Brian
Product & UX Leader in NYC
Hello world!
About
I'm a seasoned product and design leader with experience building and guiding high-performing teams to create winning products and experiences. I've led teams and designed products in a variety of complex business settings and for a wide range of users, across gaming, consumer products, and B2B / enterprise SaaS.
I'm passionate about continuing to grow and learn from the people I surround myself with, and I strive to help them do the same. 💖
Work Experience
Corporate communications products for global enterprise customers like BBC, IBM, Pfizer, Toyota, and UPS:
- Established and led product design and user research functions
- Grew team from 2 to 9 over 3 years, across US and EMEA timezones
- Interfaced directly with enterprise customers to define use cases and Jobs To Be Done, and create effective product solutions
- Designed and implemented scalable design process and design system
- Led direct reports through COVID along with challenging merger and cultural change, with zero attrition
- Delivered product experiences that helped scale business from ~$10M at hire to ~$100M ARR
Visualization, communication, and collaboration tools for software teams:
- Led product design, and established design and research culture and process
- Built strong relationships to establish design as a pillar in a business that historically lacked design representation
- Designed and facilitated cross-functional workshops to explore, create, and align teams on business and product strategy and direction
- Contributed to roadmap prioritization and sequencing alongside product management and engineering counterparts
- Helped lead products and business into an acquisition in late 2018
Mobile game products with >100M users worldwide:
- Led teams of 4-8 experience designers on user experience, visual direction, interface design, copywriting, rapid prototyping, and user testing
- Defined design strategy to deliver on product and business goals
- Communicated product vision through research, visualization, and prototyping
- Fostered a culture of cross-functional collaboration that empowered teams to solve problems quickly while delivering world-class product experiences
Education
Graduate degree program focusing on digital product design, development, and management.
Undergraduate degree program focused on visual communication for product and media design and storytelling — graphic design, illustration, storyboarding, branding, advertising, animation, film, and games.