• Contracted by Blue Latitudes CEO and team to design an interactive Figma prototype of a map-based web application for offshore energy and conservation regulators to report on fisheries predictions

• Providing web and branding design for small businesses to launch. Most recently helped The Canelé Co., a California-based French pastry pop-up

• Co-led and facilitated an ocean design workshop during SF Climate Week with 80+ attendees

• Leading a capstone project team researching organizations/solutions on ocean and sea-level rise / coastal adaptation and resilience.

• Facilitated design ideation sessions and created branding for Party Green, a capstone project focused on reducing party supplies and decor waste

The Climatebase Fellowship is a 12-week educational program with seminars, keynotes, and interactive workshops focused on expanding climate industry knowledge.

Established design team and aligned design operations with business goals to enhance customer value across 3 product verticals (Bathymetry/Ocean Mapping, Ocean Science, and Maritime Domain Awareness) and to scale drone fleet management - primarily for government agencies (NOAA, NASA, DOD, USCG, USN)

• Scaled design processes and design system across 4 data and workflow-heavy web-apps; Hired additional mid-level designer; Provided coaching and managed agile design delivery (doubling design output in terms of features and depth of prototype details for engineering, effectively reducing back-and-forth on product requirements)

• Created clarity and alignment with executives, product, engineering, data, marketing, and operations teams by presenting concepts and validation (product metrics, user feedback)

• Standout projects include: 1) Revamped customer-facing data and map visualizations, streamlining complex workflows and increasing customer satisfaction; 2) Designed collision avoidance feature, reducing risk of incidents while piloting drones, effectively scaling fleet

• Led and mentored team of 3 designers in transforming the search experience on CMS.gov website, accelerating users to most relevant information (from 7+ clicks to less than 3 clicks; increased search usage and reduced abandoned searches)

• Improved accessibility scores (to nearly 100%) with responsive mobile design and visual design enhancements; Collaborated with engineers to ensure information architecture and page elements were implemented accessibly

• Redesign won Jan 2024 Web Excellence Award for Gov’t

• Orchestrated a web-app MVP launch with 15 state governments, reducing confusion and processing time (from weeks to only a few days) for the US federal government Medicaid State Plan Amendments dat process; Directed team of 10 across design and dev

• Facilitated weekly visioning and roadmapping session with CMS Program Director

• Improved PM program by writing a playbook with 10 plays and facilitated 4 product trainings for 20 team leads