CV

Places I’ve Worked

 

Transcend, Product Manager – February 2021 – Present
Responsible for product roadmap, product management and creative direction, reporting to the CEO.

Castro Podcasts, General Manager – October 2019 – February 2021
Responsible for company financials, product roadmap, product marketing, product design, and overall company management.

Flow, VP of Product – December 2015 – September 2019
Responsible for product roadmap, creative direction and management of design team, management of API, iOS, Android, and Web Developers. Coordinate and manage releases with Marketing, Support & Sales departments.

Simple, Product Design – June 2015 – December 2015
I briefly joined the team at Simple taking a break from management to work on their Shared Accounts project, Instant Funding project, and refine their iOS app’s interaction & visual design. Created a style guide template for iOS and Android in Sketch still in use today.

Starbucks, Head of Digital Product Design, – July 2014 – June 2015
My purview was expanded from iOS and Android to the Web, where I began leading a redesign of starbucks.com with an agency and another product designer. Lead and manage 7 product designers and continue to contribute to design work to the iOS product.

Starbucks, Product Design Lead – January 2013 – July 2014
Shipped the redesign of Starbucks flagship iOS application. Built out a team of product designers to redesign the Starbucks flagship Android application and began work on Mobile ordering for iOS.

Starbucks, iOS Designer (Contract) – August 2012 – December 2012
Began a redesign of Starbucks flagship iOS application. Created a new digital brand identity for the company that was adopted on web and Android platforms. Mobile payments have quadrupled since the redesign shipped.

Übermind | Deloitte - Associate User Experience Director – January 2012 – August 2012
Lead Designer for Target account on Web, iOS and Android projects. Contributing designer to the flagship iOS application for Target. Held weekly design critiques for all work being done at the agency. 20 direct reports across multiple sites.

Übermind - Senior User Experience Designer – November 2011 – January 2012
Lead Designer for Target and Showtime accounts. Regularly called upon to improve design work, pitch clients, and interview designers.

Übermind - User Experience Designer – August 2010 – November 2011
The 2nd User Experience Designer at the company. Contributed to many top billing projects and internal products