About Me
I've been in the world of experience design since 2012. Through consulting, recruiting tech, and financial software, I learned to thrive in environments where design had to earn the seat at every table by navigating ambiguity, selling ideas to rooms that weren't ready for them, and building relationships before I needed them. Which is probably why I'm most comfortable in the spaces where the table doesn't exist yet.
For the last seven years at The Home Depot, I've been doing work that lives between strategy and organizational change. Building visions before they have budgets. Building momentum before there's consensus. Before anyone had the language for it, I was prototyping futures in cardboard when that's what it took. Most of all, sustaining that conviction through every version of hitting the wall.
Before remote collaborative tools were the standard, I was building digital "lego" fixture pieces on top of digital store floor plans on shared PowerPoint slides so a remote team could redesign a store layout together.
I think in systems. I facilitate in rooms. I sell ideas across years, not decks (i mean there are a lot of decks involved, too). And I believe that the best experience strategy happens just outside existing permission.
Outside of work, I live for home design and art that will land a tagline like, "it's a conversation piece." My camera roll is 110% my daughter. I will absolutely 2x2 a meal plan if you let me. I've had blue hair and pink hair. Not at the same time. I love a good workout, video games, and to make up recipes.
I'm also a human who works best with people who believe how we work matters as much as the outputs. I value collaboration over going solo and curiosity over certainty.
If that's you and you're building something that needs someone who can see around corners, sustain a vision through the walls that keep moving, and bring people with them, I'd love to talk.