Experience Timeline
2018 – Present
An honest account of every role, what I actually did, and what came of it.
Dec 2025 – Mar 2026
Accelint
Senior UX Designer – Core Systems & AI Strategy
Defense C2AI/ML UXLLM WorkflowsAI Strategy
- Spent the majority of my time on LLM workflow R&D, testing Claude, Gemini, and ChatGPT against real design work
- Helped lead the shift toward AI-assisted workflows within a newly consolidated defense company
- Wrote the prompting and systems-integration documentation the design team now uses
Feb 2025 – Nov 2025
The Intermission
Systems Thinker & Biological Architect
PermacultureBeekeepingResilienceSystems Thinking
- Managed active honeybee colonies, learning to read a decentralized system under stress
- Designed and maintained a food forest, working with interconnected systems and resource cycles
- Used a layoff as time to rest and reset before returning to defense work
Sep 2024 – Feb 2025
Accelint
Senior UX Designer – Sales Enablement
Defense C2JADC2AI/ML UXDoD
- Designed visual prototypes directly supporting $62M–$100M DoD contract pursuits
- Built high-fidelity IAMD and MTC2 simulations bridging engineering concepts and executive sales
- Learned military doctrine (ATO, ROE, MIL-STD-2525) to produce tactically accurate C2 interfaces
Jul 2021 – May 2024
Foundever
E-Learning Developer & Graphic Designer
E-LearningFortune 500Instructional DesignGamification
- Designed gamified learning ecosystems for PayPal, FedEx, Expedia, and Cash App used by global workforces
- Standardized CX training on a global scale, keeping quality consistent from London to New York
- Accelerated employee time-to-competency through interactive media and gamification (Genially)
Mar 2020 – Aug 2021
Haneke Design
Senior UX Designer
AgencyHealthcare UXFintechAccessibility
- Led UX architecture for 5 concurrent clients across healthcare, finance, tech, and logistics sectors
- Designed senior-centric UX for Trust Company of Oklahoma, improving retention for an older demographic
- Served as Founding Designer for Rippl: defined brand, design system, and dual-sided marketplace UX
2019 – 2020
Modernized Mobile
UX/UI Design Contractor
Mobile AgencyRapid PrototypingStartup Incubation
- Delivered high-fidelity MVP prototypes for 12+ startups across social, retail, and finance sectors
- Moved from discovery to clickable MVP in record-breaking timelines using Lean Design Strategy
- Built pitch-ready visuals enabling founders to compete for investor attention alongside established players
2018 – 2020
Trajector Medical
Product Developer (UX/UI & Front-End Hybrid)
Legal-TechAccessibilityDesign SystemsHTML/CSS
- Contributed to the TNT Design System, a multi-brand component library that reduced technical debt across platforms
- Improved digital accessibility compliance from ~40% to over 90% through end-to-end platform audits
- Eliminated design-to-dev handoff friction by writing HTML/CSS directly alongside design work
2019 – 2020
Rally Around Us
Lead Product & Marketing Designer
Sports TechFundraising UXZero-to-One
- Designed a mobile-first donation flow enabling contributions in under 60 seconds
- Built scalable team-page templates replicable for thousands of sports teams without custom design
- Established a professional brand aesthetic that earned trust from schools and athletic departments
2018 – 2020
Guru Financial
Lead UX/UI Designer & Creative Director
FintechBrand IdentityiOS & Android
- Architected the MVP end to end: personas, journey maps, wireframes, and high-fidelity prototypes for iOS and Android
- Designed the full brand identity system: logo, typography, color theory, and style guide
- Reduced the founding team's burn rate by owning branding, UX, and marketing design simultaneously
2018 – 2019
Ironhack (TA)
Teaching Assistant, UX/UI Design
MentorshipUX/UI DesignCurriculum
- Selected from top of graduating class to mentor 20+ aspiring designers
- Delivered rigorous design critiques that solidified Atomic Design command
- Guided multiple cohorts through successful project defenses and graduations
2018
Ironhack
UX/UI Design Student
BootcampUX/UI DesignFront-End
- Completed 400+ hour immersive design training in 9 weeks
- Shipped multiple real-world MVP projects from scratch
- Transitioned from a non-technical background to a certified UX practitioner