My Work
LEADERSHIP & UX VISION
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I've had the chance to work for some amazing companies, lead the design for a series of projects with massive global impact, and affect the lives of hundreds of millions of people in positive ways.
My work focuses on creative leadership, operational efficiency, and team building to create a forward-looking culture across the entire company driven by innovation, experience and design. You can find more details on my LinkedIn profile and in the case studies on this site. 
Head of UX Design & Research: PicsArt, Inc. (2.5 years) #1 photo and collage editor on mobile, top ranked, Sequoia-funded editing and creativity platform (100M+ MAUs). Grew team from 3 to 30 designers, started UX research program, grew platform from 60M to 100M+ MUAs in two years. 
Lead UX Design & Research: Google Translate (2 years) Top 10 mobile app download with 600M+ MAUs Redesigned and patented gesture-driven speech UX for conversations. Lead UX for instant camera translation & mobile UX research (US, Brazil, India). 
Sr. User Experience Designer: Google, Inc. (6 years) Started and launched multiple ground-breaking projects in ads, travel (hotels, flights), leadgen and B2C (finance, banking, autos, mortgages), consumer apps (shopping, social), B2B (China, US, Germany, Europe) and ads/brand innovation & partnership projects. 
Head of UX Design & Research: Postini, Inc. (2 years) Acquired by Google in 2007. Postini had 10% of the Fortune 500 as clients. |
Design Innovation & Leadership
CASE STUDIES
CASE STUDIES
Picsart Community
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Picsart Editor
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Picsart Collage
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Google Translate & Speech UX
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B2B - B2C - LeadGen - Brands
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Instant Camera Translation
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Design Systems
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Building Design Teams
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Design Process
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Photography & Visual Design
I live and breathe visual and digital design work. I have been taking photographs since I was 14 years old. My grandfather owned some of the first generation Leica cameras which inspired me to start developing images in my third floor darkroom (about the same time I was trying to code a replica of Asteroids using BASIC which was less successful).
Here are a few pieces from a recent photography exhibit on mine in Oakland, CA:
I live and breathe visual and digital design work. I have been taking photographs since I was 14 years old. My grandfather owned some of the first generation Leica cameras which inspired me to start developing images in my third floor darkroom (about the same time I was trying to code a replica of Asteroids using BASIC which was less successful).
Here are a few pieces from a recent photography exhibit on mine in Oakland, CA:
