I started out as an architect, drawn to designing spaces people would move through, inhabit, and experience. But over time, I realized it wasn’t the finished structure that excited me, it was everything that made it work: the systems, the constraints, the invisible choreography behind the scenes.

Much of my work became about untangling complexity, interpreting ambiguous requirements, balancing competing needs, and designing systems that could actually function in the real world.

When I moved into project management, the pattern became even clearer. Coordinating large infrastructure and data center projects, I encountered inefficiencies at every turn. So I started designing solutions: automating processes, building tracking systems, and smoothing the flow of information across teams. That’s when it clicked - I realized I wasn’t just drawn to structures or projects. I was drawn to designing systems themselves.

Product design felt like the natural next step.

It built on everything I already cared about: understanding people, working within constraints, collaborating across teams, but with speed, iteration, and immediate impact.

Today, I approach product design the way I approached architecture: starting with the user, designing systems around real needs, and obsessing over how things work in practice. My background still shapes my thinking: balancing form and function, noticing the small details that make a system feel seamless, and making sure every design actually functions.

I’m particularly drawn to workflow-heavy products/tools people rely on daily but often struggle with because they’re fragmented, inefficient, or unintuitive. Projects like Tally, an AI-Native bookkeeping tool for freelancers, and Sprint X, a system for streamlining team planning, come straight from problems I’ve faced myself, usually where my best ideas start.

I’m especially interested in building at the intersection of AI and workflow automation; spaces where friction is still high, and thoughtful design can genuinely transform how people work.