Competent, self-directed, and disciplined senior-level product designer with a career of documented achievements and over 20 years of experience in the areas of product development, management, and user experience design. Effectively influence key stakeholders and lead collaborative teams throughout the product development lifecycle from initial concept planning through to prototype development and post-launch support.• Apply a disciplined focus and design expertise to design end-to-end user experience for new and existing products, define the roadmap for engineering planning, and properly establish and communicate business expectations.• Promote and educate companies on the functions and benefits of user experience practices in transforming a product vision into a realistic product development strategy that leads to a profitable product launch.• Work with cross-functional teams to research, identify, and prioritize customer needs and product features, perform market and competitor analysis, and leverage knowledge on company vision and user behavior to guide the product development process.• Demonstrate understanding of business goals and user needs to work with engineering and product development teams and senior executives to define and execute product development and post-launch support strategy.• Serve as product owner and project leader for agile teams.• Japanese native and naturalized US Citizen