly between thinking and making.

Synthesis & abductive reasoning are a designer's core skills

Pixels are table stakes. The reasoning, strategy, and point of view behind every decision is what makes the work smart & impactful.

True insights are derived from observation & collaboration

You can't design for people you don't understand. The insights that shape good design come from watching, listening, and getting out of the building.

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Running is the other half

Trail races, road marathons, long days in the mountains. The same approach I bring to design: build the base, trust the process, show up on the day.

A few highlights

A selection of recent efforts from the trail and road.

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Broken Arrow: Triple Crown

Three consecutive & demanding days of racing in Olympic Valley (VK, 46k, & 23k).

2025
Olympic Valley, CA
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JFK 50 Mile

50-miles point-to-point. The oldest continuously held ultra in the USA.

2025
Frederick, MD
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Black Canyons

Follows the historic non-motorized Black Canyon Trail along increasingly rocky, technical, and hilly terrain in the Sonoran Desert.

2025
Sonoran Desert, Arizona
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Northeast Ultra 8

8 gnarly routes in the Northeast, each completed in less than 24 hours. Finisher #68!

2022
Northeast Region, USA

From the field

Race reports & route write-ups from the mountains, trail and road.