As a fractional founding designer, I supported executive leaders at seed to growth stage companies. My work specialized in solving product design and management challenges, collaborating with engineering teams, crafting engaging investor relations with strategic storytelling, and building brands.

I was the first design hire and worked with diverse teams to establish design standards, build flexible and resilient systems, and tackle high-impact challenges with design solutions that helped each team perform at their best.

Founded and led a Techstars-funded startup that created a prototyping platform to help companies design, build, and ship device experiences. During our two-year lifespan, we gathered over 10,400 beta sign ups, had 100 paying customers, and I interviewed over 100 designers and engineers to gain insights into how they built products.

Led a team of product designers working with Fortune-tier enterprises, including Intel, AT&T, and Samsung, on product management and end-to-end design services. Mentored and trained designers new to product design and collaborating with engineers.

Worked with the Experience Design Group to build software for Dell's emerging line of mobile devices.

This week on Mildly Interesting People, we struggle through some technical difficulties but — more importantly — we get to spend some quality time with Kat Miller, the founder of Foxbox (foxboxes.org/) an amazing nonprofit that provides support for infants and their families through long hospital stays.

Trigger warning: This episode contains discussions of cancer, hospitalization, and death.

Cami Kaos and Rick Turoczy are mildly interesting people. Kat Miller is VERY interesting.

The loss of a loved one can feel unbearable at time. It is through support that we find our healing. This episode is about a life, a community, and a mission to fill boxes of love for babies in hospitals.

Kat [Miller], Co-founder and CEO of Stand In, talks with us about acquiring beta users and qualifying their feedback. She also talks about the importance and impact of adding prototyping to your workflow.

Artistic Honors Scholarship (2003-07)