ABOUT

THE DUAL PERSPECTIVE

I bring a dual perspective to every product I touch — the engineering fluency to build it, and the design sensibility to make it matter. This isn't a split identity; it's an integrated one, forged over two decades of working at the intersection of pixels and production code.

My career spans startups across AI infrastructure, developer tools, healthcare, and finance. I've been a founding-era hire three times, which means I know what it takes to build from scratch — to make decisions under uncertainty, to ship when it matters, and to create processes that scale without calcifying.

"I don't just direct work; I architect solutions, guide execution, and invest in the growth of every team member."

At MinIO, I led design for AI-native infrastructure products — AIStor, Orb, and a comprehensive design system serving developers and data engineers at some of the world's largest organizations. The challenge: making enterprise-grade distributed object storage feel approachable without dumbing it down.

Before that, at HONK Technologies, I designed the accident photo capture flow that reduced insurance claims cycle time by 93%. At Ambassador Labs, I brought Telepresence — a powerful but CLI-only developer tool — into the IDE, increasing developer efficiency by 30%.

I've learned to love constraints. The tightest technical limitations have produced some of my best design decisions. When you can't add more, you have to make what exists work harder. That philosophy bleeds into everything — from component architecture to team culture.

I'm a practitioner of AI-augmented design workflows. Not as a replacement for craft, but as an accelerant. I use AI tooling to prototype faster, research deeper, and iterate further — which means more time for the high-judgment decisions that actually move the needle.