Talking
Keynotes, meetups, and workshops on product design, brand, and making the jump from craft to company.
An internal workshop equipping the design team with storytelling and presentation techniques to craft compelling narratives — why stories matter, common pitfalls, and a practical framework.
Product Design · Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
An introduction to Web3 for designers — fundamentals of the space, how to spot promising companies, prepare for interviews, and build knowledge through hands-on exploration.
ADPList BeMore Festival · Virtual keynote
A candid look at moving from product designer to entrepreneur — drawing from founding Hathorway and co-founding Ritual Meals, and the lessons of designing both products and businesses.
Design Field Notes · Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation, UC Berkeley · Virtual
Practical lessons for becoming a more thoughtful and effective designer, shaped by leading design at an early-stage startup and working as an independent consultant.
South Bay UX Design Meetup · CA Technologies/Broadcom, Santa Clara
How product designers use sketching, wireframes, and coded prototypes to validate ideas, refine interactions, and bring concepts to life.
Design First Meetup · WeWork Labs, New York City
An introduction to the multidisciplinary role of product design — strategy, research, interaction, visual design, prototyping, content, analytics, and front-end.
Product Design Meetup · 99designs, Melbourne, Australia
A hands-on workshop on generating, communicating, and rapidly evaluating product ideas through structured ideation and interface sketching.
Lean Startup Melbourne · Inspire9, Melbourne, Australia
Taught designers how to use interface sketching to explore ideas, communicate workflows, and move quickly from problems to potential solutions.
ZURB University
Structured techniques for generating ideas, reframing product challenges, and developing stronger design directions collaboratively.
ZURB University
How higher-fidelity prototypes help teams test detailed interactions, communicate product behavior, and validate concepts before development.
ZURB University
Open invitation
Invite me to speak or teach. Right now I’m especially interested in designing in the age of AI, product intuition, building in ambiguity, the jump from designer to founder, and curiosity as a creative advantage — and always in rooms that care about design, product, and craft.
