Work Experience
Microsoft • Senior Product Design Lead 5/2025 - present
Collaborate with other product leaders to manage the end-to-end product development process and maintain accountability for user experience quality.
Leverage AI tools to support and enable my team in a fast-paced, design-driven product development cycle.
Ship world-class AI-first security experiences that delight consumers with an emphasis on craft, quality, trust, and positive user and security impact.
Microsoft • Senior Product Design Manager 2/2022 - 5/2025
Manage a team of world-class designers of all experience levels, supporting their professional growth and helping them to deliver amazing experiences.
Own the user experience for Microsoft Defender and Defender Experts. Lead to ensure that user needs and behaviors are well understood, product requirements are aligned, and the designed experiences enable successful outcomes for their users.
Microsoft • Senior Product Designer 3/2021 - 2/2022
Craft intuitive experiences that empower security professionals to maximize the value of Microsoft Sentinel.
Communicate and build consensus around all aspects of the design direction.
Understand the array of technical constraints, user goals, and business requirements.
Provide continuing, hands-on design support to engineering crews during software development to ensure a high-quality end-product.
Ladies that UX • Global Director 3/2026 - present
Lead global strategy and board alignment for Ladies That UX across 90+ chapters.
Drive professional development and career growth initiatives, including mentorship, skill-building, and leadership opportunities to support women in UX worldwide.
Ladies that UX • North America Director 9/2017 - 3/2026
Provide guidance and build a network of support system for Chapter leaders in the North America region.
Work with the global leadership team to define and implement processes that help improve the experience of over 20,000 Ladies that UX members.
Plain Concepts • UX Director 10/2018 – present
Work directly with C-level executives and partner with product and engineering teams to align on problems and product direction, evaluate success criteria, and prioritize an efficient roadmap.
Mentor, grow, and recruit UX talent and advocate for user-centered design practices.
Inspire and lead teams of designers in the creation of delightful, easy-to-use experiences and validate through testing.
Plain Concepts • UX Producer 10/2015 – 10/2018
Create wireframes, storyboards, user flows, and site maps to effectively communicate interaction and design ideas for Microsoft clients from various teams such as Microsoft AI, Azure, and Edge.
Develop strategies that are innovative and strategically on-target. Manage all visual design stages from concept to final hand-off to engineering.
Conceptualize original ideas that bring simplicity and user friendliness to complex design roadblocks.
Hacker Agency • Art Director, 8/2013 – 10/2015
Lead Art Director on the AT&T acquisition team.
Concept and strategize on AT&T projects to bring meaningful results through web, mobile, tablet, and print design.
Work with Creative Directors to develop high-level ideas and present work to clients.
Hacker Agency • Graphic Designer, 4/2012 – 8/2013
Design high-visibility print and digital work for the AT&T customer lifecycle management team.
Manage AT&T print and interactive design from Creative set up to file release to vendor.
Hacker Agency • Production Artist, 12/2010 – 4/2012
Work with Project Managers, Designers, and Art Directors to complete comps, designs and edits. Anticipate problems and opportunities and brings them to the attention of the appropriate team.
Center for Learning Connections • Graphic Designer, 9/2007 – 12/2010
Work with project managers and external clients to develop and design a variety of illustrative materials such as brochures, booklets, posters, websites, and other marketing and training materials.
Design, develop and maintain the Center for Learning Connection’s web site.
International Academy of Design and Technology • Adjunct faculty, 10/2007 – 9/2008
Teach entry levels design classes such as Digital Imaging and Digital Prepress.
Products
Led design for:
Microsoft Sentinel
Defender Experts
Microsoft Defender
Defender for DevOps
Defender for API
Contributed to:
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Microsoft Purview
Microsoft Entra
Security Copilot
Skills
Storytelling
UX strategy
Vibe coding
UX and UI Design
Design Systems
Graphic Design
Prototyping, wireframing
Low to High-fidelity Design
Tools
Figma
Figma Make
Lovable
Visual Stufio Code
GitHub
Photoshop
Illustrator
Education
Western Washington University, Degree BA in Art/Design
Bellevue Community College, Degree Associate of Art and Science