I’m an AI & design leader.

Currently SVP of Design, Research & Taste at Pocket FM; before that at Atlassian, Unacademy, Airlearn, Google (Search, Cloud, Photos), Ola, and more. I help startups and large companies build and grow products through design across consumer tech, education, enterprise SaaS, fintech, healthcare, and mobility.

Latest notes

Notes on product, design and leadership, born out of empirical learnings and everyday observations.

Making big things happenLeadership

Solari split-flapAI experiments

Large companies can't operate at the frontierLeadership

Expose your design system to LLMsAI experiments

16 pieces of design wisdomCareer

Power prompts in Claude CodeAI experiments

The invisible workLeadership

New Claude skill: Stop SlopAI experiments

Systems, stables and starsLeadership

ExposureCareer

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Projects

✨ Iconic

A curated collection of photographs from technology, design, craft and filmmaking history.

Solari split-flap

A faithful recreation of the mechanical airport departure boards. Open source.

Stop Slop

A Claude Code skill that detects and eliminates AI generated writing patterns from your prose.

Vibe Slack

A Slack redesign kit built entirely through vibe coding with Cursor.

Vibe prototyping

Practical lessons from spending 60 hours vibe coding in a month with Cursor.

Get in touch

I love helping folks with the pursuit of good design cultures, career growth, projects and portfolio guidance. I also enjoy assisting founders with product and design strategy for their business. Say hello anytime.

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