About
Engineer × Designer. Bridge between technical and creative, operations and execution. Champion of the Oxford comma. Challenging the notion of a "backwards" smiley face. Lost and found in nature. 6 marathons completed, 19,800+ miles run, 17 countries visited, 1 dog named Wingnut, and 1 son who lights up my life.
Life has been a beautiful adventure since I graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a BS in Mechanical Engineering and a minor in Brain and Cognitive Sciences in 2014. I joined the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology PhD program in Medical Engineering and Medical Physics, studying at the medical school and researching intravascular devices and human-device interfaces. My pride and joy was founding the MIT Puppy Lab. In 2016, I left to dive into technical communications, medical illustration, and independent consulting, thereby cross-pollinating my loves of science, engineering, and design.
At the industrial additive manufacturing company Markforged, I quickly rose from technical content creator to Creative Lead, the highest creative role in Marketing and Sales from 2018 to 2020. In this role, I managed a brand refresh and website redesign; drove activities to enhance brand awareness, user experience, and lead generation; and produced numerous videos (9M+ views), photos, whitepapers, marketing assets, and a design system. These efforts helped enable the company to complete its Series D ($82M) in 2019 and its public merger ($2.1B valuation) in 2021.
As the Head of Technical Communications at OXMAN from 2020 to 2023, I directed strategic, corporate, and scientific communications as well as executive communications for our Founder & CEO. While the company fuses artificial intelligence (technology), biological intelligence (nature), and human intelligence (design) to empower a future of complete synergy between nature and humanity, I applied my hybrid engineering and design training to breathe life into seedling ideas and translate complex concepts into compelling stories. My work has been displayed in a major exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, major press including the Wall Street Journal and Dezeen, and the worldwide digital patent library (assignee: Neox Public Benefit LLC).
What lies ahead? I'm always curious to learn new things and would be delighted to chat if you think we could build something inspiring together (:
(updated Jan 2024)
