VP of Product Design | Driving Enterprise Product Strategy & Agent-Based Experiences

With over 20 years of experience in the design industry, I specialize in building high-performing product design organizations and leading the end-to-end strategy for complex, interconnected product ecosystems. As Vice President of Product Design at MSCI Inc., I currently drive the design execution for the Private Assets vertical, supporting institutional investors through sophisticated data management, portfolio analytics, and reporting solutions.

Bridging Craft and Innovation

My approach is defined by a commitment to high-level craft and the integration of emerging technologies. I lead a pod-based team of product designers pioneering an "AI-First Design-to-Code Workflow"—an ongoing initiative aimed at accelerating time to market while ensuring precision. By training custom AI skills on our real Figma design systems and user personas (such as Claude Cowork and Claude Design integrations), we build persona-aware, design-system-aware prototypes that eliminate hand-off translation and target 80%+ reusable code output directly from design to development.

Strategic Leadership & Design Operations

I thrive in environments where the boundaries between design, product, and engineering blur, rooted in a leadership style that builds user-centered, data-driven cultures from the ground up. My current work focuses on defining AI-driven product design workflows, establishing AI visual language for MSCI and leading teams to create agent-based product experiences by leveraging tools like Claude (Co-Word, Design and Code), Lovable and Figma Make to rethink value delivery.

Mentorship & The Future of Design

Beyond product strategy, I am passionate about the evolution of the designer's role. I believe designers are becoming builders who shape experiences directly from concept to code. I am dedicated to mentoring the next generation of talent—teaching UX/UI principles, fostering innovation, and helping designers find their bold point of view in an AI-augmented world.

USER RESEARCH & CONTINUOUS VALIDATION IN THE AI ERA

Deep user understanding is the cornerstone of effective product design. I drive a hybrid research and validation strategy that pairs proven user-centered methodologies—such as interviews, usability testing, heatmaps, and A/B testing—with modern AI-driven insights.

When direct user access is constrained, I leverage AI models trained on domain knowledge and past telemetry to simulate persona behaviors, uncover edge cases, and rapidly synthesize complex user feedback. However, AI synthetic insights serve as a launchpad, not a substitute. Through continuous validation, our teams ground these AI-augmented insights against real-world user metrics to eliminate friction, sharpen product accuracy, and ensure every experience delivers measurable business value.