Experience
Design engineering across AI-forward products, design systems, and customer workflows.
A product builder's path through design, code, and strategy. Outcomes are quantified where they can be.

Hi Marley
Remote - Oct 2023 - Present - Enterprise insurance communication
Senior Product Designer
Design systems, AI-assisted workflows, and production-ready UI for enterprise insurance teams.
- Designed and shipped production-ready React, HTML, and CSS components for complex carrier communication workflows.
- Defined UI standards and implementation guidance that reduced product rework by more than 50%.
- Standardized UX terminology, microcopy, and interaction patterns across product surfaces.

Sales Impact Academy
Remote - Mar 2022 - Oct 2023 - B2B learning platform
Product Design Lead
Led design and front-end implementation for a custom LMS supporting remote sales training.
- Designed and shipped platform improvements that increased customer NPS by 135% while reducing operational costs by 68%.
- Built a scalable design system that reduced design delivery timelines from 16 weeks to 2 weeks.
- Led asynchronous product collaboration across distributed international design and engineering teams.

FlatWorld
Remote - Jan 2018 - Mar 2022 - Digital textbooks
Senior Design Engineer
Bridged product design and engineering across textbook discovery, commerce, and reader experiences.
- Shipped UX improvements for search and digital textbook workflows that increased NPS by 80%.
- Created reusable component libraries and CSS frameworks for e-commerce, homework, and reader platforms.
- Led accessibility initiatives, WCAG 2.1 compliance work, and VPAT documentation.

Cengage Group
Remote - Nov 2015 - Oct 2017 - Learning products
Senior Product Designer
Scaled reusable product patterns for grading, discussion, analytics, and education workflows.
- Designed a reusable design system supporting multiple products and distributed engineering teams.
- Used research and usability testing to guide learning product feature development.
- Improved consistency and adoption of shared interaction patterns across product teams.

Blackboard
Washington, DC - Feb 2015 - Nov 2015 - Education software
Senior Product Designer
Designed accessible enterprise UI components for one of the largest education software platforms.
- Shipped accessible components for Blackboard's enterprise design system.
- Resolved usability and accessibility issues with product managers and engineers.
- Strengthened inclusive UX practices across education software surfaces.

Direct Capital
Portsmouth, NH - Jul 2013 - Feb 2015 - Fintech
Senior Web Developer
Designed and developed conversion-focused financial product experiences.
- Built the Quick Quote financing tool with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
- Generated $7M in new business within six months through improved lead generation and conversion flows.
- Modernized the company website and customer portal experience.

Liberty Mutual
Portsmouth, NH - Apr 2011 - Sep 2013 - Insurance
Software Developer
Built mobile insurance experiences for policy management, billing, and claims.
- Shipped features for Liberty Mutual's mobile insurance application.
- Improved policy management, billing, and claims submission workflows for mobile users.
- Contributed to a highly rated mobile experience with strong usability outcomes.
Education & Skills
Virginia Tech - B.S. Business Administration, Business Information Technology