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About Me

I'm a Design Director at Accenture Song, where I lead design for some of the most complex digital products in energy, telecom, and consumer tech. I've been at this for over 15 years — first in IT, then product, then design — and that path is still the most useful thing about me.

I got into design because I cared more about the people using the products than the products themselves. That hasn't changed. What has changed is my ability to operate at both ends of the spectrum — from shaping strategy with executives to obsessing over interaction details with engineers.

I run design teams the same way I'd want to be led: high trust, high standards, no guessing games. I'd rather show rough work early and iterate fast than polish in isolation and miss the mark. I've shipped real products under real constraints, and I know the difference between good design and design that actually ships.

Outside of client work, I build things — apps, tools, prototypes — because I believe designers who understand how products are made build better ones.

My Latest Experience
Accenture Song
Design Director & Creative Staffing Lead
2022 — Present
Fjord / Accenture
Design Lead
2017 — 2022
GoPro
Senior Product Manager
2013 — 2016
Liquidnet
Senior Product Manager
2009 — 2012
How I Like to Work
01

Joy and passion first. Life's too short for uninspired work.

02

Culture is a product. Build it with the same care you'd give a design system.

03

Over-communicate. Drive consensus. Make decisions.

04

Show work early, show it often, and iterate with evidence.

05

Human-centered thinking. Business-focused outcomes.

06

Lead the big picture. Obsess over the small details. Repeat.

07

Mentor. Share. Learn. Always.

What I've Learned (So Far)

I've had 3 complementary career focuses that gave me something relatively rare: depth in craft, breadth in context, and the language to bridge both.

01

IT

Infinite patience

Managing large-scale programs

Working with distributed global teams

Working with data & SQL

The meaning of 24x6 support

02

Product

How to tell a story

How to prioritize ruthlessly

How to ship

How to lead with influence, not authority

How to be the bridge between engineering & the business

How to have a strong point of view

How to do full-stack web development

How to write requirements & user stories

03

Design

Strong Design methods & craft

How to be human-centric

The art of critique

Systems thinking & communication

How to inspire & lead

How and when to be flexible

Accelerating Design and build with AI

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