I’m a hands-on, highly technical designer. I like digging into complex systems and architectures, and translating technical complexity into clear, practical design requirements. I approach design as a systems thinker, accounting for dependencies and long-term scalability. My approach is to talk less, and to write/draw more.
This is a high-level overview of my featured projects. Most projects listed are confidential. If you are interested in learning more about them, please contact me and I'll be happy to walk you through them.
I led the design and research of the Data Workbench, a unified workspace for data practitioners to explore, engineer, and manage data assets. I built out a comprehensive design library and components in Figma. The new design became the standard experience for IBM's data explorer and SQL editor.
Applied skills
• UX research planning & execution
• Study design, recruitment, and synthesis
• Design systems
• Variables, components, and scalable system documentation
In collaboration with the IBM Research team, watsonx.data became the first in the portfolio to adopt semantic automation—enabling three key intelligent features I led the design for: semantic enrichment, semantic search, and an AI chatbot. As a byproduct of this high-visibility project, I became an early contributor to the Carbon for AI design systems and received the prestigious Outstanding Technical Achievement Award, an accolade given to individuals who have demonstrated extraordinary technical accomplishment within a specific domain or project.
Applied skills
• Designing for AI
• Design systems
• UX research planning & execution
• Study design, recruitment, and synthesis
I led the design for the table optimizer feature, a monitoring and optimization capability designed to help users evaluate the health of their tables and take action on performance and cost-impacting issues.
Applied skills
• Systems thinking
• Prototyping
In 2023, IBM acquired the data lineage platform, Manta. I was responsible for working with the Manta design team to integrate the lineage feature into watsonx.data.
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I published a paper on the unique aspects of wearable sensor technology for bipolar disorder, examining literature on use cases, design, data analysis models, and ethics to identify implications for future wearable design. I proposed suggestions to enhance human–computer interaction, a critical aspect defined by patients. The paper appeared in Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, Volume 62, Issue 1.
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