Senior design leader

Strategy and craft, not one or the other.

I help organizations see what their products could be — and build the systems to get there. Currently at Capital One, leading design in the Commercial Bank.

Recent writing

Maybe There's Something Wrong with the Universe

A diagnosis of what the design field is grieving under AI disruption, and what moving through it actually looks like.

May 17, 2026
The Pattern Is the Theory

The component is the artifact. The pattern is the theory. We've been shipping one and calling it the other.

May 4, 2026
The Brief

AI doesn't fail because it hallucinates. It fails because you assumed it already knew what you meant. The brief is now the artifact under review.

April 27, 2026

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