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San Francisco, Ca, Us

San Francisco, California, Us

Current client: GitHub (Microsoft) Past: IDEO.org, KPMG, Google, and Simon Fraser University, spanning various industries including innovation, technology, revenue, education, health, and energy. I solve complex design challenges that help companies solve business and human-centric needs. I partner with teams to provide product design solutions, UX research and visual design solutions. I have experience working with startups and large corporations.• Sample engagement: played a significant user experience research role in the IDEO.org-UNICEF partnership, that led to training 750 organizations in Human-Centered Design. This collaboration fueled the funding of three impactful projects and MVPs, reaching over 10,000 users.

Los Angeles, California, Us

An innovative design and product studio, Magnopus excels in XR (VR/AR), working with esteemed clients including Disney, Pixar, and Sony Music.• Leading UX for ‘Connected Spaces Platform’ piloting UX architecture for TIME’s 2022 Most Innovative Platform, enabling effortless AR and cross-reality creation.• Spearheaded user experience workflow for 150 professionals across 10 departments from 0 to 1 with Beta releases of web and iOS platforms. • Ensured the successful onboarding of initial users and gathered crucial feedback for ongoing product enhancement.• Established a robust user research practice, enabling comprehensive usability tests and consistent insight collection.

Los Angeles, California, Us

• Managed a diverse design department of 18, reporting to the CEO, leading Design Operations and running company-wide Human-Centered Design workshops that enhanced design thinking capabilities. • Product Design & Experience Lead for end-to-end design team of 10 with global team of 125+ for award-winning Expo2020 Dubai Xplorer App, driving engagement of 100M digital attendees.•Successfully built the Design Operations from the ground up, prioritizing design process, team coordination, and tool utilization.• Led a cross-functional team towards a vision and strategy to then transform high-resolution Figma prototypes to Unity and finally into deployable Android and iOS applications, marking a crucial step in the project's success and ensuring a seamless and engaging user experience for millions of users worldwide.

Redwood City, California, Us

• Partnering with 'Global 1000' firms to foster innovation and build new ventures• Led product design process for Global 1000 firms, from conception to MVP, training cross-functional teams about lean human-centered design practices, resulting $1.4M in seed funding, launching 3 startups. • Delivered UX/UI prototypes within 12 weeks, conducted 278 customer interviews, transformed insights into 56 validated prototypes, and designed the MVP designs to address users' core pain points.

Stanford, Ca, Us

Stanford ChangeLabs, A design and strategy unit within H-STAR Institute with a mission to empower leaders, public and private entities to achieve impact.• Ran innovation and human-centered design trainings for a $34 Billion energy company with C-level and managing client relationships. • Co-wrote and designed a comprehensive 150-page guide, with innovation tools and frameworks for innovation training such as design thinking, systems thinking and platform thinking, laying the groundwork for the System Acupuncture® innovation approach.

Hillsborough, Ca, Us

The Nueva School is a K-12 frontrunner, with 1000 students and 150 staff, nationally recognized for its emphasis on design thinking.• Crafted and delivered seven novel courses in design and entrepreneurship, reaching 250 students. Teaching design thinking, architecture, visual design, branding, and design for social good.• Instructed 200 educators across the U.S. in Design Thinking techniques through the Design Thinking Institute, and partnered with Stanford d.School, bolstering the national adoption and esteem of design thinking in academic spheres.

Mountain View , California , Us

6-week Incubator with SU Ventures to develop business plan and prepare for launch and capital raise. Spun out of Singularity University's Incubator, our company "Thriver" focuses on the future of work and learning, providing independent workers a platform with products to adapt to a changing work climate.

Mountain View , California , Us

Selected as 1 of 90 innovators from 40 countries as a fellow in the 2017 Global Solutions Program. Received a full $30k scholarship sponsored by Google.The 8-week fellowship was part global challenges think tank, part entrepreneurship incubator located at the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, CA.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Elefint Designs is a boutique studio with a 10-member team, driven by a mission to foster kindness and connection via exceptional design encompassing diverse formats like design digital storytelling, apps, web, and more.•Managed a team of 6 diverse professionals, steering the design and development lifecycle. Delivered 5websites, 3 motion graphic animations, 5 brand revamps, and UX/UI designs according to client goals.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

At Junior Achievement Worldwide, a renowned global NGO in 100 countries inspiring entrepreneurial education and innovation among global youth, I led a diverse team managing communications, brand, and design for 15 MENA offices, positively impacting millions.• Built digital assets including regional website, Deloitte entrepreneurship app, and annual reports, escalating user engagement and attracting millions of visitors.• Demonstrated expertise in talent and project management, ensuring the successful completion of four significant projects aligned with JA Worldwide’s commitment to youth entrepreneurship education.Successfully published a global annual report, disseminated to over 25,000 crucial stakeholders.• Solidified high-level partnerships with the World Bank and Microsoft and drove initiatives that received $1 million in funding from Minister of Education by leading five research roundtables.

Montreal, Quebec, Ca

FARMM is the McGill University School of Architecture Applied Research Lab. The focus is to use technology for simulation & imaging, and fabrication infrastructure. Project: Engaging with local communities in an effort to understand technology’s role in the complex processes that shape the development of the built environment. Through the hosting of a series of interactive community forums, the project allowed local citizens to be involved in decision-making. Outcome: using architecture and facilitating workshops in the community, we connected with the city council and used our research to apply changes to how the neighborhood was zoned.

Founded and managed a creative collaborative based in London. Designed sustainable, holistic, creative and strategic design solutions based on the issue at hand. We created websites, brands, and provoke thought by visually and strategically explaining societal topics such as poverty, economics, culture, art and politics.

Toronto, On, Ca

Founding designer at one of the first innovation firms in Canada, focusing on design-led approaches to innovation to drive social impact in charitable organizations, philanthropic bodies, and government. Collaborated with founder to design large scale participatory processes to engage citizens and communities in high-level decision making and design efforts in the built environment. The firm is known for its deep commitment to engaging citizens in the co-design of large scale capital projects in priority neighbourhoods across the Canada.

Toronto, On, Ca

Bi-weekly graphic design instruction alongside Professor Keith Rushton for 4th Year Thesis students in the Graphic Design Program.

Toronto, On, Ca

Entro focuses on experience design and branding. My key projects include leading a wayfinding and environmental design project for the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Qatar Science and Technology Park in Doha, Marina Sands Bay in Singapore, New Brunswick's Scenic Road design, and Riverdale Garden Trail.

Collaborating with architects, and industrial designers at the intersection of spatial and visual design focusing on wayfinding, infographics and typography design for the City of Toronto's $1 Billion street furniture project, including bus shelters, information booths and garbage receptacles, which is still implemented today.

Established in 1966, I learned wayfinding and brand design in a professional context through one of the pioneers of International Graphic Design in Canada. The office was founded on Swiss modern design standards. Project accomplishments: Toronto International Film Festival, Royal Ontario Museum and the G+A Internal office design.

Master Of Architecture (M.Arch.), Urban Design & Housing

Global Solutions Program, Emerging Technologies

Bachelor Of Design, Graphic Design

Continuing Education, Architecture History