About
Me
Scaling High-Growth Teams
I build teams that can operate without me in the room, with clear ownership, defined decisions, and enough autonomy to move fast.
8+ years scaling cross-functional teams within enterprise and high-growth companies
Driving outcomes across design, product, research, content, and engineering in a matrixed organization
Cultivate high-functioning teams by establishing operational excellence
Cultivating Design Culture
The best work I've done started with establishing the right, psychologically safe environment where teams felt empowered by clarity and trusted to take creative risks that drive innovation.
Achieved the highest employee engagement scores among all design leaders at Procore.
Taught design at university before ever managing a team
Active mentor on ADPList
Human-Centered Product Innovation
I connect users' needs to the business's needs, build the case, secure the investment, and drive execution.
Created Procore's first design-led customer engagement program ($1M+ revenue)
Led Cerner's clinical redesign that reversed churn and strengthened patient safety
Helped unlock $520B+ in U.S. market opportunity via FedRAMP, now driving the design efforts positioning Procore for the $2T EU construction market
W3 Bronze Award
Scrum Alliance
AUG 2021 – PRESENT
Procore
Sr. Manager, Product Design
Recruited to elevate Procore's enterprise experience strategy and strategically deployed into the product areas that leadership prioritizes most. Over 4 years, I've led design across 7 product portfolios, partnering with executive leadership to set vision, drive execution, and deliver measurable impact to revenue growth.
Procore Highlights:
Trusted as a Strategic Lever: Leadership consistently places me into Procore's highest-stakes product portfolios, 1–3 at a time, to set direction, align cross-functional teams, and accelerate progress where the business needs it most.
$1M+ Revenue Impact: Pioneered the Safety Innovation Council, Procore's first design-led customer engagement program, transforming enterprise churn risks into strategic partnerships and driving $1M+ in new and accelerated revenue.
$520B+ Market Unlocked: Contributed to FedRAMP authorization, opening access to U.S. public sector construction and positioning Procore for the $2T EU construction market, the company's largest growth opportunity.
Unified Design System & Platform Modernization: Consolidated web and mobile under a single design system and led modernization efforts that enabled platform consistency and accelerated Procore's platform innovation.
Operational Excellence & Executive Partnership: Established operating models across product portfolios that increased team clarity, design velocity, and executive trust, while partnering directly with enterprise clients and C-suite stakeholders to align experience decisions with growth strategy.
Procore Roles:
Quality, Safety, & Media Divisions | November 2024–Present
Design Systems Division (Web + Mobile) | October 2023–November 2024
Mobile & Collaboration Divisions | August 2021–October 2023
AUG 2012 – AUG 2021
CERNER (Oracle Health)
Sr. UX Strategist, Head of UX Center of Excellence
Grew from individual contributor to organizational design leader over 9 years, ultimately responsible for design quality, systems architecture, and experience governance across Cerner’s enterprise ecosystem.
Cerner Highlights:
Architected Cerner’s First Enterprise Design System: Unified 300+ products across seven legacy frameworks into a single coherent system, work that ultimately helped elevate Oracle’s Redwood design system.
Led Experience Modernization at Scale: Drove design quality and visual standards across a 100+ designer organization, aligning usability, accessibility, and governance within a complex healthcare ecosystem.
Re-Architected Mission-Critical Clinical Workflows: Reduced cognitive load and strengthened patient safety in high-risk care environments through research-driven redesign.
Enterprise Compliance & Accessibility Transformation: Co-led the integration of CE, IEC, and WCAG standards into scalable design operations, ensuring regulatory readiness across the product portfolio.
Cerner Roles:
Head of User Experience Center of Excellence, Design Quality | June 2020–August 2021
Manager, Senior User Experience Strategist | July 2017–June 2020
Lead User Experience Designer | Feb 2015–July 2017
Senior Interaction Designer | Aug 2012–Feb 2015
2004–2012
Earlier Career
Built a dual foundation in visual design and front-end development across agency, media, education, and product roles—establishing the craft-to-code fluency that underpins my approach to scalable design systems and cross-functional leadership.
UX Designer & UI Developer (EBI Map-Works, The Alchemedia Project)
Designed and built cross-platform experiences with a focus on accessibility, HTML communications, and responsive interfaces.
Art Director (Schilling Sellmeyer & Associates)
Led creative direction for a full-service marketing and advertising agency.
Adjunct Instructor (Missouri State University)
Developed curriculum and taught design fundamentals, early evidence of a career-long instinct for codifying and transferring design knowledge.
Graphic Designer (News-Leader)
Created visual communications for a major regional media company.