I believe good ideas should make it into the world.
At my heart, I’m a designer. I love taking an idea, building belief around the problem it could solve, and working alongside the people affected by it to find a way forward.
I’ve had the opportunity to do this in complex, technical spaces—helping turn early ideas into products, scale projects into companies, and integrate design into multidisciplinary teams working across research, engineering, business, and manufacturing.
For me, design doesn’t end with an idea or a beautiful object. I prototype, test, learn from markets and users, navigate manufacturing constraints, and bring the right people together to keep moving forward. I’m most energized by the messy space between what could exist and what it takes to actually make it real.
Selected Press
“How can we harness the resilience of nature to protect our coastlines and promote marine biodiversity?” Wired
“To these two innovators, waste is not waste. Waste is a primary source for design innovation in the future.” Forbes
“A product might expire and be thrown out but its packaging is going to last 100 times over what the product lifespan would be.” NCSU Office of Research Commercialization
“Replacing petroleum-based plastics in electronics with a carbon-capturing bioplastic made from agricultural waste.” Issues in Science and Technology
“New York Harbour used to have one of the largest and most biodiverse reef systems in the world.” What Design Can Do
“the designers say mealworms could eventually help to tackle two sustainable development goals at the same time, providing food security and fighting pollution.” Dezeen
“By utilizing an existing waste stream, we can reduce the negative lifecycle impact of water filtration” Dezeen