I design for people in a complex, fast-changing world.
I'm a Rhode Islander. I've spent over a decade designing for high-stakes work.
I'm obsessed with understanding people: their work and lives, hopes and motivations. I believe good products support the people using them.
When I am not researching, designing, and building, I'm painting in my basement art studio, cooking southern Italian dishes, traveling and seeing new places, and tending to my flower garden. Most weekends you will find me doing this with friends, family, and my partner, Nathan.
DealRoom · Paychex · Buildertrend · Travelers · General Dynamics · Eze Software
Experience
Feb 2026 to Jul 2026
- Led UX strategy and design vision as DealRoom's sole design leader, alongside the VP of Product and VP of Engineering
- Owned UX for DealRoom's AI-powered product experiences, including a beta MCP integration
- Contributed to an AI user research synthesis tool that cut analysis time from weeks to hours
- Mentored 4 product managers in AI-assisted prototyping and developer collaboration
- Led the audit and rebuild strategy for a company-wide design system overhaul
Jan 2024 to Feb 2026
- Led the redesign of the Transmission-to-Payroll workflow for Paychex's Time & Attendance and Payroll customers
- Built a React-based component library and led the design system migration from legacy Angular
- Defined information architecture and navigation patterns for the Time & Attendance product suite
Mar 2022 to Oct 2023
- Redesigned Payments Onboarding for Buildertrend's new Payments product and cut time on task from 23 minutes to 7 (70%)
- Established design system foundations for the new Payments product
- Mentored Associate Designers and Interns
Convictions
Humans first
Good products support the person behind the account. I design for what someone is trying to do.
Understand the work before the interface
You can't design a good interface for a system you don't understand. I start with the people and the specialized, often messy systems they work in. The interface comes after that.
Design-first is a business strategy
Bringing design in early gets outcomes that work for the business and the people using the product.