Principal Design Leadership · DesignOps · AI Governance

Design that scales isn't drawn. It's governed.

Principal UX & product design leader working at portfolio scale in regulated, enterprise domains: DesignOps, design systems, and the governance that keeps AI-assisted design accountable.

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A product team lifts an interface layer to expose a hidden software dependency and redirect the release path.

25+

Years in UX & Product Design

30+

Products Scaled in One Portfolio

16 / 22

Teams Using EDS 1.2 as of October 4, 2026

Enterprise & Regulated

Primary Domain Focus

Selected Work

2026 • Enterprise laboratory software company

Rebuilding an Enterprise Design System After Team Attrition

Role: Principal UX Designer and Design System Owner

Recovered a stalled library into a released design system. EDS 1.2 is used by 16 of 22 teams, supported by 96 released guidelines.

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Writing

2026

What AI-Ready Means for a Design System

How I connected reviewed guidance, design references and code so people and agents can use the same standard.

2026

Why Screenshot-Driven Development Persists

The developer handoff, migration planning and checks that make a shared standard usable under delivery pressure.

2026

Finding Your Creative Oasis

Why I went looking for room to make things, and what Cleese and Claxton helped me reconsider about design leadership.

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