It all started with Legos, a microscope, and a six-year-old writing poetry. Yes, poetry.
That curiosity turned into a design career shaped by one lesson I learned the hard way while failing to build a startup: design is the eggs that hold the batter together, as much as it is the icing that makes people buy the cake. The system that makes it work and the craft that makes people love it.
Now I'm the founding designer at Sparkwise, an AI-powered learning platform used by teams at McKinsey, Google, and Harvard Business Review, where I lead product, research, and design strategy alongside the CEO and CTO.
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Co-inventor, U.S. Patent 12,659,427
“Techniques for Computer-Guided Multi-Device Group Learning,” issued June 16, 2026.
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Partnership with Harvard Business Review.
Gold, 2025 Brandon Hall Group Excellence Awards.
Sparkwise won Gold in Best Advance in Social Learning Technology for “AI-Enabled Live Group Learning Without Live Facilitators.”
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Sparkwise named to 2024 GSV Cup 50
Recognized among 50 innovative early-stage digital learning and workforce-skilling startups at ASU+GSV.
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