Entrepreneurial spirit Product Designer with a proven track record of bringing ideas into live products, designing end-to-end user experience, and overseeing project implementation and delivery. Able to communicate effectively with a point of view, backed up by qualitative and quantitative evidence.
Experience
2024 — Now
2024 — Now
Menlo Park, California, United States
2022 — 2024
2022 — 2024
Menlo Park, California, United States
• Led design and product management for BabyPeek, a consumer-facing e-commerce genetic product, from concept to launch (0 to 1). Achieved product-market fit through comprehensive user research, A/B testing, and strategic feature rollouts. Spearheaded lifecycle marketing strategies, pricing experiments, and an optimized checkout experience, driving a 75% increase in conversion rate, a $5 boost in average selling price (ASP), and a 4.75/5-star user satisfaction rating.
• Managed design contractors and defined the branding of BabyPeek, establishing a unique market presence and contributing to a cohesive user experience. Collaborated cross-functionally with engineering, marketing, and leadership to align product vision with business goals, delivering a seamless user experience and a market-ready product.
• Acquired an in-depth understanding of the healthcare billing system and designed an unprecedented payment experience end-to-end, resulting in a $20 increase in ASP.
• Pioneered the integration of AI tools like ChatGPT and Midjourney into design processes, streamlining operations and fostering innovative solutions in user research, marketing, and product development.
2020 — 2022
2020 — 2022
Santa Cruz, California, United States
As a Design Lead at Jane Technologies, I foster the design culture and impact the leadership team to make user-centered products by establishing research as a discipline.
• Spearheaded the design and research of all B2B and B2C products that led Jane Technologies to grow from an A-round startup to a Series C raise of $125M and 12x valuation.
• Enhanced the checkout flow, resulting in a 111% conversion increase and a 13x growth in Growth Merchandise Volume (GMV) within a year.
• Established UX research as a core discipline. Led strategic research to identify novel product opportunities and advocated research findings through written reports and in-person presentations.
• Built and scaled the design team by recruiting, interviewing, and hiring top talent. Developed a comprehensive onboarding journey, fostering a culture of design excellence.
• Cultivated a design-first culture by advocating user-centered design principles and leading design thinking workshops, significantly enhancing the overall product development process.
2019 — 2020
2019 — 2020
Santa Cruz, CA
2017 — 2019
2017 — 2019
Sunnyvale
As a Sr. Product Designer at Yahoo, I delivered high-quality designs that strengthened the Yahoo brand.
• Defined high-level product strategy and design vision, generated new product directions and ideas based on user research, and created low-fidelity wireframes and high-fidelity visual designs.
• Directed design projects in desktop, mobile web, native iOS, and Android apps, creating micro-interactions to enhance user experience.
• Developed hypothesis from customer research, formulated goals, and designed testable features for Yahoo View, increased click-through rate on hero image by 214%, and drove Yahoo View’s monthly active users to 10M, the highest recorded number.
• Led projects to revamp interface and designed aesthetic appeal of commenting system utilized by Yahoo, added social networking features in user profiles, and introduced micro-interactions to improve the usability of the system for 700M monthly active users.
• Acted as project manager for a team of 4 front-end engineers and one back-end engineer, oversaw
development process using Agile methodology, led sprint planning, daily standup, and sprint retro, defined acceptance criteria, collaborated with lead engineer, and determined technical feasibility.
Education
University of Maryland
Master
University of Maryland