I’m a Design Director at Dropbox leading the design direction and long term improvement of core files and new value coming together for customers.
About me
Experience
Dropbox
Director, Product Design
May 2022 - Present
Own the design direction and long term improvement of core files across Desktop, web, and mobile, Performance, Sync, and Activation paths at Dropbox. Manage 4 managers + 1 staff designer (22 total designers)
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Senior Manager, Product Design — Mobile
Mar 2021 - May 2022
Rebuilding the foundation of mobile products at Dropbox to serve multiple customer types. Building a process to support all mobile design across the Dropbox to maintain a consistent and focused product.
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Product Design Manager — Mobile
Jan 2020 - Feb 2021
Rebuilding the foundation of mobile products at Dropbox to serve multiple customer types. Building a process to support all mobile design across the Dropbox to maintain a consistent and focused product.
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Product Design Manager — Growth
Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Driving consumer engagement and subscription renewals by providing the best consumer experience possible.
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Product Design Manager — Machine Intelligence
Jul 2018 - Dec 2018
Focused on applied M.I. products. Research studies around the UX and ethics of machine intelligence.
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Product Design Manager — Search & Retrieval
Sept 2017 - Jul 2018
Helped grow a small design team for our Seattle office and led product design for a team focused on search and browse within Dropbox. Made the decision to relocate back to California for our family.
DoorDash
Product Design Lead
Jun 2015 - Aug 2017
A national food delivery application and service. Providing solutions for consumers, drivers, and restaurants.
Popular Pays
Product Design Lead
Mar 2013 - Feb 2016
Popular Pays’ platform streamlines the content creation process allowing you to scale the production of high quality custom content for social media channels.
Disqus
Product Designer
Mar 2014 - Jun 2015
The internet's favorite comment plug-in for publishers to fuel colorful discussions and build engaged communities.
Principles
Be curious
Deep curiosity and a quest for knowledge across a broad set of evolving topics drive much of my life. Learning about anything and everything forms a foundational way of thinking that allows me to approach every problem with fresh eyes.
Find pressure
I find pressure to be exhilarating. I grow the most when there is an external force pushing me to learn something new. Alternatively, when I find a subject particularly interesting, I will throw myself into it, sometimes at the risk of letting other responsibilities suffer.
Be candid
Being open and honest in expression; frankness, leads to better work and better relationships. I can be honest with my feelings to strangers, however I struggle to share depth as I get closer to people for fear of judgement.
Seek diversity
I think teams need a diversity of view points including personal background, career levels, motivations and passions. I personally love to think, ideate, criticize, and explore ideas as a way of expanding my perspective but partner with people who are motivated and strong with follow-through.