About
I am a UX engineer, designer, and leader who has extensive experience building design systems and other tools to enable content creators.
Summary
I currently lead the Pantheon Design System and previously co-founded the first university-wide design system at The Ohio State University. I love bridging design, development, and product.
Experience
Principal UX Engineer
Pantheon SystemsJanuary 2022 – Present · San Francisco, CAProduct Owner and Tech Lead for the Pantheon Design System. System implementations include React and Twig-based component libraries, a design token library, a Figma-based UI kit, an MCP server, and AI-assisted prototyping tools.
Director, Web Development and Design
The Ohio State UniversityAugust 2013 – December 2021 · Columbus, OHLed diverse team of developers and designers; responsible for large portfolio of websites, website-building platform, web applications, digital assets, component libraries, and accessible document templates for Office of Chief Information Officer. Co-founded the first university-wide design system.
Web Developer and Graphic Designer
The Ohio State UniversityJuly 2012 – August 2013 · Columbus, OHWorked on Digital First university-wide initiative providing branding, graphic design, and web development.
Graphic Designer and Web Communications Specialist
The Ohio State UniversityMarch 2008 – August 2012 · Columbus, OHProvided web development, graphic design, photography, and project planning for Ohio State Transportation & Parking Services.
Image Production Supervisor
Art.comSeptember 2006 – September 2007 · Columbus, OHLed team of production artists and photographers to create product images for series of retail websites.
Visual Communication Coordinator and Lecturer
The Ohio State UniversityJune 2001 – June 2006 · Columbus, OHSupervised all visual-based aspects of daily college newspaper including page production, photography and graphic design. Taught Photojournalism and Newspaper Design courses for Department of Journalism.
Graphic Designer and Prepress Technician
Ohio LabelSeptember 1998 – December 1999 · Columbus, OHDesigned product labels and other packaging materials. Prepped files and produced plates for flexographic and foil stamp printing.