Product Design Leader with experience delivering user-centered digital products across B2B and B2C platforms. Proven ability to lead end-to-end design, mentor teams, and collaborate with product, engineering, and leadership.
Strong background in mobile and web design, accessibility, design systems, and data-driven decision making.

EDUCATION

Master of Science, Interaction Design — NYU Tisch School of the Arts
Bachelor of Arts, Fine Arts / Graphic Design — Western Connecticut State University

SKILLS

Design Tools: Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Cloud, InVision, Axure, After Effects
Front end development: HTML5, CSS / SASS, CMS (Drupal, WordPress, FatWire)
User Research & Testing: Interviews, Usability Testing, A/B Testing, Analytics, Qualtrics
PM | Collaboration Tools: Jira, Confluence, Asana, SharePoint
Additional: Fluent in Spanish; Video Editing; Arduino; Processing

U.S. Bank (Assistant Vice President, Product Design)

New York, NY / San Francisco, CA
Jan 2021 – August 2025

Lead end-to-end product design across digital channels, partnering with design, engineering, and leadership to deliver personalized, science-driven customer experiences.

Mentored junior designers and provided actionable feedback, elevating overall design quality and craft standards.

Built alignment across cross-functional stakeholders and represented experience initiatives in company-wide productivity and AI discussions.

Translated complex problems into elegant, intuitive solutions, raising creativity and innovation standards across mobile and web platforms.

Facilitated design execution through all phases of the product lifecycle, from discovery and concepting to implementation and launch.

Collaborated closely with product managers and engineers in agile sprints, delivering ready-to-ship Figma specs, workflows, and prototypes.

Designed high-fidelity iOS and Android experiences, contributing to digital banking strategy and recognition as the #1 Banking App (Forrester, 2025).

Ensured cross-platform consistency by aligning mobile and web experiences to unified design systems and guidelines.

Partnered with research teams to conduct usability studies, heuristic evaluations, and A/B testing to validate decisions and optimize user flows.

Created journey maps, personas, and interaction patterns for onboarding, account management, and feature discovery, improving task completion and engagement.

Applied WCAG 2.1 accessibility standards and designed micro-interactions and animations to enhance usability and engagement.

Developed clear prototypes and executive-ready presentations to communicate vision, context, and design rationale.

Moody’s (Senior User Experience Designer)

New York, NY • April 2020 – November 2021

Lead the design strategy for ESG analytics platforms, guiding the transition from legacy Excel-based reporting to scalable web applications.

Set design direction for data visualization experiences, overseeing wireframes, prototypes, and UI specifications in Figma.

Drove the design of advanced analytical tools, including interactive charts, filters, and comparison features for analysts and institutional investors.

Facilitated cross-functional design workshops, feature prioritization sessions, and user feedback reviews to align stakeholders and inform roadmap decisions.

Established UI frameworks and pattern libraries to improve design consistency, scalability, and handoff efficiency across teams.

Defined reusable dashboard components and interaction patterns to support complex, data-intensive workflows.

Led responsive design strategy across responsive web and tablet platforms, ensuring consistency and usability across devices.

Championed accessibility best practices, integrating standards into complex data visualizations.

Partnered closely with engineering leadership to ensure high-quality front-end implementation and design integrity through delivery.

Mini-Circuits (Principal Product Designer)

New York, NY • May 2018 – April 2020

Led the redesign strategy for a global eCommerce platform, delivering responsive experiences, modernized checkout flows, and international-ready solutions.

Directed the design and delivery of iOS and Android mobile applications, improving product discovery and order tracking experiences.

Set design standards for B2B tools and eCommerce workflows, overseeing wireframes, prototypes, and production-ready design specifications in Figma and Sketch.

Drove the design of internal B2B dashboards for sales and operations, prioritizing usability, data clarity, and operational efficiency.

Led user research initiatives, discovery workshops, and design sprints to validate solutions and align stakeholders on outcomes.

Established scalable UI component libraries and style guides to improve consistency, speed, and quality across teams and projects.

Defined interaction patterns for product filtering, faceted search, and comparison tools to enhance shopping and decision-making experiences.

Ensured cross-browser and cross-device quality by guiding responsive design strategy and validation efforts.

Partnered closely with engineering leadership to refine front-end implementations and maintain design integrity through quality assurance.

Weill Cornell Medical College (UI/UX Designer - Front end Engineer)

New York, NY • January 2012 – September 2017

Designed and migrated enterprise CMS platforms, creating wireframes, prototypes, and UI guidelines for faculty and student portals.

Created a design system with accessibility standards, reusable components, and visual consistency for multiple departments.

Conducted user research, accessibility testing, and stakeholder interviews to validate design decisions.

Built HTML/CSS prototypes to demonstrate responsive layouts before engineering implementation.

Designed interactive dashboards and data visualizations for faculty reporting systems.

Documented end-to-end UX flows, including personas, journey maps, and annotated wireframes.

Designed and optimized forms, workflows, and navigation systems to improve usability.

Delivered UX documentation and specs for engineering handoff.

Conducted ongoing usability audits and accessibility reviews for WCAG compliance.

PREVIOUS ROLES

NY Stock Exchange – User Acceptance QA

Rodale (Prevention/Parenting) – Photo Editor / Designer

Housatonic Area Transit – Marketing / PR Coordinator

Marketing Drive US – Art Director

Ethan Allen Inc. – Multimedia Designer

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

American Graphic Design Magazine Winner

Weill Cornell Art Show Winner

WCSU Alumni Art Show Winner

VIP Member, National Women’s Transportation Seminar

Official Translator, City of Danbury

CONFERENCES & TRAINING

Deque (accessibility) certified

Training in A11Y

Expertise in WCAG, assistive tech (JAWS, VoiceOver)

Member - IxDA NYC Chapter

Member - IxDF - The Interaction Design Foundation

Management Accelerator - HLMA from McKinsey & Company

Leadership Institute Business Strategy Certificate - McKinsey Academy

Certificate in Design Leadership — Cooper Institute

Presenter: SXSW, An Event Apart, IxDA

Seminars on Email Campaign Strategy

Marketing for Public Transportation