I’m John — A digital designer based in San Francisco
For two decades, I have turned my passion into a career, crafting digital products, interactive experiences, and enduring brands.
As a product and brand designer, I specialize in helping startups and growing companies elevate their digital presence and market perception. My extensive background and proven track record in creating visually stunning and highly functional websites enable businesses to stand out in the digital landscape. Along the way, I've had the privilege of working with a diverse range of companies, including Salesforce, Anthem, iHeartRadio, Grooveshark, and Mesosphere – to name just a few.
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Experience
Pulze.AI — Head of Design
2024. San Francisco, California
Pulze.ai is an advanced platform designed to optimize interactions with large language models (LLMs). At its foundation is an intelligent router, directing requests to the most suitable LLM, such as GPT-4 or Claude, based on the specific needs of the application. This system ensures high-quality responses by assessing various aspects like relevance, accuracy, and clarity. Alongside the dynamic router are a suite of tools (RAG, Prompts, Monitoring, …) enabling teams to develop AI applications faster and with a high degree of efficiency.
Pulze.AI — Head of Design
2024. San Francisco, California
Pulze.ai is an advanced platform designed to optimize interactions with large language models (LLMs). At its foundation is an intelligent router, directing requests to the most suitable LLM, such as GPT-4 or Claude, based on the specific needs of the application. This system ensures high-quality responses by assessing various aspects like relevance, accuracy, and clarity. Alongside the dynamic router are a suite of tools (RAG, Prompts, Monitoring, …) enabling teams to develop AI applications faster and with a high degree of efficiency.
Pulze.AI — Head of Design
2024. San Francisco, California
Pulze.ai is an advanced platform designed to optimize interactions with large language models (LLMs). At its foundation is an intelligent router, directing requests to the most suitable LLM, such as GPT-4 or Claude, based on the specific needs of the application. This system ensures high-quality responses by assessing various aspects like relevance, accuracy, and clarity. Alongside the dynamic router are a suite of tools (RAG, Prompts, Monitoring, …) enabling teams to develop AI applications faster and with a high degree of efficiency.
Pulze.AI — Head of Design
2024. San Francisco, California
Pulze.ai is an advanced platform designed to optimize interactions with large language models (LLMs). At its foundation is an intelligent router, directing requests to the most suitable LLM, such as GPT-4 or Claude, based on the specific needs of the application. This system ensures high-quality responses by assessing various aspects like relevance, accuracy, and clarity. Alongside the dynamic router are a suite of tools (RAG, Prompts, Monitoring, …) enabling teams to develop AI applications faster and with a high degree of efficiency.
Pulze.AI — Head of Design
2024. San Francisco, California
Pulze.ai is an advanced platform designed to optimize interactions with large language models (LLMs). At its foundation is an intelligent router, directing requests to the most suitable LLM, such as GPT-4 or Claude, based on the specific needs of the application. This system ensures high-quality responses by assessing various aspects like relevance, accuracy, and clarity. Alongside the dynamic router are a suite of tools (RAG, Prompts, Monitoring, …) enabling teams to develop AI applications faster and with a high degree of efficiency.
Yotobi Mezcal — Founder
2021 — Current. San Francisco, California
I started Yotobi with a mission to capture the good life in each bottle of mezcal. Different by design. Yotobi is 100% Espadín Agave and natural fruit distilled together for a lighter, brighter sip. Since 2021, I've been working to share the magic of mezcal with others.
Yotobi Mezcal — Founder
2021 — Current. San Francisco, California
I started Yotobi with a mission to capture the good life in each bottle of mezcal. Different by design. Yotobi is 100% Espadín Agave and natural fruit distilled together for a lighter, brighter sip. Since 2021, I've been working to share the magic of mezcal with others.
Yotobi Mezcal — Founder
2021 — Current. San Francisco, California
I started Yotobi with a mission to capture the good life in each bottle of mezcal. Different by design. Yotobi is 100% Espadín Agave and natural fruit distilled together for a lighter, brighter sip. Since 2021, I've been working to share the magic of mezcal with others.
Yotobi Mezcal — Founder
2021 — Current. San Francisco, California
I started Yotobi with a mission to capture the good life in each bottle of mezcal. Different by design. Yotobi is 100% Espadín Agave and natural fruit distilled together for a lighter, brighter sip. Since 2021, I've been working to share the magic of mezcal with others.
Yotobi Mezcal — Founder
2021 — Current. San Francisco, California
I started Yotobi with a mission to capture the good life in each bottle of mezcal. Different by design. Yotobi is 100% Espadín Agave and natural fruit distilled together for a lighter, brighter sip. Since 2021, I've been working to share the magic of mezcal with others.
Guide — VP, Design
2021 — 2024. San Francisco, California
We're reimagining the hiring journey from source to offer with the first Candidate Experience Platform for talent teams.
68% of candidates say the interview experience impacts their decision to join the company. Guide helps organizations like One Medical, Reddit, Glossier, Gitlab, Netlify and more differentiate, streamline and measure their candidate experience and win more hires.
Guide — VP, Design
2021 — 2024. San Francisco, California
We're reimagining the hiring journey from source to offer with the first Candidate Experience Platform for talent teams.
68% of candidates say the interview experience impacts their decision to join the company. Guide helps organizations like One Medical, Reddit, Glossier, Gitlab, Netlify and more differentiate, streamline and measure their candidate experience and win more hires.
Guide — VP, Design
2021 — 2024. San Francisco, California
We're reimagining the hiring journey from source to offer with the first Candidate Experience Platform for talent teams.
68% of candidates say the interview experience impacts their decision to join the company. Guide helps organizations like One Medical, Reddit, Glossier, Gitlab, Netlify and more differentiate, streamline and measure their candidate experience and win more hires.
Guide — VP, Design
2021 — 2024. San Francisco, California
We're reimagining the hiring journey from source to offer with the first Candidate Experience Platform for talent teams.
68% of candidates say the interview experience impacts their decision to join the company. Guide helps organizations like One Medical, Reddit, Glossier, Gitlab, Netlify and more differentiate, streamline and measure their candidate experience and win more hires.
Guide — VP, Design
2021 — 2024. San Francisco, California
We're reimagining the hiring journey from source to offer with the first Candidate Experience Platform for talent teams.
68% of candidates say the interview experience impacts their decision to join the company. Guide helps organizations like One Medical, Reddit, Glossier, Gitlab, Netlify and more differentiate, streamline and measure their candidate experience and win more hires.
TM — Senior Design Director
2019 — 2021. San Francisco, California
TM was a team of interdisciplinary designers who created innovative digital products and experiences with the potential to make significant societal and cultural impacts. We were passionate about supporting founders with a meaningful vision for the world. Through creativity and product design, we helped companies reach their potential.
TM was an award-winning design and innovation firm based in San Francisco, founded by Steph Bain and Shaun Modi. Our clients included startups and large businesses from various industries such as consumer products, online marketplaces, education, healthcare, enterprise, security, messaging, social platforms, and electric vehicles. Our services encompassed product strategy, branding, experience design, service design, interfaces, mobile apps, and websites.
TM — Senior Design Director
2019 — 2021. San Francisco, California
TM was a team of interdisciplinary designers who created innovative digital products and experiences with the potential to make significant societal and cultural impacts. We were passionate about supporting founders with a meaningful vision for the world. Through creativity and product design, we helped companies reach their potential.
TM was an award-winning design and innovation firm based in San Francisco, founded by Steph Bain and Shaun Modi. Our clients included startups and large businesses from various industries such as consumer products, online marketplaces, education, healthcare, enterprise, security, messaging, social platforms, and electric vehicles. Our services encompassed product strategy, branding, experience design, service design, interfaces, mobile apps, and websites.
TM — Senior Design Director
2019 — 2021. San Francisco, California
TM was a team of interdisciplinary designers who created innovative digital products and experiences with the potential to make significant societal and cultural impacts. We were passionate about supporting founders with a meaningful vision for the world. Through creativity and product design, we helped companies reach their potential.
TM was an award-winning design and innovation firm based in San Francisco, founded by Steph Bain and Shaun Modi. Our clients included startups and large businesses from various industries such as consumer products, online marketplaces, education, healthcare, enterprise, security, messaging, social platforms, and electric vehicles. Our services encompassed product strategy, branding, experience design, service design, interfaces, mobile apps, and websites.
TM — Senior Design Director
2019 — 2021. San Francisco, California
TM was a team of interdisciplinary designers who created innovative digital products and experiences with the potential to make significant societal and cultural impacts. We were passionate about supporting founders with a meaningful vision for the world. Through creativity and product design, we helped companies reach their potential.
TM was an award-winning design and innovation firm based in San Francisco, founded by Steph Bain and Shaun Modi. Our clients included startups and large businesses from various industries such as consumer products, online marketplaces, education, healthcare, enterprise, security, messaging, social platforms, and electric vehicles. Our services encompassed product strategy, branding, experience design, service design, interfaces, mobile apps, and websites.
TM — Senior Design Director
2019 — 2021. San Francisco, California
TM was a team of interdisciplinary designers who created innovative digital products and experiences with the potential to make significant societal and cultural impacts. We were passionate about supporting founders with a meaningful vision for the world. Through creativity and product design, we helped companies reach their potential.
TM was an award-winning design and innovation firm based in San Francisco, founded by Steph Bain and Shaun Modi. Our clients included startups and large businesses from various industries such as consumer products, online marketplaces, education, healthcare, enterprise, security, messaging, social platforms, and electric vehicles. Our services encompassed product strategy, branding, experience design, service design, interfaces, mobile apps, and websites.
Mesosphere (D2iQ) — Head of Design
2015 — 2018. San Francisco, California
For nearly 4 years I’ve lead a team of talented designers with an ambitious goal to enable companies to more easily manage, deploy, and run massive applications that serve billions of customers every day.
Mesosphere caters primarily to the enterprise market, serving customers like JPMorgan Chase, Verizon, Uber, Netflix, to name a few. For these companies and others like them, managing distributed systems is tricky, and writing distributed systems is even trickier. What’s more they have a complex infrastructure, running hundreds or thousands of servers either on-premise, in the cloud, or a hybrid of both. Managing this infrastructure and ensuring the production applications and services that enable their business are running and running effectively is tough work. Our mission is to make building and running these systems as easy as building or running an app on your smartphone. We call think of this as the modern datacenter and our product is the datacenter operating system (or DC/OS) that makes it all possible.
While leading design at Mesosphere I’ve been instrumental in driving a number of noteworthy projects. Some I’m more proud of include the development of the Mesosphere identity and brand, the Mesosphere DC/OS product user experience and interface, our public website, as well as several online properties. I’ve had the pleasure of hiring and working alongside a talented design team as well as collaborating equally talented engineers, product managers, marketers, and other stakeholders in bringing these projects to life.
Mesosphere (D2iQ) — Head of Design
2015 — 2018. San Francisco, California
For nearly 4 years I’ve lead a team of talented designers with an ambitious goal to enable companies to more easily manage, deploy, and run massive applications that serve billions of customers every day.
Mesosphere caters primarily to the enterprise market, serving customers like JPMorgan Chase, Verizon, Uber, Netflix, to name a few. For these companies and others like them, managing distributed systems is tricky, and writing distributed systems is even trickier. What’s more they have a complex infrastructure, running hundreds or thousands of servers either on-premise, in the cloud, or a hybrid of both. Managing this infrastructure and ensuring the production applications and services that enable their business are running and running effectively is tough work. Our mission is to make building and running these systems as easy as building or running an app on your smartphone. We call think of this as the modern datacenter and our product is the datacenter operating system (or DC/OS) that makes it all possible.
While leading design at Mesosphere I’ve been instrumental in driving a number of noteworthy projects. Some I’m more proud of include the development of the Mesosphere identity and brand, the Mesosphere DC/OS product user experience and interface, our public website, as well as several online properties. I’ve had the pleasure of hiring and working alongside a talented design team as well as collaborating equally talented engineers, product managers, marketers, and other stakeholders in bringing these projects to life.
Mesosphere (D2iQ) — Head of Design
2015 — 2018. San Francisco, California
For nearly 4 years I’ve lead a team of talented designers with an ambitious goal to enable companies to more easily manage, deploy, and run massive applications that serve billions of customers every day.
Mesosphere caters primarily to the enterprise market, serving customers like JPMorgan Chase, Verizon, Uber, Netflix, to name a few. For these companies and others like them, managing distributed systems is tricky, and writing distributed systems is even trickier. What’s more they have a complex infrastructure, running hundreds or thousands of servers either on-premise, in the cloud, or a hybrid of both. Managing this infrastructure and ensuring the production applications and services that enable their business are running and running effectively is tough work. Our mission is to make building and running these systems as easy as building or running an app on your smartphone. We call think of this as the modern datacenter and our product is the datacenter operating system (or DC/OS) that makes it all possible.
While leading design at Mesosphere I’ve been instrumental in driving a number of noteworthy projects. Some I’m more proud of include the development of the Mesosphere identity and brand, the Mesosphere DC/OS product user experience and interface, our public website, as well as several online properties. I’ve had the pleasure of hiring and working alongside a talented design team as well as collaborating equally talented engineers, product managers, marketers, and other stakeholders in bringing these projects to life.
Mesosphere (D2iQ) — Head of Design
2015 — 2018. San Francisco, California
For nearly 4 years I’ve lead a team of talented designers with an ambitious goal to enable companies to more easily manage, deploy, and run massive applications that serve billions of customers every day.
Mesosphere caters primarily to the enterprise market, serving customers like JPMorgan Chase, Verizon, Uber, Netflix, to name a few. For these companies and others like them, managing distributed systems is tricky, and writing distributed systems is even trickier. What’s more they have a complex infrastructure, running hundreds or thousands of servers either on-premise, in the cloud, or a hybrid of both. Managing this infrastructure and ensuring the production applications and services that enable their business are running and running effectively is tough work. Our mission is to make building and running these systems as easy as building or running an app on your smartphone. We call think of this as the modern datacenter and our product is the datacenter operating system (or DC/OS) that makes it all possible.
While leading design at Mesosphere I’ve been instrumental in driving a number of noteworthy projects. Some I’m more proud of include the development of the Mesosphere identity and brand, the Mesosphere DC/OS product user experience and interface, our public website, as well as several online properties. I’ve had the pleasure of hiring and working alongside a talented design team as well as collaborating equally talented engineers, product managers, marketers, and other stakeholders in bringing these projects to life.
Mesosphere (D2iQ) — Head of Design
2015 — 2018. San Francisco, California
For nearly 4 years I’ve lead a team of talented designers with an ambitious goal to enable companies to more easily manage, deploy, and run massive applications that serve billions of customers every day.
Mesosphere caters primarily to the enterprise market, serving customers like JPMorgan Chase, Verizon, Uber, Netflix, to name a few. For these companies and others like them, managing distributed systems is tricky, and writing distributed systems is even trickier. What’s more they have a complex infrastructure, running hundreds or thousands of servers either on-premise, in the cloud, or a hybrid of both. Managing this infrastructure and ensuring the production applications and services that enable their business are running and running effectively is tough work. Our mission is to make building and running these systems as easy as building or running an app on your smartphone. We call think of this as the modern datacenter and our product is the datacenter operating system (or DC/OS) that makes it all possible.
While leading design at Mesosphere I’ve been instrumental in driving a number of noteworthy projects. Some I’m more proud of include the development of the Mesosphere identity and brand, the Mesosphere DC/OS product user experience and interface, our public website, as well as several online properties. I’ve had the pleasure of hiring and working alongside a talented design team as well as collaborating equally talented engineers, product managers, marketers, and other stakeholders in bringing these projects to life.
H1 Studios — Founder
2012 — 2015. Brooklyn, New York
In 2012 I launched H1 Studios, a boutique product design and branding agency in Brooklyn, New York. H1 Studios catered to a wide range of companies, from startups void of identity and often no real product to their name, all the way up to large enterprises with an established business, brand, and audience.
We specialized in crafting unique and engaging digital experiences -- whether that be development of a lasting brand identity or helping companies simplify seemingly complex processes into streamlined, cohesive, and enjoyable products.
Clients included Salesforce, Bitly, Quirky, Desk.com, Heroku, iHeartRadio, Mesosphere, Gocella, Phone.com, and Rdio.
H1 Studios — Founder
2012 — 2015. Brooklyn, New York
In 2012 I launched H1 Studios, a boutique product design and branding agency in Brooklyn, New York. H1 Studios catered to a wide range of companies, from startups void of identity and often no real product to their name, all the way up to large enterprises with an established business, brand, and audience.
We specialized in crafting unique and engaging digital experiences -- whether that be development of a lasting brand identity or helping companies simplify seemingly complex processes into streamlined, cohesive, and enjoyable products.
Clients included Salesforce, Bitly, Quirky, Desk.com, Heroku, iHeartRadio, Mesosphere, Gocella, Phone.com, and Rdio.
H1 Studios — Founder
2012 — 2015. Brooklyn, New York
In 2012 I launched H1 Studios, a boutique product design and branding agency in Brooklyn, New York. H1 Studios catered to a wide range of companies, from startups void of identity and often no real product to their name, all the way up to large enterprises with an established business, brand, and audience.
We specialized in crafting unique and engaging digital experiences -- whether that be development of a lasting brand identity or helping companies simplify seemingly complex processes into streamlined, cohesive, and enjoyable products.
Clients included Salesforce, Bitly, Quirky, Desk.com, Heroku, iHeartRadio, Mesosphere, Gocella, Phone.com, and Rdio.
H1 Studios — Founder
2012 — 2015. Brooklyn, New York
In 2012 I launched H1 Studios, a boutique product design and branding agency in Brooklyn, New York. H1 Studios catered to a wide range of companies, from startups void of identity and often no real product to their name, all the way up to large enterprises with an established business, brand, and audience.
We specialized in crafting unique and engaging digital experiences -- whether that be development of a lasting brand identity or helping companies simplify seemingly complex processes into streamlined, cohesive, and enjoyable products.
Clients included Salesforce, Bitly, Quirky, Desk.com, Heroku, iHeartRadio, Mesosphere, Gocella, Phone.com, and Rdio.
H1 Studios — Founder
2012 — 2015. Brooklyn, New York
In 2012 I launched H1 Studios, a boutique product design and branding agency in Brooklyn, New York. H1 Studios catered to a wide range of companies, from startups void of identity and often no real product to their name, all the way up to large enterprises with an established business, brand, and audience.
We specialized in crafting unique and engaging digital experiences -- whether that be development of a lasting brand identity or helping companies simplify seemingly complex processes into streamlined, cohesive, and enjoyable products.
Clients included Salesforce, Bitly, Quirky, Desk.com, Heroku, iHeartRadio, Mesosphere, Gocella, Phone.com, and Rdio.
The BKRY — Co-founder
2012 — 2015. New York, New York
The BKRY began as a partnership between myself and Paul Geller, a previous colleague and close friend. Our goal was to bring to market new digital products that we were collectively passionate about. Our first product set out to improve the way you organize the thing you love. Socialist, as it was called, allowed users to digital lists that were not only functional, but also collaborative. Though adoption of Socialist showed promise, we decided to sunset the product and The BKRY in order to focus our individual efforts on more exciting and promising opportunities.
The BKRY — Co-founder
2012 — 2015. New York, New York
The BKRY began as a partnership between myself and Paul Geller, a previous colleague and close friend. Our goal was to bring to market new digital products that we were collectively passionate about. Our first product set out to improve the way you organize the thing you love. Socialist, as it was called, allowed users to digital lists that were not only functional, but also collaborative. Though adoption of Socialist showed promise, we decided to sunset the product and The BKRY in order to focus our individual efforts on more exciting and promising opportunities.
The BKRY — Co-founder
2012 — 2015. New York, New York
The BKRY began as a partnership between myself and Paul Geller, a previous colleague and close friend. Our goal was to bring to market new digital products that we were collectively passionate about. Our first product set out to improve the way you organize the thing you love. Socialist, as it was called, allowed users to digital lists that were not only functional, but also collaborative. Though adoption of Socialist showed promise, we decided to sunset the product and The BKRY in order to focus our individual efforts on more exciting and promising opportunities.
The BKRY — Co-founder
2012 — 2015. New York, New York
The BKRY began as a partnership between myself and Paul Geller, a previous colleague and close friend. Our goal was to bring to market new digital products that we were collectively passionate about. Our first product set out to improve the way you organize the thing you love. Socialist, as it was called, allowed users to digital lists that were not only functional, but also collaborative. Though adoption of Socialist showed promise, we decided to sunset the product and The BKRY in order to focus our individual efforts on more exciting and promising opportunities.
The BKRY — Co-founder
2012 — 2015. New York, New York
The BKRY began as a partnership between myself and Paul Geller, a previous colleague and close friend. Our goal was to bring to market new digital products that we were collectively passionate about. Our first product set out to improve the way you organize the thing you love. Socialist, as it was called, allowed users to digital lists that were not only functional, but also collaborative. Though adoption of Socialist showed promise, we decided to sunset the product and The BKRY in order to focus our individual efforts on more exciting and promising opportunities.
Grooveshark — VP, Creative Director
2007 — 2012. Gainesville, Florida
As the driving creative force behind Grooveshark, the world's pioneering online streaming music platform, I played a pivotal role in its transformative journey. I joined the team in its infancy when we were housed in a cramped college apartment. Over the five years that followed, I witnessed and contributed to a company journey that, in no hyperbolic terms, could only be described as a rocket ship.
My role straddled two domains. On one front, as VP, Creative Director, I oversaw the brand and customer experience and a diverse and talented team of designers at Grooveshark. At the same time, I was one-half of the Head of the Product function, a role shared with the co-founder and CRO. I spearheaded the launch of multiple revolutionary iterations of our popular music-streaming platform. At our peak, we boasted a staggering 40 million active monthly music listeners, a testament to the success of Grooveshark's unique product experience. Today's leading music platforms draw inspiration from the innovative technologies and design approaches pioneered by Grooveshark.
Later, at Grooveshark, I relocated to New York, where I established our New York office. I built and led an exceptional team comprising designers, developers, and account managers. Together, we crafted pioneering, first-to-market branded experiences that seamlessly integrated Grooveshark's global appeal with the marketing strategies of Fortune 500 brands.
Unfortunately, during my last year at Grooveshark, the environment at the company was clouded by legal troubles – which in part led to my departure. Despite these struggles, I look at my time at Grooveshark with pride at what we built together, the impact we had on how music fans connect with artists, and the skills and relationships built by collaborating with so many amazing and talented people – all in our 20s!
Grooveshark — VP, Creative Director
2007 — 2012. Gainesville, Florida
As the driving creative force behind Grooveshark, the world's pioneering online streaming music platform, I played a pivotal role in its transformative journey. I joined the team in its infancy when we were housed in a cramped college apartment. Over the five years that followed, I witnessed and contributed to a company journey that, in no hyperbolic terms, could only be described as a rocket ship.
My role straddled two domains. On one front, as VP, Creative Director, I oversaw the brand and customer experience and a diverse and talented team of designers at Grooveshark. At the same time, I was one-half of the Head of the Product function, a role shared with the co-founder and CRO. I spearheaded the launch of multiple revolutionary iterations of our popular music-streaming platform. At our peak, we boasted a staggering 40 million active monthly music listeners, a testament to the success of Grooveshark's unique product experience. Today's leading music platforms draw inspiration from the innovative technologies and design approaches pioneered by Grooveshark.
Later, at Grooveshark, I relocated to New York, where I established our New York office. I built and led an exceptional team comprising designers, developers, and account managers. Together, we crafted pioneering, first-to-market branded experiences that seamlessly integrated Grooveshark's global appeal with the marketing strategies of Fortune 500 brands.
Unfortunately, during my last year at Grooveshark, the environment at the company was clouded by legal troubles – which in part led to my departure. Despite these struggles, I look at my time at Grooveshark with pride at what we built together, the impact we had on how music fans connect with artists, and the skills and relationships built by collaborating with so many amazing and talented people – all in our 20s!
Grooveshark — VP, Creative Director
2007 — 2012. Gainesville, Florida
As the driving creative force behind Grooveshark, the world's pioneering online streaming music platform, I played a pivotal role in its transformative journey. I joined the team in its infancy when we were housed in a cramped college apartment. Over the five years that followed, I witnessed and contributed to a company journey that, in no hyperbolic terms, could only be described as a rocket ship.
My role straddled two domains. On one front, as VP, Creative Director, I oversaw the brand and customer experience and a diverse and talented team of designers at Grooveshark. At the same time, I was one-half of the Head of the Product function, a role shared with the co-founder and CRO. I spearheaded the launch of multiple revolutionary iterations of our popular music-streaming platform. At our peak, we boasted a staggering 40 million active monthly music listeners, a testament to the success of Grooveshark's unique product experience. Today's leading music platforms draw inspiration from the innovative technologies and design approaches pioneered by Grooveshark.
Later, at Grooveshark, I relocated to New York, where I established our New York office. I built and led an exceptional team comprising designers, developers, and account managers. Together, we crafted pioneering, first-to-market branded experiences that seamlessly integrated Grooveshark's global appeal with the marketing strategies of Fortune 500 brands.
Unfortunately, during my last year at Grooveshark, the environment at the company was clouded by legal troubles – which in part led to my departure. Despite these struggles, I look at my time at Grooveshark with pride at what we built together, the impact we had on how music fans connect with artists, and the skills and relationships built by collaborating with so many amazing and talented people – all in our 20s!
Grooveshark — VP, Creative Director
2007 — 2012. Gainesville, Florida
As the driving creative force behind Grooveshark, the world's pioneering online streaming music platform, I played a pivotal role in its transformative journey. I joined the team in its infancy when we were housed in a cramped college apartment. Over the five years that followed, I witnessed and contributed to a company journey that, in no hyperbolic terms, could only be described as a rocket ship.
My role straddled two domains. On one front, as VP, Creative Director, I oversaw the brand and customer experience and a diverse and talented team of designers at Grooveshark. At the same time, I was one-half of the Head of the Product function, a role shared with the co-founder and CRO. I spearheaded the launch of multiple revolutionary iterations of our popular music-streaming platform. At our peak, we boasted a staggering 40 million active monthly music listeners, a testament to the success of Grooveshark's unique product experience. Today's leading music platforms draw inspiration from the innovative technologies and design approaches pioneered by Grooveshark.
Later, at Grooveshark, I relocated to New York, where I established our New York office. I built and led an exceptional team comprising designers, developers, and account managers. Together, we crafted pioneering, first-to-market branded experiences that seamlessly integrated Grooveshark's global appeal with the marketing strategies of Fortune 500 brands.
Unfortunately, during my last year at Grooveshark, the environment at the company was clouded by legal troubles – which in part led to my departure. Despite these struggles, I look at my time at Grooveshark with pride at what we built together, the impact we had on how music fans connect with artists, and the skills and relationships built by collaborating with so many amazing and talented people – all in our 20s!
Grooveshark — VP, Creative Director
2007 — 2012. Gainesville, Florida
As the driving creative force behind Grooveshark, the world's pioneering online streaming music platform, I played a pivotal role in its transformative journey. I joined the team in its infancy when we were housed in a cramped college apartment. Over the five years that followed, I witnessed and contributed to a company journey that, in no hyperbolic terms, could only be described as a rocket ship.
My role straddled two domains. On one front, as VP, Creative Director, I oversaw the brand and customer experience and a diverse and talented team of designers at Grooveshark. At the same time, I was one-half of the Head of the Product function, a role shared with the co-founder and CRO. I spearheaded the launch of multiple revolutionary iterations of our popular music-streaming platform. At our peak, we boasted a staggering 40 million active monthly music listeners, a testament to the success of Grooveshark's unique product experience. Today's leading music platforms draw inspiration from the innovative technologies and design approaches pioneered by Grooveshark.
Later, at Grooveshark, I relocated to New York, where I established our New York office. I built and led an exceptional team comprising designers, developers, and account managers. Together, we crafted pioneering, first-to-market branded experiences that seamlessly integrated Grooveshark's global appeal with the marketing strategies of Fortune 500 brands.
Unfortunately, during my last year at Grooveshark, the environment at the company was clouded by legal troubles – which in part led to my departure. Despite these struggles, I look at my time at Grooveshark with pride at what we built together, the impact we had on how music fans connect with artists, and the skills and relationships built by collaborating with so many amazing and talented people – all in our 20s!
Awards & Patents
Awwwards
TM Agency Website
Our work on TM's company website (weare.tm) was awarded Site of the Day, Developer Site of the Month, and Honorable Mention for the Month of Sept 2020.
Awwwards
TM Agency Website
Our work on TM's company website (weare.tm) was awarded Site of the Day, Developer Site of the Month, and Honorable Mention for the Month of Sept 2020.
Awwwards
TM Agency Website
Our work on TM's company website (weare.tm) was awarded Site of the Day, Developer Site of the Month, and Honorable Mention for the Month of Sept 2020.
Awwwards
TM Agency Website
Our work on TM's company website (weare.tm) was awarded Site of the Day, Developer Site of the Month, and Honorable Mention for the Month of Sept 2020.
Awwwards
TM Agency Website
Our work on TM's company website (weare.tm) was awarded Site of the Day, Developer Site of the Month, and Honorable Mention for the Month of Sept 2020.
Patent USD952672S1
Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
In collaboration with NextNav, I led the design of a first-of-its-kind geospatial user interface. We invented a solution for visualizing a collection of individuals' real-world locations from an overhead 2D view alongside their vertical altitude.
Patent USD952672S1
Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
In collaboration with NextNav, I led the design of a first-of-its-kind geospatial user interface. We invented a solution for visualizing a collection of individuals' real-world locations from an overhead 2D view alongside their vertical altitude.
Patent USD952672S1
Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
In collaboration with NextNav, I led the design of a first-of-its-kind geospatial user interface. We invented a solution for visualizing a collection of individuals' real-world locations from an overhead 2D view alongside their vertical altitude.
Patent USD952672S1
Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
In collaboration with NextNav, I led the design of a first-of-its-kind geospatial user interface. We invented a solution for visualizing a collection of individuals' real-world locations from an overhead 2D view alongside their vertical altitude.
Patent USD952672S1
Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
In collaboration with NextNav, I led the design of a first-of-its-kind geospatial user interface. We invented a solution for visualizing a collection of individuals' real-world locations from an overhead 2D view alongside their vertical altitude.