I Research, Build and Sell Products

I Research, Build and Sell Products

Boy under the tree
Happy guy skiing

The Arc

Every role taught me one part of that. Visual craft and interaction design came first. Dell taught me systems thinking on enterprise software. Charles Schwab taught me to design for a regulated robo-advisor, where every decision carried compliance weight and people’s money.

Then I went inside healthcare. Selling compounded medications to clinics taught me to listen, how providers judge software, where their workflows break and how patients move through cash-pay care.

Right now I’m helping a founder build a fitness tracking service from the ground up, across web and mobile. It’s where all of it comes together.

City boy
Hiking with my friend

How I work

Every engagement starts with the research question, and the question picks the method. I turn findings into decisions stakeholders act on, even where compliance shapes every choice. I write AI agent briefs with the same rigor: clear goals, rules of engagement and limits. An agent is only as good as its brief.
Off the clock I’m a parent, a traveler and a film photographer. Shooting 35mm, with no previews and no re-dos, taught me patience. You’ll usually find me hiking or camping somewhere in the West.

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