Resume

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Where I’ve recently made an impact

Duration	Role & Details	Location
01.2022- present	Staff Product Designer @ Okta	Remote
	Lead designer for a suite of new products in the Desktop Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) market that: Generated $1mm ARR prebookings in the first 7 weeks since announcement Secured users from their first, daily interaction with their work Mac or PC Applied Windows & macOS platform UI conventions to differentiate based on competitive research Evaluated with end users & IT administrators via usability testing and private betas Mentored another designer to clarify problems and prototype solutions in this market
10.2018- 12.2021	Senior Interaction Designer @ Virtru	Washington, DC & Remote
	Designed encrypted email, files, and SDK experiences for 5K+ organizations: Created & maintained a design system in design tools & code with 7 designers and lead front-end engineers across teams & departments Wrote story-driven docs & code samples on Developer Hub resulting in long-term SEO improvements and smoother developer onboarding Researched personas that bookended most engineering demos
07.2017- 07.2018	Senior UX Designer @ Submittable	Remote
	Designed submission management UX for 5MM+ online submissions: Designed zero-data view to drive more sales in 5 months than 2 years Redesigned responsive file viewer for 50+ file types & 9K organizations Consolidated 4 authentication experiences into 1 GDPR-compliant UI
08.2015- 04.2017	Senior UX Engineer @ TheRightMargin	San Francisco
	Prototyped, designed, & built new revenue-generating app for writers: Migrated legacy, untested codebase to React frontend on a Rails backend with production-quality testing, billing, and administration Designed & built successfully converting landing pages (27% sign up) and first user experiences (60% completion) Mentored junior engineer and regularly paired with 2 senior engineers
06.2014- 08.2015	Web Developer @ Vevo	San Francisco
	Built vevo.com in React & Angular for 8MM+ monthly users: Increased revenue & distribution via Pinterest oEmbed integration Usability-tested product concepts with real users—first time in org Led web team as interim Product Manager for 3 months

What shapes my designs longer term

Duration	Activity
01.2018- present	Published fiction in The Best American Mystery Stories 2019, Glimmer Train Stories, The Common, and other literary journals
2009- 2021	Founded 4 startups—creative tools, social media, travel, productivity
2006- 2009	UC Berkeley—Cognitive Science & Computer Science