About me

Designing intelligent systems that actually make sense. I'm a design consultant at Fractal Analytics building AI products, design systems, and accessibility frameworks that move the needle. Over 3.5 years, I've worked across enterprise AI platforms, insurance underwriting, CPG intelligence—learning that good design isn't just how things look, it's how they behave. What drives me: • Design systems as strategy. Built scalable frameworks that reduced design debt and forced teams to think in components, not one-offs. • AI/UX trust. In black-box algorithms, humans need intelligible interfaces. I research and design for explainability—making an AI's reasoning visible without overwhelming the user. • Accessibility from day one. WCAG 2.2 compliance isn't a checklist; it's how I think. Better access = better UX for everyone. • Disaster UX as a design lens. Obsessed with how systems fail under pressure. These failures teach clarity, feedback loops, and human cognition under stress. Featured work: → Cogentiq (Agentic AI Platform): Led design system from zero to production for 50+ design org. Owned design standards, component library, accessibility audits. Impact: 40% faster design-to-dev handoff, 6+ months of rework saved. → Predictive Maintenance Dashboard (Eugenie.ai): Featured at Google I/O 2024. Built for operators needing fast, confident decisions—designed for the user's mental model, not the data scientist's. → IntentSpark (CPG Intelligence): Owned AI-driven insights product. Focused on making complex data actionable for non-technical users. Beyond work: I mentor designers at national hackathons, run Topmate sessions, and maintain active research in LLM tools and AI ethics. I'm also an avid wildlife photographer—see @untamedsnaps—because light, composition, and patience translate directly to interface design. Next chapter: Pursuing an Postgraduate Degree in HCI to deepen research around intelligent systems, human-AI collaboration, and design's role in governance. Currently building StayPut 2.0—an AI productivity app—and sharing the build-in-public journey. Let's connect if you're: → Hiring for HCI research, AI/UX, or design systems roles → Working on AI products and need design strategy → Open to design mentorship or collaboration on side projects