My life's work has been to realize the potential of technology and put it in the hands of billions of people worldwide in a form that is easy to use and serves human needs. I am passionate about delivering better design to our world. I advise companies; coach executives and designers; build, lead, and manage high-performing teams; shape organizational design and strategy; do public speaking and writing; and do non-profit work. A longtime operator in executive roles in high-growth companies such as Netscape, Yahoo!, Google, and Udacity, I am now working in venture capital as an operating partner focused on design and UX.As the top design leader at Yahoo! and Google during its formative years, I founded the companies’ human-centered design practices, built high-performing teams with world-class talent, scaled my organizations, drove culture change, and oversaw research and design efforts across all products and services (including consumer, enterprise, desktop, mobile, productivity tools, education). - Created a robust, scalable, repeatable, and reliable hiring process to build my organization in a competitive market quickly- Conceived a vision for the strategic role design would play and recruited best-in-class talent despite not being an obvious place for great design to happen at the time- Created integrated cross-functional product design and development teams- Drove culture change by teaching design thinking throughout the company and training everyone to think like a UX designer- Shaped company and product strategy and vision by developing an empathetic understanding of users and making vision tangible- Scaled the design practice by championing design principles and translating them into a design system that spanned the entire family of products and servicesAs Design Partner at Khosla Ventures, I coach and advise designers, executives, and founders of portfolio companies, from the seed stage to those that have exited. I am a frequent author and speaker on human-centered design, mindfulness practices, and creativity. I am committed to serving as a strong mentor for the next generation of leaders in design and technology as it is paramount that we build technology to serve humans and humanity. I authored the definitive O’Reilly book, _Design in Venture Capital_, and my essays can be found on Medium. I have been featured in _Wired_ magazine, _Fast Company_ magazine, _CommArts_ magazine, and on the cover of _Mindful_ magazine.