Leadership
Design Leadership Philosophy
I believe design leadership is about creating clarity, building trust, and empowering teams to do their best work. Great design doesn't happen in isolation—it emerges from strong collaboration, thoughtful systems, and a culture that values both craft and speed.
Key Leadership Experiences
Building Design Systems at Scale
Led the creation and governance of Orbit Design System, establishing contribution models, documentation standards, and adoption strategies across 15+ product teams. Built a community of practice that turned the design system into a shared responsibility rather than a top-down mandate.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Partnered with engineering, product, and data science teams to ship AI-powered products. Established design-engineering pairing practices that reduced handoff friction and improved implementation quality. Created rituals for sharing work-in-progress that built trust and accelerated feedback cycles.
Mentorship & Team Development
Mentored 8+ designers across career levels, helping them develop systems thinking, stakeholder communication skills, and technical depth. Created onboarding programs that reduced time-to-productivity for new design hires. Advocated for design career pathing and helped establish IC and management tracks.
Process & Operations
Implemented design critiques, office hours, and design reviews that scaled from 3 to 20+ designers. Built templates and frameworks for design strategy, research documentation, and decision logs. Established metrics for measuring design system adoption and product quality.
Leadership Principles
- →Lead by example—write clear docs, give thoughtful feedback, ship quality work
- →Build systems, not silos—design should be a shared practice, not a bottleneck
- →Default to transparency—share work early, explain decisions, invite feedback
- →Invest in people—mentorship and growth are as important as the work itself
- →Balance craft and pragmatism—perfect is the enemy of shipped
Speaking & Writing
I occasionally speak at design conferences and write about design systems, AI interfaces, and enterprise UX. Topics I'm passionate about include design system governance, designing for distributed teams, and the future of design tooling in an AI-powered world.
ADPList Mentor
As a mentor on ADPList, I guide aspiring and early-career designers through their professional journey. I offer 1:1 mentorship sessions focused on portfolio reviews, career transitions, UX strategy, design systems, and navigating the complexities of enterprise product design.
50+
Sessions Completed
4.9
Average Rating
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Countries Reached