Staff Product Experience Engineer at OpenGov, leading AI-powered design system work. I build pattern libraries, code generation tools, and agents that turn Figma designs into production UX. I make myself the bridge between design and engineering.
Career Experience
- Unified a fragmented design system on a single MUI and React theming foundation
- Built a pattern and layout library and trained 20+ designers and engineering teams
- Pioneered company-wide adoption of Anthropic and Claude Code
- Shipped a prototyping agent. 200+ prototypes in two months, mostly by designers and PMs
- Created a Claude agent that creates production-level frontend code with OpenGov packages
- Led AI-powered product design, collaborating with ML experts on business solutions
- Designed self-serve AI platform for world's largest food re-distributor
- Built multi-site publishing system for Southern Company Gas territory sites
- Led teams creating scalable design architecture supporting growth and innovation
- Produced pattern library automating process and reducing deployment time
- Integrated CMS enhancing content delivery workflows
- Managed teams delivering technology solutions for startups and agencies
- Built native and web applications enhancing UX and operational efficiency
Areas of Expertise
- User Experience Design
- Full-stack Development
- Product Management
- AI-Powered Design Systems
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Agile/Scrum/SAFe
- System Architecture
- Design Tokens
- SaaS Applications
- CI/CD, AWS, Azure
- Business Process Improvement
- JIRA, Confluence
Education
Bachelor of Arts in Communications
Georgia Southern University