Experience

I create winning teams of designers and product managers shipping B2B SaaS at scale, focused on the intersection of humans and intelligent systems.

Recent Experience

Robin Powered

Director of Product Design (01/2024–Present)

Lead Robin’s product design organization and guide experience strategy across our suite of AI-assisted workplace coordination tools.

  • Partner with the Heads of Product & Engineering to define roadmap priorities, product principles, and measurable outcomes.
  • Mentor and scale a team of designers, fostering a culture of quality, curiosity, and cross-functional ownership.
  • Champion design systems and frameworks that support human-centered interaction, intelligent automation, and accessibility.

Senior Design Manager (09/2023–01/2024)

Managed and mentored a team of designers while leading design efforts for the company’s foundational experience strategic pillars.

  • Oversaw cross-team design alignment for enterprise scheduling and hybrid work experiences.
  • Collaborated with Product and Engineering on roadmap planning and design strategy.
  • Advocated for thoughtful application of AI features that enhance (rather than replace) human agency and clarity in the product experience.

Lead Product Designer (02/2023–09/2023)

Led design for Slack and Microsoft Teams strategic integrations, expanding Robin’s workplace platform into enterprise communication ecosystems.

  • Led research, design, and delivery of integrated user flows connecting Robin’s core functionality with third-party collaboration tools.
  • Partnered with PMs and engineers to translate complex technical constraints into elegant, usable interfaces.
  • Mentored designers across teams and contributed to design system improvements that increased consistency and velocity.

DEPT®

Principal Product Designer (02/2021–02/2023)

Led multi-squad design for complex enterprise platforms in global finance and commercial real estate platforms.

  • Drove end-to-end product outcomes across distributed design & product teams, aligning user experience with business goals.
  • Advised senior stakeholders on scaling design systems and establishing long-term UX strategy.
  • Mentored senior and mid-level designers, fostering both craft excellence and product thinking.

Senior Product Designer (01/2020–02/2021)

Led the redesign of a major wealth management platform for one of the top brokerage firms globally.

  • Created and maintained a robust design component library used across a 5+ squad client org.
  • Streamlined designer–developer collaboration and accelerated feature delivery.
  • Mentored junior designers in both process and product ownership skills.

Virgin Pulse

UX Manager (11/2018–01/2020)

  • Scaled and matured the UX design team during a period of rapid product growth.
  • Built hiring processes, mentoring frameworks, and collaboration models that improved design velocity and cohesion across teams.

Senior UX Designer (03/2018–10/2018)

  • Shored up quality and delivery speed by introducing Virgin Pulse’s first shared design system.
  • Frequently tapped to lead high-pressure efforts with complex stakeholders and overlapping priorities.

Earlier Experience

Education

  • Attended UMass Dartmouth, Class of 2008.
  • Received a BFA in Graphic Design & Letterform.
  • Graduated Summa Cum Laude with a GPA of 3.862.

Leadership & Product Competencies

  • Organization design and hiring
  • User experience & product strategy
  • AI-human interaction
  • Design and research operations
  • Roadmapping & prioritization
  • Data-informed decision making
  • Technical: HTML/CSS/JS prototyping

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