Let’s Start a Conversation
Whether you’re looking for a strategic design partner, exploring a leadership opportunity, seeking mentoring, or simply have a question, I’d be happy to learn more.
Every meaningful engagement begins with a conversation.
Contact Information
Connect with me on LinkedIn to learn more about my experience, professional background, and current work.
Location
River Falls, Wisconsin, USA
Available for remote, hybrid, and on-site engagements.
How Can I Help?
Full-Time Leadership Opportunities
If you’re looking for someone to lead UX, product, or service design initiatives, I’d welcome the opportunity to discuss how my experience can support your organization.
Examples include:
- Principal Product Designer
- Principal UX Designer
- Staff Product Designer
- UX Director
- Service Design Leader
- Head of Design
- Product Strategy
Contract & Consulting
Need experienced support without adding permanent headcount?
I work with organizations on short-term and long-term consulting engagements, helping teams solve complex challenges, align stakeholders, and accelerate strategic initiatives. Whether you need strategic direction, discovery leadership, service design expertise, or an experienced partner to help navigate ambiguity, I can integrate quickly and provide immediate value.
Executive Advisory
Great leadership is built on clarity, communication, and accountability.
I partner with executives and organizational leaders to improve strategic thinking, align cross-functional teams, facilitate difficult conversations, and create environments where informed decisions can be made with confidence.
Mentoring & Coaching
I enjoy helping professionals grow beyond tools and processes by strengthening the way they think.
Whether you’re entering the profession, preparing for your next leadership role, or navigating complex organizational challenges, I provide practical mentoring focused on strategy, communication, decision-making, and long-term career development.
Workshops & Speaking
I regularly develop customized presentations, workshops, and facilitated discussions for organizations, educational institutions, and professional communities.
Topics include:
- UX Strategy
- Service Design
- Design Leadership
- Human-Centered Design
- AI & Conversation Design
- Systems Thinking
- Product Strategy
- Customer Experience
- Career Development
- Building High-Performing Teams
Available formats include keynote presentations, Lunch & Learns, executive workshops, team coaching, and facilitated strategy sessions.
What Working Together Looks Like
Every engagement is unique, but the process begins the same way.
1. Understand
We begin by discussing your goals, current challenges, organizational context, and the outcomes you’re trying to achieve.
2. Explore
Together, we’ll identify opportunities, assumptions, constraints, and possible paths forward. Sometimes the most valuable discovery is redefining the problem itself.
3. Create
Whether the outcome is a product strategy, research initiative, service blueprint, workshop, roadmap, mentoring engagement, or long-term partnership, we’ll build an approach that fits your organization’s needs.
Before You Reach Out
If possible, include a few details to help me better understand your situation:
- A brief description of your organization
- The challenge you’re trying to solve
- Desired timeline
- Team size
- Current stage of the project
- Any relevant links or supporting documentation
Don’t worry if everything isn’t fully defined.
Some of the most successful engagements begin with uncertainty.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where are you located?
I’m based in Wisconsin and work remotely with organizations throughout the United States. Travel is available for workshops, discovery sessions, executive facilitation, and strategic engagements when appropriate.
Are you available for contract work?
Yes. I work with organizations through short-term consulting engagements, embedded contract roles, fractional leadership, and longer strategic partnerships.
Do you work internationally?
Yes. Many consulting engagements, mentoring sessions, workshops, and executive advisory services can be delivered remotely.
Do you sign NDAs?
Absolutely.
Much of my professional work has been performed under confidentiality agreements. I understand the importance of protecting sensitive business information and intellectual property.
Can you help before a project officially starts?
Yes.
In fact, many organizations bring me in during the earliest stages of planning to help define the problem, align stakeholders, identify opportunities, and establish a clear strategic direction before design or development begins.
Good Conversations Start with Good Questions
You don’t need a fully defined project before reaching out.
Some of the most valuable engagements begin with a conversation about uncertainty.
If you’re trying to better understand a problem, align your team, explore a new opportunity, strengthen your organization, or simply gain an outside perspective, I’d be happy to talk.
Sometimes asking the right question is the most important step forward.