Experience

Salesbricks

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• VP of Product and Design

  • Apr 2022 - Present



At Cat Designs

• Freelance Designer

  • Sep 2009 - Present

  Sunnyvale, CA Freelance graphic, illustration, web and branding design work for clients. Web design. Logo design and company branding. Book design and layout. Graphic T-shirt design.



Truepill

• United States
• Software Development
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Product Design Lead

  • Mar 2020 - Apr 2022

  San Mateo, California, United States



SmithRx

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Design Manager

  • Jun 2018 - Nov 2019

  San Francisco Bay Area A PBM startup aimed at reducing health costs with a passthrough model and leveraging technological efficiencies. Product Meet with stakeholders to get business requirements Help establish product specification creation and hand-off to design and engineering processes Design Created a discovery and iteration process for product designs As per the design process, created wireframes, mocks, prototypes, and assets for product features and internal… Show more A PBM startup aimed at reducing health costs with a passthrough model and leveraging technological efficiencies. Product Meet with stakeholders to get business requirements Help establish product specification creation and hand-off to design and engineering processes Design Created a discovery and iteration process for product designs As per the design process, created wireframes, mocks, prototypes, and assets for product features and internal tools. Marketing Refreshed the company’s branding by updating the logo, colors, typography, iconography, and website. Created sales and marketing collateral for client meetings and demos. Show less



Science Exchange

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior UI/UX Designer

  • Jun 2016 - Jun 2018

  203 Forest Ave Palo Alto 94301 A SaaS startup focused on streamlining the scientific discovery and exploration process. Product Meeting with internal and external business stakeholders to gather and scope feature requirements, establish expectations and minimum acceptance criteria and maintain feedback and iteration loops. Creating user personas and stories to analyze and establish user and feature behavior. Using stories and personas to create feature specifications and usability… Show more A SaaS startup focused on streamlining the scientific discovery and exploration process. Product Meeting with internal and external business stakeholders to gather and scope feature requirements, establish expectations and minimum acceptance criteria and maintain feedback and iteration loops. Creating user personas and stories to analyze and establish user and feature behavior. Using stories and personas to create feature specifications and usability workflows. Design Creating wireframes and mocks based on feature specifications. Creating static UI and graphic elements including: 1. Iconography 2. Illustration 3. Infographics Creating static prototypes of current and proposed functionality for business partner pitches, presentations and demonstrations. Creating documentation templates for internal team use to ensure adherence to company branding standards. Formatting documentation to ensure consistency of branding standards. Development Creating interactive prototypes to illustrate feature and component logic, interaction and behavior. (React, Sass) Creating a component library of standard web elements for rapid prototyping and iteration. Marketing Design and production of collateral including: 1. Posters 2. Event pop-up banners 3. Email and printed newsletters and promotions 4. White papers and case studies 5. User guides 6. Digital banners 7. Marketing website layout Show less



Bitcasa, Inc.

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• UI/UX Lead

  • Mar 2015 - May 2016

  1200 Park Place San Mateo 94401 A software platform that provides cloud storage solutions for OEMs, Network Operators, and ISVs, allowing them to seamlessly extend their brands and build more profitable relationships with their customers. Management Defined and implemented design process and asset delivery. Defined departmental goals and success metrics. Design Developed interactive mocks for product platforms. Developed an internal tool for automated partner asset generation.

• UI/UX Designer

  • Mar 2013 - Mar 2015

  1200 Park Place San Mateo 94401 A software platform that provides cloud storage solutions for OEMs, Network Operators, and ISVs, allowing them to seamlessly extend their brands and build more profitable relationships with their customers. Marketing Developed front-end for current website design. Designed and illustrated mobile and web advertisements, t-shirts and various promotional swag and collateral. Branding Established and standardized company branding across products, websites and printed… Show more A software platform that provides cloud storage solutions for OEMs, Network Operators, and ISVs, allowing them to seamlessly extend their brands and build more profitable relationships with their customers. Marketing Developed front-end for current website design. Designed and illustrated mobile and web advertisements, t-shirts and various promotional swag and collateral. Branding Established and standardized company branding across products, websites and printed collateral. Branding included: colors, typography, imagery and product iconography. Consumer Consumer product focused on delivering a robust experience for data storage and management. Wireframed, mocked and prototyped web, mobile and desktop product layouts and functionalities. Defined UX flows for file/folder functionalities and behaviors. Enterprise Business console offering to allow Turn-key partners and developers access to billing, application usage and documentation. Wireframed, mocked and prototyped web product layout. Designed and developed a UI library.



Baynet

• Web Designer and Developer

  • Sep 2012 - Mar 2013

  San Jose, CA A web solutions provider for realty brokerages and agents. Designed and developed single property, brokerage and agent site templates for both web and mobile platforms. Designed and developed custom web and mobile sites for brokerages and agents. Designed and developed branded e-flyer, CMA and backend dashboards for brokerages.



Tecan

• Switzerland
• Biotechnology Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Scientist

  • Aug 2009 - Aug 2012

  San Carlos, CA A molecular reagent manufacturer providing and advancing molecular reagent technologies. Manufacturing responsibilities include being project lead for optimizing production processes. Writing batch records for reagent manufacturing. Closing batch records and subtracting reagent usage. Monitored inventory of reagents and laboratory supplies. Shipping and receiving responsibilities included packing reagent kits on dry ice, preparing domestic and international shipping paperwork and… Show more A molecular reagent manufacturer providing and advancing molecular reagent technologies. Manufacturing responsibilities include being project lead for optimizing production processes. Writing batch records for reagent manufacturing. Closing batch records and subtracting reagent usage. Monitored inventory of reagents and laboratory supplies. Shipping and receiving responsibilities included packing reagent kits on dry ice, preparing domestic and international shipping paperwork and packages. Show less



Sadra Medical

• Chemical Specialist

  • Oct 2006 - Feb 2009

  Los Gatos, CA A medical device start-up developing minimally invasive aortic heart valve disease therapies. Research and Development responsibilities included project lead for two-part sterilization process optimization and development of alternative sterilization methods. Designed, built and validated disposable liquid sterilization equipment with third party OEM parts. Coordinated with contracted testing, sterilization and validation facilities. Conducted compatibility testing between sterilization… Show more A medical device start-up developing minimally invasive aortic heart valve disease therapies. Research and Development responsibilities included project lead for two-part sterilization process optimization and development of alternative sterilization methods. Designed, built and validated disposable liquid sterilization equipment with third party OEM parts. Coordinated with contracted testing, sterilization and validation facilities. Conducted compatibility testing between sterilization solutions and medical device materials. Conducted packaging integrity testing. Operations responsibilities included manufacturing sterilization and valve storage solutions. Quality assurance responsibilities included writing batch records using the MRP system. Conducted safety officer duties. Monitored chemical inventory and usage. Ensured compliance with fire code and OSHA regulations. Monitored and optimized waste stream, as well as coordinated with waste disposal facilities. Show less



Neosil

• Microbiologist/Production Chemist

  • Mar 2005 - Oct 2006

  Emeryville, CA A pharmaceutical start-up developing dermatological treatments. Research and development responsibilities included conducting in-vivo and in-vitro drug efficacy and minimum inhibitory concentration in drug API. Manufacturing responsibilities included being project lead for drug API manufacturing, production optimization and scale-up. Wrote batch records and worked with a CMO for small scale production.