Experience

I advise, research, and build at the intersection of design systems, product operations, AI-enabled workflows, and organizational pattern design.

I help teams turn scattered decisions into reusable systems by clarifying governance, adoption paths, documentation, AI-enabled workflows, and the operating model around the work.

This work builds directly on my experience leading enterprise design system strategy, product ownership, design-engineering collaboration, and platform adoption.

Took a dedicated period for renewal after a 12.5-year tenure building and scaling the Citrus Design System at Paylocity.

Used the break to study how AI-enabled operations, design systems, and pattern thinking can support clearer organizational decisions.

Prepared for a role combining Design Operations, AI enablement, and human-centered systems architecture.

Led the next generation of Paylocity’s enterprise design system, advancing it from a component-centered library into a broader experience platform for product, design, and engineering teams.

Owned strategic direction across design language, design tokens, accessibility, scalable component strategy, third-party integration, documentation, adoption, and operating model maturity. Partnered with design, product, and engineering leadership to align system investments with product delivery priorities, customer experience quality, and long-term platform scalability.

Owned vision, strategy, roadmap, and delivery alignment for Paylocity’s enterprise design system during a period of significant product and organizational growth.

Served as the connective layer between product, design, engineering, and business priorities. Translated product-team needs into reusable system capabilities, guided adoption of shared patterns, and shaped the operating model required for the design system to scale across a growing product organization.

Managed design system strategy, design direction, and delivery across a cross-functional team of designers and engineers.

Helped lead a major generational shift in the component library, documentation model, and design system operating approach. The work established clearer foundations for adoption, design consistency, implementation guidance, token usage, and product-team support.

Partnered with engineering and design leadership to improve the architecture, maintainability, and adoption of Paylocity’s design system.

Connected UX intent, engineering implementation, and product delivery needs. Helped the team modernize component architecture, improve technical guidance, clarify engineering standards, and support product teams through a major system transition.

Supported stronger alignment between component strategy, engineering constraints, and product delivery needs.

Led product design across multiple Talent Solutions product areas, including Learning Management, Recruiting, Compensation, Performance Management, Onboarding, Surveys, and employee workflow experiences.

Led customer-centered product delivery while helping product teams adopt emerging design system components in production. The work gave the design system team direct feedback on product needs, reusable patterns, design quality, and component evolution.

Mentored designers working across onboarding, performance management, recruiting, and employee workflows. I contributed directly to delivery, advocated for user-focused design, and communicated decisions across the UX organization so the team could work from shared context.

Worked with an engineer to deliver the second version of our design-system documentation and move the component library toward a more modular architecture. I led the documentation-site launch and connected customer feedback, design intent, and adoption risk to the work. Smaller packages reduced the scope of updates engineering teams had to take, while the documentation gave design and engineering a shared vocabulary for component outcomes.

Designed user experiences across time and labor, Talent Solutions, employee events, and the design system. I worked with engineers, designers, and product leaders to move customer needs from early concepts into delivered software.

Facilitated design delivery as the organization adopted agile software practices. I worked with designers, engineers, product leaders, and project stakeholders to balance iterative delivery with deeper design exploration, remove impediments, and keep decisions moving.

Designed and built front-end interfaces for product and marketing teams, including sales-event microsites for the broker channel and the front end of Paylocity’s first Affordable Care Act product offering. I also turned team designs into prototypes and helped the Core Team establish product UI direction.

Built responsive email campaigns under recurring monthly deadlines and managed the development workflow. I tested each release across mobile and desktop clients, helped introduce responsive implementation for agency emails and web pages, and contributed to all nine projects recognized at the 2013 CADM Tempo Awards.

Led development of the agency’s interactive work using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Flash, and ActionScript. I introduced user-experience methods into client work and produced monthly banner, email, and social campaigns. One social campaign increased likes on the client’s Facebook page by more than 100%.