Profile

Senior Product Designer and Product Strategist based in Toronto. I lead 0→1 product design for new ventures—from discovery and research to launch and iteration—helping teams validate ideas, de-risk investments, and ship products that work in the real world.

Experience

Senior Product Designer

Sep 2023 — Present
Highline Beta Inc.Toronto, Canada
  • •Lead end-to-end product design for 0→1 ventures, from discovery and prototyping to launch and iteration.
  • •Partner with founders and engineers to define product strategy, roadmap, and success metrics.
  • •Design production-ready user experiences and support implementation through release.
  • •Run validation cycles (prototypes, in-market experiments, iteration) to move products toward product–market fit.
  • •Act as design lead across cross-functional teams and support junior designers through critique and coaching.

Product Designer / Product Strategist

Sep 2020 — Sep 2023
Highline Beta Inc.Toronto, Canada
  • •Translated early venture ideas into testable concepts, flows, and interactive prototypes.
  • •Conducted user research, market analysis, and in-market experiments to validate business hypotheses.
  • •Built coded prototypes to quickly gather behavioral and revenue signals.
  • •Collaborated with venture teams to align UX with business viability and technical feasibility.

Product Design Intern

Jun 2019 — Aug 2019
Microsoft (Redmond HQ)Redmond, Washington, USA
  • •Designed four new intelligence-driven features for Word Mobile based on interviews and telemetry insights.
  • •Conducted 45+ user interviews and usability tests to improve mobile writing workflows.
  • •Redesigned lightweight experiences that reduced friction and improved task completion on mobile.

UX Design Intern

Jan 2018 — Apr 2018
Microsoft (Vancouver)Vancouver, Canada
  • •Led the full UX process for new Minecraft features, from research through final design.
  • •Ran structured usability testing and synthesized findings into clear product recommendations.
  • •Helped ship six inclusive features used by millions of players worldwide.

Education

Honours Bachelor of Interaction Design

Sep 2015 — Aug 2020
Sheridan CollegeOakville, Canada
  • •Specialized in data-driven design, UX research, prototyping, and visualization.
  • •Completed projects spanning full-stack development, motion design, and interaction design.

Skills

Product & UX

User ResearchInteraction DesignPrototypingUsability TestingProduct StrategyVenture ValidationA/B TestingUser InterviewsMarket TestingData-Driven Design

Design & Delivery

FigmaDesign SystemsInclusive DesignRapid PrototypingWebflowFramerInVisionReactNext.jsPythonHTML/CSS/JSTypeScriptGitHub

Analytics & Research

Google AnalyticsPosthogMarket TestingUser InterviewsUser TestingTypeformSurveyMonkey