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SAP / Senior Product Design Specialist / Mar 2025— Current
Led UX strategy and end-to-end product feature design for SAP Analytics Cloud, supporting 3,500+ enterprise customers, including Fortune 500 organizations . Designed and launched a new analytics-building experience that reduced time-to-insight for enterprise users by introducing a new entry point, customizable data panels, and drag-and-drop interactions; work contributed to active patent exploration. Advanced the evolution of SAP’s enterprise design system by defining scalable interaction patterns that balance innovation with legacy SaaS constraints and strict business data compliance.
Cisco / Senior Product Design Specialist / 2021 — 2024
Led intensive user research and synthesized insights into actionable deliverables that informed the launch of the Personal Insights feature, supporting 36,000 enterprise customers. Designed an accessible Recommended Messages feature for a global product ecosystem serving 10 million users, ensuring compliance with WCAG 2.2 standards. Presented AR filter and AI-integrated feature proposals to stakeholders, leveraging user research to drive innovation and contribute to ongoing patent exploration efforts.
KPMG / Senior Specialist / 2020 — 2021
Translated user insights and business requirements into human-centric workflows, wireframes, designs, and data visualizations, ensuring alignment between user needs and business goals. Presented design solutions to stakeholders through clear user storytelling, advocating for a customer-first approach in decision-making. Contributed to broader design maturity by sharing industry UX trends and ethical design principles through participation in inclusion and diversity initiatives and by hosting monthly accessibility lightning talks
Clique Studios / Designer & Lead UX Designer / 2017 — 2020
Scaled the UX function from a team of one by introducing UX methodologies, standardized deliverables, and a customer-first approach through workshops and a company-wide UX playbook. Led end-to-end user research to translate user behavior and motivation into impactful design solutions. Previously collaborated with cross-functional teams to design and launch responsive, accessible products supported by scalable design systems.
React Presents / Design Intern / 2016 — 2016
Created commercial banners, posters, and marketing assets for major Midwest music events including Lollapalooza, Freaky Deaky, and Summerset. Delivered on-trend, high-impact design concepts in a fast-paced music industry environment, collaborating closely with teams to meet tight deadlines.
Master of UX Design / Maryland Institution College of Art
Completed formal training in User Experience Design, with a strong focus on UX research, user experience strategy, and user interface design. Developed foundational and advanced skills through hands-on projects that emphasized user-centered problem solving, research synthesis, and interaction design. Built a solid understanding of end-to-end UX processes, from discovery and usability testing to interface design and iteration.
Bachelor of Design Visual Communication / School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Completed a degree at SAIC with a major in Visual Communication, developing a strong foundation in design thinking, creative problem-solving, and visual storytelling. Gained hands-on experience in UI design, design systems, and brand-driven interfaces, with an emphasis on visual craft and expressive communication. This education strengthened my ability to translate complex ideas into clear, cohesive, and visually compelling digital experiences.
SAP / Senior Product Design Specialist / 2025— Current
Led UX strategy and end-to-end feature design for SAP Analytics Cloud and the Business Data Cloud platform, supporting 3,500+ enterprise customers. Launched a new analytics-building experience that reduced time-to-insight through a redesigned entry point, customizable data panels, and drag-and-drop interactions, contributing to patent exploration. Advanced SAP’s enterprise design system with scalable patterns that balance innovation, legacy SaaS constraints, and enterprise data compliance.
Webex, Cisco / Senior Product Design Specialist / 2021 — 2024
Led intensive user research and synthesized insights into actionable deliverables that informed the launch of the Personal Insights feature, supporting 36,000 enterprise customers. Designed an accessible Recommended Messages feature for a global product ecosystem serving 10 million users, ensuring compliance with WCAG 2.2 standards. Presented AR filter and AI-integrated feature proposals to stakeholders, leveraging user research to drive innovation and contribute to ongoing patent exploration efforts.
KPMG / Senior Specialist / 2020 — 2021
Translated user insights and business requirements into human-centric workflows, wireframes, designs, and data visualizations, ensuring alignment between user needs and business goals. Presented design solutions to stakeholders through clear user storytelling, advocating for a customer-first approach in decision-making. Contributed to broader design maturity by sharing industry UX trends and ethical design principles through participation in inclusion and diversity initiatives and by hosting monthly accessibility lightning talks
Clique Studios / Lead UX Designer / 2017 — 2020
Scaled the UX function from a team of one by introducing UX methodologies, standardized deliverables, and a customer-first approach through workshops and a company-wide UX playbook. Led end-to-end user research to translate user behavior and motivation into impactful design solutions. Previously collaborated with cross-functional teams to design and launch responsive, accessible products supported by scalable design systems.
React Presents / Design Intern / 2016 — 2016
Created commercial banners, posters, and marketing assets for major Midwest music events including Lollapalooza, Freaky Deaky, and Summerset. Delivered on-trend, high-impact design concepts in a fast-paced music industry environment, collaborating closely with teams to meet tight deadlines.
Master of UX Design / Maryland Institution College of Art
Completed formal training in User Experience Design, with a strong focus on UX research, user experience strategy, and user interface design. Developed foundational and advanced skills through hands-on projects that emphasized user-centered problem solving, research synthesis, and interaction design. Built a solid understanding of end-to-end UX processes, from discovery and usability testing to interface design and iteration.
Bachelor of Design Visual Communication / School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Completed a degree at SAIC with a major in Visual Communication, developing a strong foundation in design thinking, creative problem-solving, and visual storytelling. Gained hands-on experience in UI design, design systems, and brand-driven interfaces, with an emphasis on visual craft and expressive communication. This education strengthened my ability to translate complex ideas into clear, cohesive, and visually compelling digital experiences.
SAP / Senior Product Design Specialist / Mar 2025— Current
Led UX strategy and end-to-end product feature design for SAP Analytics Cloud, supporting 3,500+ enterprise customers, including Fortune 500 organizations . Designed and launched a new analytics-building experience that reduced time-to-insight for enterprise users by introducing a new entry point, customizable data panels, and drag-and-drop interactions; work contributed to active patent exploration. Advanced the evolution of SAP’s enterprise design system by defining scalable interaction patterns that balance innovation with legacy SaaS constraints and strict business data compliance.
Cisco / Senior Product Design Specialist / 2021 — 2024
Led intensive user research and synthesized insights into actionable deliverables that informed the launch of the Personal Insights feature, supporting 36,000 enterprise customers. Designed an accessible Recommended Messages feature for a global product ecosystem serving 10 million users, ensuring compliance with WCAG 2.2 standards. Presented AR filter and AI-integrated feature proposals to stakeholders, leveraging user research to drive innovation and contribute to ongoing patent exploration efforts.
KPMG / Senior Specialist / 2020 — 2021
Translated user insights and business requirements into human-centric workflows, wireframes, designs, and data visualizations, ensuring alignment between user needs and business goals. Presented design solutions to stakeholders through clear user storytelling, advocating for a customer-first approach in decision-making. Contributed to broader design maturity by sharing industry UX trends and ethical design principles through participation in inclusion and diversity initiatives and by hosting monthly accessibility lightning talks
Clique Studios / Designer & Lead UX Designer / 2017 — 2020
Scaled the UX function from a team of one by introducing UX methodologies, standardized deliverables, and a customer-first approach through workshops and a company-wide UX playbook. Led end-to-end user research to translate user behavior and motivation into impactful design solutions. Previously collaborated with cross-functional teams to design and launch responsive, accessible products supported by scalable design systems.
React Presents / Design Intern / 2016 — 2016
Created commercial banners, posters, and marketing assets for major Midwest music events including Lollapalooza, Freaky Deaky, and Summerset. Delivered on-trend, high-impact design concepts in a fast-paced music industry environment, collaborating closely with teams to meet tight deadlines.
Master of UX Design / Maryland Institution College of Art
Completed formal training in User Experience Design, with a strong focus on UX research, user experience strategy, and user interface design. Developed foundational and advanced skills through hands-on projects that emphasized user-centered problem solving, research synthesis, and interaction design. Built a solid understanding of end-to-end UX processes, from discovery and usability testing to interface design and iteration.
Bachelor of Design Visual Communication / School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Completed a degree at SAIC with a major in Visual Communication, developing a strong foundation in design thinking, creative problem-solving, and visual storytelling. Gained hands-on experience in UI design, design systems, and brand-driven interfaces, with an emphasis on visual craft and expressive communication. This education strengthened my ability to translate complex ideas into clear, cohesive, and visually compelling digital experiences.