I am a creative director with DEEP Ux EXPERTISE

UX Designer + Researcher + Strategist + MANAGER + FACILITATOR + Writer

I'm a user experience design professional with over 20 years of experience. I work with brands both big and small across diverse sectors to create thoughtful user experience solutions. I have expertise as a creative director, information architect, interaction designer, content strategist, UX writer, and manager.

Expedition group taking a photo of a seal laying in the snow against an Antarctic background

An expedition group photographing a seal, Antarctica, December 2016 - Photo by Robert Stribley. I had an exhibit at two locations in Manhattan of photos taken from my trip to Antarctica entitled “Images from the White Continent.” See many more photos from that trip on Flickr.

I am the founder and sole employee of Technique, a UX design and consulting LLC. Previously, I worked at Razorfish and Publicis Sapient, including, for several years, with a team dedicated to Mercedes-Benz USA. I teach UX design at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan, and speak regularly on the subjects of user experience design and privacy by design. I am currently completing a book on the topic of designing with privacy in mind for Rosenfeld Media.

Black and white photo of a man engaged in a collaborative UX sketching exercise

Deep UX Expertise

I work with brands big and small to deliver thoughtful solutions for UX research, strategy, design, and writing.

FEATURED Writing & Presentations

In January 2021, my piece on the mistreatment of transgender asylum seekers in the United States was featured on Open Global Rights.

I have been writing about immigration in the United States since the 2016 election. Here's a listing of my writing on the subject.

Immigrant Song

Immigrant Song is my project about undocumented immigration within the United States. You can listen to the first episode of the podcast version of this project below.


I think optimism is whether you are still exhilarated by life, whether you are curious, whether you still believe there is possibility. From this perspective, I am very much an optimist.
— Ai Weiwei