I’m a product designer and design recruiter focused on early-stage startups. I love helping teams move from ambiguity to execution, and I’m drawn to messy systems and making technical work feel thoughtful and human.

Experience

First Light StudioFounder, Product Design & Recruiting

2021 — Now

San Francisco Bay Area

I run a dual-track practice supporting early-stage teams across product and people.

Design:

Partner with seed–Series B startups to design and ship AI-enabled healthcare and enterprise products.

Recent partners: Ladder Health, Memora Health (acquired), Ferry Health, Alleviate Health, Heard, Hike Medical, OncoveryCare, Givers, DUOS.

Recruiting:

Own full-cycle recruiting for founding and senior Product Design roles, building high-caliber design teams for AI-native startups.

Recent placements include: Bland AI, Blocksight, Select.dev, Augrade.

GoogleProduct Designer

2021 — 2023

San Francisco, CA

Media Planning team (Google Ads). Designed tools that help advertisers forecast and optimize video ad performance across YouTube and partner networks. Contract renewed x3.