Biography

I am an accomplished and collaborative human-centered designer and research principal/lead. Seasoned Lean and Agile UX practice, delivery lead and people coach, with experience in service design, product discovery and innovation. I first entered industry as a graphic and interaction designer and front-end engineer. Since then, my experience has been gathered in organisations in both the United Kingdom and Australia. 

I have led design and research in corporates, e-commerce, financial services, digital agencies, publishing companies, education, technology businesses and startups. I am passionate about learning, team and cross-functional collaboration and design thinking. I advocate for inclusive design practices, accessibility, and am proficient at building and coaching teams and individuals in design thinking and agile ways of working. I am a specialist in web and mobile technologies. I have early stage experience in VR and AR and maintain interest in new technologies including ML, robotics and AI. I have also worked as a part-time design education facilitator at General Assembly  and am about to complete a part time research candidature in usability and user experience design at RMIT.