Dec 2024 – Mar 2026 · 1 yr 3 mos

• As Venture Lead and Director of Product for a nimble incubation team, I led the creation of an innovative 0-to-1 platform that reimagines how creatives interact with modular systems and AI-driven tools. The work focused on giving creatives real, hands-on control of AI models, enabling them to shape, scale, and elevate their work with intention rather than abstraction.
• Served as Director of Product, owning end-to-end product strategy, execution, and delivery from early incubation through integration into Adobe Firefly.
• Led and scaled a multi-disciplinary team of engineers, designers, and partners, growing the organization from a 2-person seed team to a 20-person cross-functional group.
• Defined long-term product vision and roadmap, balancing technical feasibility, user experience, and platform extensibility across multiple Adobe ecosystems.
• Drove cross-partner engagement and alignment across Firefly, Creative Cloud, Research, and platform teams to transition the project from exploratory incubation to a core Adobe initiative.
• Collaborated closely with senior Adobe leadership and executive stakeholders to align product direction, investment, and milestones.
• Set design direction and creative vision, producing north star artifacts, prototypes, and narrative materials to align teams and communicate strategy internally and externally.

Jul 2024 – Jan 2025 · 6 mos

• Principal Designer for emerging creative, incubation and generative AI initiatives.
• My goal is to find the meaningful intersection between emerging AI tools and human creativity.
• Collaborating with Adobe leadership and key stakeholders to research, identify and inform new product and design strategy.
• Leading a core team of UX designers with a focus on emerging and inflight AI feature development.
• Developing strategic vision materials and cross-org partnerships for new feature, product and incubation initiatives with a focus on generative AI and next-gen system designs for video, motion and animation.

Oct 2023 – Jul 2024 · 9 mos

• Design Lead for DVA (Digital Video & Audio) AI Initiatives.
• Led and managed a diverse team of UX designers with a focus on emerging and inflight AI feature development for Premiere Pro, After Effects and new product.
• Developed strategic vision materials and partnerships for new feature, product and incubation initiatives.
• Actively explored emerging proprietary and open source AI video workflows and tools from an artist's perspective.

Jan 2022 – Oct 2023 · 1 yr 9 mos

• Manager and Lead Designer For Adobe After Effects
• Converted complex technical and strategic challenges into focused design vision.
• Collaborated with PM and Engineering leads to establish product strategy, vision, feature development and roadmaps.
• Led broad design initiatives focused on the future of motion design and creativity within Creative Cloud.
• Built cross-team alignment to help unify Adobe's vision for the future of animation workflows across Creative Cloud.
• Led user research efforts to establish signal on new product and feature development.

Jul 2019 – Jan 2022 · 2 yrs 6 mos

• Lead Designer for Adobe After Effects
• Responsible for leading broad design initiatives focused on the future of motion design and Adobe After Effects.
• Researched, pitched and developed a robust new UX for new 3D creation workflows within Adobe After Effects.
• Collaborated with PM and Engineering to establish product strategy, vision and feature development.
• Developed cross-team alignment to help unify Adobe's vision for the future of animation workflows across Creative Cloud.
• Led numerous user research efforts to establish signal on new product and feature development.

Feb 2018 – Jun 2019 · 1 yr 4 mos

• Office Media Group
• With an emphasis on AI enhanced tools, our team's focus was on developing the future of video creation and consumption on the web and within Office.
• Established vision and strategy for multi-platform video applications across our organization.
• Managed a team of five UX designers working across photos and video projects.
• Design Direction for in-browser video editing experiences for Microsoft Stream and Office 365.
• Lead numerous user research efforts to establish signal on new product development.
• Collaborated with teams throughout Microsoft to story tell and align vision across products.

Jun 2016 – Mar 2018 · 1 yr 9 mos

• Foundry was an incubation studio who's mission was to inspire, prove and enable the future of Microsoft experiences through ubiquitous computing and seamless interactions across mediums.
• One of four studio leads setting vision and strategy for a team of 25+ designers, developers and project managers.
• Managed and lead a diverse team of UX and visual designers in the creation of experimental 3D, Hololens, AR and next generation device incubation.
• Developed innovative metaverse concepts and patents related to AR and spatial computing scenarios.
• Collaborated with internal Microsoft device teams to align visions and bring clarity to new incubation projects.
• Developed strategic storytelling of our team's vision, ideas and accomplishments.

Dec 2014 – Jun 2016 · 1 yr 6 mos

• Microsoft Studios - Good Science
• An incubation lab focused on exploring and developing new experiences and interaction models for Hololens and mixed reality.
• Senior leadership, vision and hands-on creation for a team of artists, developers and designers.
• Collaborated with Fortune 500 companies to bring their brands to Microsoft Hololens.
• Developed experimental UX / UI concepts and designs for virtual and mixed reality platforms.
• Both art directed and created optimized 3D content for the Unity game engine.

Mar 2013 – Dec 2014 · 1 yr 9 mos · Greater Seattle Area

• Worked directly with clients such as Nintendo, Pokemon and Target to discover project intent and establish strategy and direction.
• Directed and lead multidisciplinary teams in the creation of interactive mobile experiences.
• Concept and creation of multi-platform Unity 3D and HTML games to enhance brand engagement.
• Worked collaboratively with strategy, UX and development teams to produce large scale projects and new business pitches.

May 2008 – Feb 2013 · 4 yrs 9 mos

• Directed a team of multi-disciplined interactive designers in the creation of Unity 3D and HTML interactive experiences and games.
• UX and UI design for platforms such as tablet, mobile, web, and large scale touch displays.
• 3D and motion design for broadcast and interactive experiences.

Jun 2005 – May 2008 · 2 yrs 11 mos

• Worked with a team of flash developers to create rich interactive experiences.
• Developed original branding and identities.
• Created custom illustration and animation for broadcast.

Nov 2003 – Jun 2005 · 1 yr 7 mos · Muncie, Indiana, United States

• Assisted students in their creation of grant-funded interactive projects.
• Co-lead a grant funded team in the creation of interactive installations for a local museum.

May 2003 – Aug 2003 · 3 mos · Greater Indianapolis

• Developed flash interfaces for web based applications.
• Created storyboards for various motion projects.
• Developed custom illustrations and marketing materials for corporate and healthcare clients.