The story

I'd rather be in the room than at the end of the brief

I spent fourteen years inside large organizations where the work has to survive a lot of opinions before it reaches anybody.

I've been the designer in the room when a product decision gets made, the one who turns a research paper into something an executive will finish, and the one who rebuilds a site around how buyers actually decide. That's the job.

What I care about: clarity, restraint and work that still looks right two years after it shipped.

Smiling man with short hair and a beard wearing a light blue collared shirt against a gray background.
The path

Where I've worked

Most recent first, and the roles that shaped how I work now rather than every line of the CV.

Freelance Senior Designer, Wripple

Aug. 2025 to now. Brand, editorial and product design for the agency's clients, from the first conversation to what ships.

Senior Multimedia Designer, Navy Federal Credit Union

May 2024 to Aug. 2025. Wireframes, prototypes and the front-end standards that kept a large product team shipping consistently.

Senior Editorial Designer, IBM Institute for Business Value

Aug. 2023 to June 2024. Editorial layouts and data visualization for C-suite research. The work won a Gold Stevie in 2024.

Senior Brand Designer, Augury

Feb. 2023 to Aug. 2023. A full digital rebrand, the design system behind it, and three junior designers I mentored.

Senior Designer, Provenir

Oct. 2021 to Feb. 2023. Rebuilt the site around how buyers actually decide: traffic up 60%, conversion up 20%, and a Data Breakthrough Award.

Senior Designer, Urjanet

March 2020 to Oct. 2021. Product and marketing design for energy data, recognized with a LendIt Fintech Award in 2020.

Digital Designer, Redfin / RentPath

Sept. 2016 to March 2020. Print, digital and B2B campaigns for a property marketplace, with a short contract at Cox Automotive in 2017. Two NAA awards and a GDUSA award came out of it.

Before that, agency and in-house

2014 to 2016. Art direction at WC+G Ad Logic and design and marketing at AchooAllergy, across Cleveland and Atlanta.

Recognition

The work has won a few things

Not the reason to hire me, but useful evidence that the work landed with people who weren't paid to like it.

Gold Stevie Award

Excellence in Thought Leadership, IBM Institute for Business Value, 2024.

Data Solution of the Year

Data Breakthrough Awards, Provenir, 2023.

American Graphic Design Award

GDUSA, RentPath, 2021.

Best in Show and Best Island Booth

NAA Awards, RentPath, 2019.

Currently freelancing through Wripple

Let's talk about the work

Send me the brief, the role or the problem you're trying to solve. I'll tell you honestly whether I'm the right person for it.