Product & Design

I'm a guest lecturer in Steve Blanks class at Berkeley, and a mentor to his Stanford Lean LaunchPad class. I've been applying the Lean Startup methodology and Customer Development practices in my startups for the past 5 years - essentially since I first heard Eric Ries give his talk at the Web 2.0 conference in 08'. I've also had the pleasure of giving talks around the world on Lean Product Development and Customer Development. Eric is a formal advisor to Clarity, so we get to talk often about how we're doing :)

I was a Product Manager at Apple when I was just 15, and since then have led product teams that have shipped innovative products that have gained traction in online education, healthcare, crowdfunding, enterprise and mobile consumer applications.

I've built hundreds of web and mobile applications in my career and largely been the driver of user interface design and user experience. I'm very good at taking the work of other experts and adopting them to fit the specific product needs. My present mobile focus is topical chat room platform called Fabric; we currently have 6 apps in various niche verticals with over 100K users. My approach to UX/UI is very iterative with clean and straightforward design. I don't actually consider myself a designer, but I've become very effective at cobbling together UX from various sources to develop an optimal user experience for each use case.

I can talk about competitive landscapes, environmental scanning, and product roadmaps all day long. If you need helping thinking about your product strategy, let's connect.

I've helped hundreds of companies dial in on a true MVP - allowing them to get in front of their market and validate ideas with the only population that matters - actual customers. We'll explore options that will get you in front of your audience and demonstrating the value your product of service attempts to deliver quickly and simply.

The ins and outs and do's and dont's of logo design. We work on identity creations daily and I teach courses on brand design. I offer time to review designs or to discuss your pain points.

My patents are in technology used by NFL, NBA, and US Olympic Teams. I'll help you design and refine your hardware and software products with rapid prototyping and market testing.

The problem isn't your product. The problem is how your users are interacting with it. I've helped hundreds of entrepreneurs maximize the potential of their mobile and web applications which leads to an increase in revenue, user retention, and overall improved customer success. Why risk the most important part of your business on a hunch that you'll design and implement your product perfectly the first time? On our call I'll use my experience filled with countless mistakes that myself and those I've helped have made so you don't have to. Let's turn uncertainty into battle tested and proven success! Feel free to message me for free before scheduling a call. *Get a free coaching call for every person you refer to me!*

A clean website or app providing a focused user experience is the best way to kick off an idea. With an opinionated user flow, you decide how people should interact with your service. I'm here to facilitate and crystalize your vision and value proposition. Then, I can build your app with your input every step of the way.

I have helped 200+ companies with Product, UX, Jobs-to-be-done, customer lifecycle, engagement, retention and more. Much of my experience draws from being the CEO + Head of Product for Storenvy which attracted over 100,000 merchants and millions of customers before being sold to Alibaba.

I worked in fashion editorial at Vogue for 5 years, where I saw millions of pieces of the best clothes and accessories come and thousands of different designers who were going to make it or break it, depending on how they managed their time, resources and creativity. Vogue is like an arena where everything from luxury to low-end comes in and competes for the attention of its readers. We would edit thousands of products out of the running all the time--- I learned how to quickly assess an item or collection, using an eye for the slightest details and nuance of design. I sat through bad pitches and critiqued fledgling designers to help them make their collections more commercially viable or more pitch-worthy editorially. The most important thing that I picked up was the tempo of product design and visual trends. Because I'm well versed in the flow and currents of trends, I can often predict if a particular style or theme---(whether it's a larger cultural mood, type face in graphic design, or a specific detail on a shoe)---is going to be huge or not. My last year at Vogue was spent in its art department where I worked with its design team and design director on the redesign of the magazine, which still held true to the Vogue brand. There I learned how cut throat consistency and clarity are the most important avenues to strong branding. Later I worked with Moda Operandi helping them crystallize their brand to what it is now in the luxury market.

I led Product, Engineering, Design, and Growth teams for both young startups and scaled companies in various industries, including: SCMP/Alibaba (media), Lyft (marketplace), Skillshare (education), and OMGPOP (gaming). I can show you how to make a product that people love.

Fashion development expert specializing in launching new brands. Advising on all steps of developing collections from ideation to the manufacturing process. Guiding designers and creatives with information regarding design and development of womenswear and menswear garments both technically and creatively. Specializing in working with new and emerging fashion designers on every step of the process from ideas to actualization, my approach is thorough and aimed squarely at one goal: to help our clients succeed. Advising on methods to translate your design ideas from concept into a language that is used between the pattern makers and sewers. Guiding designers on best practices to create moodboards, color stories, technical illustrations, design, and fabrication choices that are catered to your vision.

Detailed, hands on 'how-to's' to get the most out of team brainstorming. This is a workshop that I have taught at UX Singapore, General Assembly and many other places. It gets results instantly to solve for feature, product and idea freeze.