Product Design

Years of design practice that inform everything I do

Before I was a researcher, I was a designer. That background gives me a rare ability to translate research insights into things teams can actually act on, since I speak both languages fluently.

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Capterra ยท A Gartner Company

Designing the logged-in buyer experience

As a UX Designer at Capterra (Feb 2019 to May 2021), I worked on the buyer-facing side of one of the largest software review platforms, helping businesses find the right software for their needs.

  • Created buyer personas and facilitated cross-functional workshops that directly shaped product decisions, leading to the development of a new logged-in experience
  • Conducted evaluative research on a short list wizard, identifying improvements that increased the return rate by 6%
  • Benchmarked Capterra's UX against competitors using SUPR-Q and NPS to track design quality over time
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JEMA

Shaping an AI product's design direction

At JEMA, an early-stage startup, I worked as a Senior Product Designer and Researcher (Feb 2026 to May 2026), combining hands-on design with generative and evaluative research for an AI product.

  • Conducted generative and evaluative research that directly shaped design direction and feature prioritization
  • Collaborated closely with product and engineering teams to translate research insights into shipped design decisions
  • Operated as a hybrid researcher-designer in a fast-moving, resource-constrained startup environment