A real pairing pilot with two senior designers — what they found about productivity, knowledge sharing, and why hard problems are easier with a thought partner.
12+ years leading enterprise UX across fintech, asset management, and analytics.
I work at the intersection of complex product problems and the teams that solve them — building design culture, establishing process, and shipping work that holds up under real-world constraints. Senior Design Manager with experience at SAP, Copperleaf, and beyond. Open to senior design leadership roles in the US & Canada, remote.
Previously at
Analytics Cloud
Enterprise Asset Management

Fintech / Lending

Pension Software Platform
UX Field Notes
Writing on design leadership, team culture, and craft.
Practical posts from 12+ years in the field — no fluff.
A real pairing pilot with two senior designers — what they found about productivity, knowledge sharing, and why hard problems are easier with a thought partner.
You’ve done the discovery. You know what the feature needs to do. Then you go to draw the next screen and you can’t. This isn’t a skill problem — it’s a signal. What it means, and what to do about it.
After 20+ design interviews, the most common failure isn’t weak sketching — it’s starting to draw before understanding the problem. What the panel is actually watching for.