About me

Senior Product Designer

I am a Senior Product Designer with 7+ years of experience specializing in B2B fintech, SaaS, and financial operations.

Companies bring me in when fragmented workflows, regulatory complexity, or messy handoffs are slowing them down. My value isn't just in delivering high quality UI, it’s in untangling business logic, establishing rigorous DesignOps, and building the structural frameworks that allow cross-functional teams to ship complex software with zero friction.

The journey

Work experience

Apr 2026 - Present

Principal Product Designer at Heptagram Digital

Freelance Senior Product Designer (Client Engagement: Amnis) Apr 2026 - May 2026 | Freelance Senior Product Designer (Client Engagement: Diadem Capital) Aug 2026 - Present

Apr 2026 - Present

Principal Product Designer at Heptagram Digital

Freelance Senior Product Designer (Client Engagement: Amnis) Apr 2026 - May 2026 | Freelance Senior Product Designer (Client Engagement: Diadem Capital) Aug 2026 - Present

Nov 2024 - Dec 2025

Product Design Team Lead at Native Teams

Led and mentored a design team while contributing hands-on. Launched multiple features, aligned the design system, built components, and collaborated with teams to deliver a great user experience.

Nov 2024 - Dec 2025

Product Design Team Lead at Native Teams

Led and mentored a design team while contributing hands-on. Launched multiple features, aligned the design system, built components, and collaborated with teams to deliver a great user experience.

Aug 2023 - Nov 2024

Product Designer at Native Teams

Designed and improved product features, including the new wallet, enhancing the in-app experience. Collaborated with designers to drive innovation, strengthen market competitiveness, and support the company’s global brand positioning.

Jul 2019 - Apr 2023

UX/UI Designer at Swiss Tomato

Designed and delivered multiple client projects, solving user pain points and ensuring high-quality outcomes while collaborating with clients and cross-functional teams to align business goals with user needs.

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How I love to work

How I drive impact

01

Strategic Alignment

I don’t design in a vacuum. I map out business rules, API limitations, and compliance constraints first. I solve the hardest logical problems before a single screen is drawn.

02

Accelerating Engineering Velocity

Chaotic design files create expensive technical debt. I establish structured file architectures and mandate pre-handoff feasibility reviews so engineering teams can code with 100% predictability and zero guesswork.

03

Cross-Functional Ownership

I thrive as a highly autonomous partner to PMs and Tech Leads. Instead of waiting for perfect briefs, I proactively define scopes, align stakeholders, and drive complex architectural challenges from discovery to delivery.

Workbench

My toolkit

Lovable

No-code tool to create deployable products and websites.

Figma

Tool for designing UI wireframes and prototypes.

Claude

AI tool for ideation and task automation

Asana

A tool to track and complete tasks

Notion

Create and organize notes and plans.

Adobe suite

Photoshop and Illustrator

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