Northern Trust Wealth Management

UX Researcher, Experience Design and Research

Self-Employed

Consulting or fractional leadership engagements with early-stage ventures, small SaaS teams, or generative projects within larger firms. I lead teams to insights, translate them into powerful val props, and create repeatable systems that enable product, marketing and customer success to drive revenue over time.

Consultant and fractional leader

Season and Color

Farmer-florist selling flowers to the trade and at retail pop-ups. This is my passion project to promote sustainable floral design, biophilic design, pollinator-friendly gardening, and finding joy in nature.

Founder

Calm Company Fund

I source and recommend entrepreneurs who are building profitable, sustainable software and software-enabled businesses. My areas of interest: climate and carbon solutions, sustainable agriculture, horticulture and floristry, B2B services, and digital products built on no-code and low-code platforms.

Independent Investment Scout

Human Interest

Go-to-market insights and usability testing for a self-service onboarding transformation at a Series D B2B fintech startup providing retirement benefits for small and medium-sized businesses.

Senior UX Researcher

M1 Finance

Built core research operations from the ground up at a Series E fintech startup with over $5 billion in assets under management.

Senior Staff User Researcher

Paylocity

Team Lead: User Research

Morningstar

Led research for strategic product initiatives in the US, UK and Australian asset management and financial planning markets.

Lead Designer, User Research

Design Manager, User Research 

Senior Researcher

User Research Consultant

Freelance research consulting

Research Lead and Information Architect

HSBC

Behavioral Researcher

Resourceful and relentlessly curious human-centered design professional who loves to learn, teach and tinker. Passionate about sustainable agriculture and the local flower movement.

Currently working with CEO/CPO/CMO partners for project-based consulting, fractional leadership, or hourly coaching.

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