About

For over a decade, I've designed and shipped user interfaces where correctness, clarity, and performance are non-negotiable. My path runs from secure voting systems with Microsoft (ElectionGuard) to architecting an enterprise Product Information Management platform at PBS Distribution, to rebuilding a digital subscription experience at Foreign Policy that drove +40% conversions, +25% retention, and 35% faster performance. Across every project, the goal is constant: empower people through invisible design.

Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible, serving us without drawing attention to itself.

That idea shapes how I lead. I prefer leadership that's felt rather than seen: architecture that lowers cognitive load, patterns that make teams faster, and design systems that raise the floor for every contributor. At PBS Distribution, I created a modular frontend and component library so developers of any experience level could contribute confidently, consolidating six data sources into a single, coherent system. At Foreign Policy, in a flat team, I led initiatives and mentored peers on modern frontend practices, accessibility, and data-driven UX.

I'm equally motivated by the frontier where UI meets AI. My research projects push on that edge: Signal Box, an orchestration engine for multi-agent collaboration focused on reliability and consensus; and Scribe Tree Writer, which reframes AI as a Socratic thinking partner rather than an answer machine. Both explore a principle I care about: technology should amplify human judgment, not replace it.