I care about the details that make an experience feel effortless, and I'm at my best working through a problem that doesn't have an obvious answer.
I'm a UX designer based in Missouri with experience across agency, in-house, and institutional environments. I've worked with brands like T-Mobile and WongDoody, and I'm currently at Missouri S&T, where I help lead product design across multiple university websites.
I care about the details that make an experience feel effortless, and I'm at my best when I'm working through a problem that doesn't have an obvious answer. Whether I'm collaborating with a cross-functional team or leading a project on my own, I focus on work that creates real impact for real people.
I use AI tools like Claude every day, and I own every design and product decision that comes out of them. It lets me take an idea all the way to a real product instead of stopping at a spec. Lineara shipped as a live app that way, and I built this portfolio hands-on too. The judgment stays human; the busywork doesn't.
I try to see the whole system, not just the screen in front of me. A change in one place usually ripples into onboarding, support, and whatever ships next, so I design for those connections instead of polishing one frame in isolation. Getting those relationships right is what keeps a product coherent as it grows.
Most work moves through a problem space and a solution space, widening to explore, then narrowing to commit. The steps below are typical, not a script. Some projects loop back, some skip one.
I grew up playing and watching football and basketball, and that never went away. These days it mostly shows up as fantasy football, enough that I built Lineara around it. Chiefs on Sundays, Celtics the rest of the year.
Music is on for pretty much everything I do. Rap, indie, rock, pop. What's playing depends entirely on the mood.
Mostly FPS: CS2, COD, Apex, with some TFT in between. I like the competitive side, but the best nights are the ones where nobody's keeping score.
A dog who runs the house, a history habit, and a trip to Rome somewhere on the list. Long term: a 1968 Mustang GT fastback and a move closer to the beach.