Yearly contributor and speaker to Girls who code, contributing workshops and motivation around UX, Engineering and women in tech. 

Speaker

Volunteer with Boys and Girls Club with the Twitter Boston team. Helped the facility get organized and cleaned for spring/summer.

Volunteer

Helped building homes with Habitat for Humanity in the San Jose/Greater San Francisco area. 

WearOS UX Lead, I spearheaded efforts to enhance the Google Assistant experience for wearables, prioritizing efficiency, task orientation, and user engagement while accelerating interaction speeds and promoting digital well-being within the wearable ecosystem. My role encompassed both product and onboarding design, overseeing all stages of the UX design process. I played a critical role in fostering collaboration between the Google Assistant and WearOS teams, ensuring the seamless integration of our efforts for an improved user experience.

Senior UX Design Lead, Wear

As a senior member of the product design team, I held a leadership role in driving, implementing, and shaping the experience design of Twitter's developer platform, Fabric. My approach was proactive, involving the identification of long-term opportunities through user research and design exploration. Subsequently, I conceptualized and successfully launched a "jobs-to-be-done" dashboard tailored to meet the specific needs of app development teams, contributing significantly to the platform's evolution and enhancement.

Senior Product Designer

In my role as the Product and UX lead for Digital Handwriting (Artifex) within Google's internal incubator Area 120, I spearheaded the vision and implementation of a revolutionary handwriting platform designed specifically for visual thinkers.  Harnessing the power of AI , we adeptly digitized handwritten content, removing the traditional challenges associated with manual note taking and organization.

Product & Design Lead, Handwriting AI (Artifex), Area 120 at Google

I focused on customizing the notifications system for Android 10, with a primary goal of enhancing notification management, prioritizing user experience, fostering digital well-being, and simplifying user interactions. The updated notifications model aimed to improve discoverability, interaction clarity, and configuration ease within the UI, allowing users to personalize their notifications more effectively. My role involved supervising all aspects of the UX design process and collaborating closely with cross-functional leadership to successfully implement this crucial project.

Senior UX Design Lead, System UI Android

I spearheaded a multidisciplinary team of designers, overseeing intricate projects spanning digital, physical, and service design domains. My leadership played a pivotal role in cultivating a robust design culture, grounded in system strategy, thorough research, ideation, and the execution of compelling visual and product design. Within an engineering-centric environment, I successfully established and nurtured a design team and culture. Furthermore, I significantly broadened our customer reach and garnered industry recognition by actively participating in speaking engagements. I also took the lead in representing our team and pitching during pre-sales engagements, effectively articulating our design process, value proposition, and problem-solving capabilities to address complex design challenges.

Creative Director

I created dynamic websites tailored for member-based organizations.  My leadership extended to facilitating and guiding client meetings to clarify project objectives and gather design-related input. Operating within a highly structured and process-driven environment, I ensured that both the design and development phases were executed to deliver top-quality digital experiences.

Senior Interaction Designer

Assistant Creative Director

I managed and directed the design team's efforts in shaping the artistic development of video, marketing, and advertising campaigns. This included coordinating collaboration with photographers, videographers, and copywriters to establish and define a brand's visual language across diverse mediums. Notably, I had the privilege of managing projects for esteemed brands like Safeway, Nasoya, Sperry Top-Sider, and Webroot, overseeing their visual identity and marketing strategies.

Senior Art Director

Junior Art Director

Senior UX Designer - Google Firebase 

As the UX Staff Lead at Firebase, I directed a team of UX designers with a primary focus on curating advanced developer experiences for Firebase's suite of products and services. Our objective was clear: to streamline and optimize the interfaces and tools for developers in the SDLC lifecycle. In parallel, we integrated artificial intelligence to further refine and augment these experiences, helping app developers grown and engage their users. In collaboration with product managers, engineers, and key stakeholders, I ensured our design strategies aligned with business objectives, while harnessing to AI to enhance our solutions.

Staff UX Lead, Manager & Designer, Firebase

In my role as Head of Design for ACE (AI and Compute Enablement) at Google, I have the privilege of leading our user experience design team, overseeing critical projects spanning end to end Gen AI solutions. I've been entrusted with the crucial responsibility of ensuring that our design initiatives align seamlessly with our overarching business objectives.

Sr. Staff UX - Head of Design - ACE (AI and Compute Enablement)

Design leader shaping AI tools at Google. Mentor, team builder, believer in human-first design.

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