product designer focused on building experiences + tools to solve software needs, for people to enjoy

I designed maps at Tripadvisor optimized specifically for the traveler, with unique features and functionality to offer the best experience whether planning a trip or discovering a new destination.

SELECTED

Tripadvisor

Beyond maps, developed a social graph

I worked with a small team within Tripadvisor that made use of their robust travel data. We evolved the product to become personalized and connected to the travel community creating tools to inspire individuals with relevant advice from experts they know.

Most recently, I was Lead Product Designer at Avenue where I automated day-to-day operations to close the loop faster.

RECENT

Avenue

Founding Product Designer · 2023

Before that, I built design systems for internal tools at Instacart to connect retail partners and simplify tools.

Before that, I built design systems for internal tools at Instacart to connect retail partners and simplify tools.

Unifying the Design System that Powers Storefronts

Nature of this work is confidential.
Learn more at instacart.com/retailer-platform

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TL;DR

About me

  • Born and raised in New York City

  • Lived on an alpaca farm in Italy from 2-4 years old

  • Learned photoshop at 10 years old

  • Went to liberal arts college to play D3 basketball

  • Received a BFA in painting

  • Painter turned self-taught product designer

  • 14 years helping bring interfaces to life

  • Co-Founded: Eddy and Taabs

  • Born and raised in New York City

  • Lived on an alpaca farm in Italy from 2-4 years old

  • Learned photoshop at 10 years old

  • Went to liberal arts college to play D3 basketball

  • Received a BFA in painting

  • Painter turned product designer

  • 14 years helping bring interfaces to life

  • Co-Founded: Eddy and Taabs

  • Born and raised in New York City

  • Lived on an alpaca farm in Italy from 2-4 years old

  • Learned photoshop at 10 years old

  • Went to liberal arts college to play D3 basketball

  • Received a BFA in painting

  • Painter turned self-taught product designer

  • 14 years helping bring interfaces to life

  • Co-Founded: Eddy and Taabs

PAST

Side Projects

  • Chess Mafia

    Play to earn chess on Solana

    Chess is the most popular game in the world with 605MM players. Chess Mafia lets you play chess for sol and buy NFT skins to customize your board and pieces. Over ten days and a small team of 3, we drafted a PRD, full end-to-end product design, roadmap, and an MVP for the Ignition Global Hackathon. We advanced to the final pool of submissions and received an honorable mention from the judges.

  • Jonah Trades

    Social investing uniting retail knowledge

    Jonah builds on the crowd-driven momentum of retail investing, uniting and organizing investors on one platform to turn the collective into a community. I worked with the founding team and designed the first version of the iOS app and complete end-to-end experience. Partnering with the team, I created flow charts, wireframes, and final visual designs to bring the vision to market.

  • Taabs

    Search for exactly what you want

    While technology was being integrated into seemingly everything around us, the dive bar down the street stayed largely stayed the same. From 2013 to 2015, I co-founded a local search and discovery iOS app with the vision to scale into a mobile payment product. I led the product design, management, and initial angel investment to support a team of 5 employees for 2 years.

  • Flik

    Billiards meets air hockey

    In 2017, I had the idea of a simple mobile game that mimicked billiards and air hockey. Together with co-founder Adam Eskreis, we worked on the side project and brought the mobile game to market within a month. I led the Product Design, Creative Direction and Marketing. We have since moved away from maintaining the product. View the now open source project below.

  • Chess Mafia

    Play to earn chess on Solana

    Chess is the most popular game in the world with 605MM players. Chess Mafia lets you play chess for sol and buy NFT skins to customize your board and pieces. Over ten days and a small team of 3, we drafted a PRD, full end-to-end product design, roadmap, and an MVP for the Ignition Global Hackathon. We advanced to the final pool of submissions and received an honorable mention from the judges.

  • Jonah Trades

    Social investing uniting retail knowledge

    Jonah builds on the crowd-driven momentum of retail investing, uniting and organizing investors on one platform to turn the collective into a community. I worked with the founding team and designed the first version of the iOS app and complete end-to-end experience. Partnering with the team, I created flow charts, wireframes, and final visual designs to bring the vision to market.

  • Taabs

    Search for exactly what you want

    While technology was being integrated into seemingly everything around us, the dive bar down the street stayed largely stayed the same. From 2013 to 2015, I co-founded a local search and discovery iOS app with the vision to scale into a mobile payment product. I led the product design, management, and initial angel investment to support a team of 5 employees for 2 years.

  • Flik

    Billiards meets air hockey

    In 2017, I had the idea of a simple mobile game that mimicked billiards and air hockey. Together with co-founder Adam Eskreis, we worked on the side project and brought the mobile game to market within a month. I led the Product Design, Creative Direction and Marketing. We have since moved away from maintaining the product. View the now open source project below.