Leading design
teams that ship
Leading design
teams that ship
15 years of experience. Outcome and partnership focused, with deep experience in data, AI & product growth.
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Here are a few projects that represent the best work my teams and I have shipped.
Here are a few projects that represent the best work my teams and I have shipped.
Here are a few projects that represent the best work my teams and I have shipped.
Here are a few projects that represent the best work my teams and I have shipped.
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Indeed
Led a multi-disciplinary UX org and cut fraud by 83% in two years
I ran the Trust & Safety design portfolio at Indeed, I supported an amazing team of designers, content writers and researchers. I'll show you what we changed, why it worked, and what I'd do differently.
We achieved amazing results through rigorous A/B testing, strategic partnerships, and by understanding the end-to-end journey of a very complex marketplace.
Mintt Data
Head of Design, real-time competitive intelligence
I was the solo the Head of Design at Mintt Data, a startup in the political space that's shaking up how political campaigns develop their strategy during elections.
Political campaigns have multi-million dollar budgets to send out mail to persuadable voters. Behind each mail piece, there are hours upon hours of strategy and research. Mintt is able to bring clarity and insights about the mail the opposition is sending out for the first time ever.
Capital One
0→1 design leadership for AI tooling, designed for data scientists and AI engineers before it was cool
My team and I built next generation tools for data scientists and machine learning engineers. This was a complete 0 -> 1 product that's helping change banking for good.
I developed an educational curriculum to help designers new to the space onboard and learn the basics of working with data. If you're looking for a design-person that can help you make sense of data, AI, machine learning — I'm your person.
Indeed
Led a multi-disciplinary UX org and cut fraud by 83% in two years
I ran the Trust & Safety design portfolio at Indeed, I supported an amazing team of designers, content writers and researchers. I'll show you what we changed, why it worked, and what I'd do differently.
We achieved amazing results through rigorous A/B testing, strategic partnerships, and by understanding the end-to-end journey of a very complex marketplace.
Mintt Data
Head of Design, real-time competitive intelligence
I was the solo the Head of Design at Mintt Data, a startup in the political space that's shaking up how political campaigns develop their strategy during elections.
Political campaigns have multi-million dollar budgets to send out mail to persuadable voters. Behind each mail piece, there are hours upon hours of strategy and research. Mintt is able to bring clarity and insights about the mail the opposition is sending out for the first time ever.
Capital One
0→1 design leadership for AI tooling, designed for data scientists and AI engineers before it was cool
My team and I built next generation tools for data scientists and machine learning engineers. This was a complete 0 -> 1 product that's helping change banking for good.
I developed an educational curriculum to help designers new to the space onboard and learn the basics of working with data. If you're looking for a design-person that can help you make sense of data, AI, machine learning — I'm your person.
Indeed
Led a multi-disciplinary UX org and cut fraud by 83% in two years
I ran the Trust & Safety design portfolio at Indeed, I supported an amazing team of designers, content writers and researchers. I'll show you what we changed, why it worked, and what I'd do differently.
Indeed
Led a multi-disciplinary UX org and cut fraud by 83% in two years
I ran the Trust & Safety design portfolio at Indeed, I supported an amazing team of designers, content writers and researchers. I'll show you what we changed, why it worked, and what I'd do differently.
We achieved amazing results through rigorous A/B testing, strategic partnerships, and by understanding the end-to-end journey of a very complex marketplace.
We achieved amazing results through rigorous A/B testing, strategic partnerships, and by understanding the end-to-end journey of a very complex marketplace.
Mintt Data
Head of Design, real-time competitive intelligence
I was the solo the Head of Design at Mintt Data, a startup in the political space that's shaking up how political campaigns develop their strategy during elections.
Mintt Data
Head of Design, real-time competitive intelligence
I was the solo the Head of Design at Mintt Data, a startup in the political space that's shaking up how political campaigns develop their strategy during elections.
Political campaigns have multi-million dollar budgets to send out mail to persuadable voters. Behind each mail piece, there are hours upon hours of strategy and research. Mintt is able to bring clarity and insights about the mail the opposition is sending out for the first time ever.
Political campaigns have multi-million dollar budgets to send out mail to persuadable voters. Behind each mail piece, there are hours upon hours of strategy and research. Mintt is able to bring clarity and insights about the mail the opposition is sending out for the first time ever.
Capital One
0→1 design leadership for AI tooling, designed for data scientists and AI engineers before it was cool
I was a principal designer and senior design manager building next generation tools for data scientists and machine learning engineers. This was a complete 0 -> 1 product that's helping change banking for good.
Capital One
0→1 design leadership for AI tooling, designed for data scientists and AI engineers before it was cool
I was a principal designer and senior design manager building next generation tools for data scientists and machine learning engineers. This was a complete 0 -> 1 product that's helping change banking for good.
I developed an educational curriculum to help designers new to the space onboard and learn the basics of working with data. If you're looking for a design-person that can help you make sense of data, AI, machine learning — I'm your person.
I developed an educational curriculum to help designers new to the space onboard and learn the basics of working with data. If you're looking for a design-person that can help you make sense of data, AI, machine learning — I'm your person.
Alarm.com
Shipped 20+ products on every platform
I was the second designer at Alarm.com, the home automation and IoT company. Across my time there I shipped 20+ products on iOS, Android, web, iPad, and Apple Watch — including a trip to the Apple campus to design one of the first Apple Watch apps with their HCI team.
Alarm.com
Shipped 20+ products on every platform
I was the second designer at Alarm.com, the home automation and IoT company. Across my time there I shipped 20+ products on iOS, Android, web, iPad, and Apple Watch — including a trip to the Apple campus to design one of the first Apple Watch apps with their HCI team.
I got to breathe the same air as Jony Ive's Human-Computer Interaction team to create one of the first apps for Apple Watch.
My analytics tell me not a lot of people make it to this case study. There's some cool videos and animations! You should check it out :)
I got to breathe the same air as Jony Ive's Human-Computer Interaction team to create one of the first apps for Apple Watch.
My analytics tell me not a lot of people make it to this case study. There's some cool videos and animations! You should check it out :)
AI for Designers
I built and taught a data-literacy curriculum across two design orgs
Most design teams are under-leveraged on data. I built and taught a data-literacy curriculum at Capital One and have continued evolving it since — covering the metrics that matter, A/B testing fluency, and the AI/ML basics designers need to be useful partners. The artifact is open. It's also the lens I bring to running teams.
You know how Spotify can create a custom playlist with songs you love but have never heard of? How TikTok can give you super niche recommendations? And how a Tesla can drive itself? All of that is possible because of the power of data.
AI for Designers
I built and taught a data-literacy curriculum across two design orgs
Most design teams are under-leveraged on data. I built and taught a data-literacy curriculum at Capital One and have continued evolving it since — covering the metrics that matter, A/B testing fluency, and the AI/ML basics designers need to be useful partners. The artifact is open. It's also the lens I bring to running teams.
You know how Spotify can create a custom playlist with songs you love but have never heard of? How TikTok can give you super niche recommendations? And how a Tesla can drive itself? All of that is possible because of the power of data.
Using metrics is a crucial part of making good decisions when designing software, but that is just the tip of the iceberg when using data for design. This knowledge has been has been transformational for my career and the way I think about solving problems.
Using metrics is a crucial part of making good decisions when designing software, but that is just the tip of the iceberg when using data for design. This knowledge has been has been transformational for my career and the way I think about solving problems.
Friends of UX
The team-craft library I keep for the teams I run and the designers I mentor
Friends of UX is the working library I maintain for my teams and the designers I mentor — methods, frameworks, and small craft moves that compound. New entries get tested in real critique and onboarding before they land here. Recent additions cover AI-augmented critique and cognitive walkthroughs for AI-mediated UIs.
Friends of UX
The team-craft library I keep for the teams I run and the designers I mentor
Friends of UX is the working library I maintain for my teams and the designers I mentor — methods, frameworks, and small craft moves that compound. New entries get tested in real critique and onboarding before they land here. Recent additions cover AI-augmented critique and cognitive walkthroughs for AI-mediated UIs.
I lead design teams that ship, partnering with product and engineering to move from ideas to outcomes quickly.
I'm a hands-on generalist, a teacher, and a mentor with experience across consumer and enterprise products, AI, search, and two-sided marketplaces.
I stay close to the craft: I'm in crit with my team every week. Leadership is built on clarity, care for people, teams that level up together, and a healthy challenge to the status quo.
End-to-end expertise
I bring generalist breadth and multi-specialist depth across the four areas modern design leadership lives in
I bring generalist breadth and multi-specialist depth across the four areas modern design leadership lives in.
I bring generalist breadth and multi-specialist depth across the four areas modern design leadership lives in
Product strategy & shipped outcomes
Product strategy & shipped outcomes
Product strategy & shipped outcomes
Helping teams find the unmet user and business needs that turn into dollars saved or earned.
Helping teams find the unmet user and business needs that turn into dollars saved or earned.
Data, AI & ML in design practice
Data, AI & ML in design practice
Data, AI & ML in design practice
Comfortable using research, data, AI, and ML to create solutions — and teaching my team to do the same.
Comfortable using research, data, AI, and ML to create solutions — and teaching my team to do the same.
Team building & people leadership
Team building & people leadership
Team building & people leadership
I care loudly about my team — their careers, performance, work-life balance, and the rituals that let them do their best work.
I care loudly about my team — their careers, performance, work-life balance, and the rituals that let them do their best work.
Influence, partnership & hands-on craft
Influence, partnership & hands-on craft
Influence, partnership & craftcraft
Influence, partnership & hands-on craft
Design leaders who drift from craft and from their partners get less done. I stay close to the work, and good friends with the engineers and PMs building it.
Design leaders who drift from craft and from their partners get less done. I stay close to the work, and good friends with the engineers and PMs building it.
Here's a few more fun projects
Here's a few more fun projects
Alarm.com
Shipped 20+ across all platforms
I was the second designer at Alarm.com, the home automation and IoT company. Across my time there I shipped 20+ products on iOS, Android, web, iPad, and Apple Watch — including a trip to the Apple campus to design one of the first Apple Watch apps with their HCI team.
I got to breathe the same air as Jony Ive's Human-Computer Interaction team to create one of the first apps for Apple Watch.
My analytics tell me not a lot of people make it to this case study. There's some cool videos and animations! You should check it out :)
AI for Designers
I built and taught a data and AI literacy curriculum across two design orgs
Most design teams are under-leveraging data. I built and taught a data-literacy curriculum at Capital One and have continued evolving it since — covering the metrics that matter, A/B testing fluency, and the AI/ML basics designers need to be useful partners. The artifact is open. It's also the lens I bring to running teams.
Using metrics is a crucial part of making good decisions when designing software, but that is just the tip of the iceberg when using data for design. This knowledge has been transformational for my career and the way I think about solving problems.
Friends of UX
The team-craft library I keep for the teams I run and the designers I mentor
My team and I built next generation tools for data scientists and machine learning engineers. This was a complete 0 -> 1 product that's helping change banking for good.
I developed an educational curriculum to help designers new to the space onboard and learn the basics of working with data. If you're looking for a design-person that can help you make sense of data, AI, machine learning — I'm your person.
Ta-da! I'm currently a design manager @ IBM. The best way to get in touch is through Linkedin or email. Links are down below.
This portfolio was built with Claude and Framer.
Sometimes I go to museums and I take pictures, find more @luisinmuseums
Ta-da! I'm currently a design manager @ IBM. The best way to get in touch is through Linkedin or email. Links are down below.
This portfolio was built with Claude and Framer.
Sometimes I go to museums and I take pictures, find more @luisinmuseums
