As a design advisor for early-stage startups, I specialize in aligning design functions with overarching company goals to drive success from the ground up. I guide emerging businesses in making strategic hires that create a solid foundation for their design teams.
I help startups grow their design capabilities effectively, ensuring they can adapt to evolving demands. I offer fractional leadership to design teams, providing the expertise and vision needed to foster creativity and innovation while achieving business objectives.
experience matters
I advise early-stage startups on establishing, steering and scaling design organizations that deliver exceptional products and avoid all-too-common early mistakes.
Throughout my career, I've crafted top-tier software and have been present for acquisitions and IPOs. I've collaborated closely with small teams, addressed software and design flaws, and reignited the spirit of disheartened teams to help them deliver new, innovative products. I prefer early-stage startups, particularly those dedicated to developing enterprise products from the ground up.
I began my career as an interaction designer over 25 years ago. My journey has led me through various roles, including UX designer, information architect, product manager, design leader, and executive. I've worked at Escalate Retail, Yahoo!, Netsuite, BEA Systems, SAP BusinessObjects and Databricks. Most recently I built and led a 21-person design team at Sigma Computing, where I started my 5-year tenure by fixing previous talent issues and restructuring the department and its operations to meet company goals. At the time of my departure, the design organization was the only team at the company with zero unregretted attrition.
A proud French-Canadian, I grew up splitting my time between Ottawa and Montréal. I am a lifelong fan of the Montréal Canadiens hockey team and have recently discovered a newfound love for WNBA basketball.
