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Craftsmanship + Leadership.

Design+ expertise for fast growth.

You've got something in motion. A team pushing hard. A roadmap full of ambition. Some pieces clicking, others… not quite. It's not failure—it's friction. The kind that slows momentum, clouds decisions, and makes it harder to see the path ahead. You're not looking for a silver bullet. You want clarity. Someone who can see the whole thing end-to-end—how it works, how it looks, how it feels to use—and shape it into something that moves with purpose.

That's where I come in.

I bring design that runs deep: usability grounded in insight, visual direction with taste, and systems that scale without losing agility. It's clarity made practical—so decisions get easier, teams move together, and the product holds up as it grows.

Not disruptive. Just effective.
For the business, and for the people it serves.

Companies I've worked with

Client Portfolio Overview

Professional relationships spanning 26+ years across diverse industries including Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, startups, and international corporations.

Client Companies

A selection of 14 notable companies across industries including technology, finance, retail, and aerospace that I have collaborated with throughout my career.

Work History and Experience

Work History

Professional Work Experience

Detailed overview of 8 professional positions spanning 26+ years of design and leadership experience.

Where an idea found its form and function.

I ideated and executed JustScore end-to-end—from brand and UX to a polished, production-ready UI code. The goal? A performance management platform that's simple, actionable, and genuinely motivating. I shaped not just the product, but the business: defining the model, pricing, and go-to-market. On the engineering side, I'm working closely with engineers to keep the codebase scalable, performant, and clean. Quality and security for us is not negotiable. I also built reusable UI components to ensure design integrity carried through to production. Along the way, I've been supported by my daughter—now growing into a confident co-founder, learning fast, and making decisions of her own. It's been part mentorship, part adventure.

Key Responsibilities at JustScore

  • Bootstrapped the business to learn fast and hands-on.
  • Coded the UI—no handoff, no gaps.
  • Designed AI experience that feels natural.
  • Owned the business strategy end to end.
  • Shaped the brand, voice, and tone from scratch.
  • Designed and coded the Marketing website

Project Gallery for JustScore

Visual examples and key metrics from work completed at JustScore

0 to 1
SaaS
AI
Web App
Mobile Native
API first
+
Product Design
Branding
Marketing
+

Scaling a Revenue Growth Management Platform.

At Chargebee, I led Product Designers, UX Writers, Researchers, and Design Technologists across a complex, multi-product SaaS platform used by startups, scale-ups, and enterprise teams worldwide. My role spanned hands-on product leadership, cross-regional team building, and systems thinking—helping shape not just how the platform worked, but how the design org itself scaled. I worked closely with teams across the US, Europe, and India, creating space for designers to thrive while pushing the products and business forward.

Key Responsibilities at Chargebee

  • Moved from Director of Product Design to Senior Director of Product Design, Research, and Design Technology.
  • Scaled and led a global design team across the US, Europe, and India.
  • Directed design of multi-product SaaS platform and contributed with the rebranding.
  • Redesigned the design system and streamlined workflows.
  • Designed the Next Generation Checkout experience.
  • Designed the platform's AI Co-pilot experience.

Project Gallery for Chargebee

Visual examples and key metrics from work completed at Chargebee

Scale-Up
SaaS
Subscription
57 badges in
high customer satisfaction
Product excellence
+40% operation efficiency
scaled team from 12 to 30
92% employee retention
Ranked #1
in 39 subscription
categories

First Zopa's Head of Experience Design.

At Zopa, I led the experience design efforts during its transition from peer-to-peer lender to fully licensed digital bank. With a tight deadline to launch, we moved fast—and hit every milestone. I scaled the design team from 4 to 8, coached them through rapid delivery cycles, and helped bring to life new savings and credit products that felt clear, modern, and trustworthy. Beyond UI, I introduced service design practices to improve the full end-to-end journey and stepped in to support branding and the launch of the marketing website.

Key Responsibilities at Zopa Bank

  • Launched FSCS-protected savings and credit card products on time.
  • Scaled the design team from 4 to 8 in three months and introduced a new hiring process.
  • Introduced service design to improve experiences beyond the screen.
  • Helped shape the brand and marketing website for bank launch.
  • Initiated and facilitated a design (thinking) training program.

Project Gallery for Zopa Bank

Visual examples and key metrics from work completed at Zopa Bank

Scale-up
Fintech
Bank
+
+27%
increase in
Customers
4.5/5
Customer
satisfaction

Leading Design in a multi-brand portfolio.

I was brought in during a delicate transition—Argos shifting from independent business into the Sainsbury's group. My mandate: steady the design ship. I led a multidisciplinary team of 16 through organisation challenges, resolving internal friction and rebuilding trust across design, research, and content. Alongside this, I improved cross-functional collaboration with engineering, enhanced the design system, and led an initiative that saved the business a couple million pounds through assets optimisation.

Key Responsibilities at Sainsbury's Argos

  • Led the UX design of Argos, Argos Financial Services, Tu Clothing, and Habitat.
  • Resolved internal team conflict during merger transition.
  • Coached and stabilised a multidisciplinary team of 16.
  • Achieved approx. £2m annual savings through optimisation.
  • Led initiative to improve the look and feel of the web experience.
  • Supported design org restructure across Sainsbury's and Argos

Project Gallery for Sainsbury's Argos

Visual examples and key metrics from work completed at Sainsbury's Argos

Enterprise
Ecommerce
Fintech
In-Store
+
Argos Financial Services
Tu Clothing
Habitat
Design Systems
Optimization
Efficiency
+

From a blank canvas to the Ocado Smart Platform.

I built from scratch and led the UX Design Chapter for the Ocado Smart Platform (OSP), a global online grocery solution built atop robotics, cloud, and big data. Starting with no design capability, I built a lean, international UX team across the UK, Poland, and Barcelona. Under tight timelines, we defined a unified user‑centred vision, introduced dual design systems (Aeris for B2B and Fraisy for B2C), and helped OSP mature into a cohesive, high‑trust product—key to securing partnerships with major retailers like Kroger (US), Sobeys (Canada) and Coles (Australia)

Key Responsibilities at Ocado Technology

  • Built and led a multidisciplinary UX team across UK, Poland, and Barcelona.
  • Defined and drove the end-to-end UX vision for OSP (B2B and B2C).
  • Created and scaled a B2B and B2C design systems.
  • Facilitated close collaboration between designers, developers, and product owners, embedding design thinking into technology-heavy culture.
  • Contributed to winning global retail partnerships with Kroger (US), ICA (Sweden), and Bon Preu (Catalonia) through clarity and cohesion of the platform experience.

Project Gallery for Ocado Technology

Visual examples and key metrics from work completed at Ocado Technology

0-1
RaaS/PaaS
Ecommerce
+
95%
Employee
retention
Kroger
Sobeys
Groupe Casino
Morrisons
Bon Preu
Ica
+
Growth
593%
Share Value

From nothing to a set of brands, built as one.

At Ocado, I led UX and product design for the General Merchandise vertical—spanning beauty (Fabled), pet supplies (Fetch), and kitchenware (Sizzle). I shaped all UX, UI, and brand identity across these destination sites, collaborating with merchandisers, marketers, engineering, and brand teams. We built mobile-first, visually compelling, and accessible commerce platforms that broke new ground in niche markets

Key Responsibilities at Ocado - General Merchandise

  • Launched Fabled, Fetch, and Sizzle, each with a unique brand and design language.
  • Built and coached a UX team across product and brand.
  • Defined UX vision and design systems across all platforms.
  • Partnered with marketing and merch teams to align brand, content, and product.
  • Implemented full accessibility standards and service design practices.

Project Gallery for Ocado - General Merchandise

Visual examples and key metrics from work completed at Ocado - General Merchandise

0-1
Retail
Ecommerce
+
>34% YoY growth
in general merchandise
revenue
Platform as a Service
Design System
In-store tech
+

Reinventing a grocery online experience at scale.

I drove major UX enhancements at Ocado.com—optimizing search, navigation, and checkout to support rapid growth. Working cross-functionally with product, analytics, and engineering teams, we deployed data-informed improvements that significantly lifted conversion rates and reduced friction. Ocado moved from launch phase into industry leadership, going public and winning awards—all while I helped shape the experience foundations that underpinned that success.

Key Responsibilities at Ocado.com

  • Redesigned search and navigation, improving findability and funnel efficiency.
  • Streamlined checkout process, leveraging cross-functional collaboration to reduce friction.
  • Supported Ocado's LSE listing in 2010 and helped increase weekly orders to over 100,000 by 2011.
  • Delivered 35%+ growth in orders year over year, supporting Ocado's accelerating scale.
  • Supported Ocado's 2010 IPO, during which weekly orders surged from ~90K to 100K+ in 2011 and beyond.

Project Gallery for Ocado.com

Visual examples and key metrics from work completed at Ocado.com

Scale-up
Retail
Ecommerce
+

From design to code, from teaching to guiding.

Before moving into leadership roles, I built my foundations working across industries as a designer, UI developer, and consultant. I partnered with global brands—helping shape digital products, brand identities, and design strategy in fast-moving, often complex environments. These years gave me hands-on experience, adaptability, and a cross-industry lens I still bring to my work today.

Key Responsibilities at Freelance

  • Collaborated with global leaders including Adobe, NASA, Sun Microsystems, ENI, Novartis, and Thomson Reuters.
  • Designed user experiences and brand assets tailored to diverse sectors and audiences.
  • Worked across international teams.
  • Awarded Macromedia Site of the Month for accessibility and design.
  • Selected to be one of the few Macromedia spacialist consultants in Italy.
  • Recognised for accessibility excellence in government portals.

Personal Profile and Background

Personal Profile

Comprehensive overview of personal background, professional philosophy, and approach to design leadership developed over 25 years of experience.

Design and Adventure
25+ years experience
London, UK

Angelic Troublemaker.
Sceptical Optimist.

Years of unconventional experience—military discipline, serving the community as a missionary, factory work, raising a family, studying abroad—shaped my design instincts long before I called myself a designer. They gave me a sense of taste grounded in purpose, developed empathy, and a decision-making style that balances precision with pragmatism.

I approach design as a way of thinking—structured, curious, and occasionally subversive. My focus isn't just on what we make, but also on how we make it: the conversations we initiate, the assumptions we challenge, and the systems we establish to support informed decisions under pressure.

Over the past two decades, I've built and led design teams across fintech, e-commerce, and SaaS—not by scaling headcount, but by shaping environments where people can think clearly and challenge each other well. I care deeply about how design integrates with the rest of the business and how we make complexity legible without simplifying things unnecessarily.

My path here wasn't exactly linear. I studied and served in the Navy, worked in a book factory to fund my Uni Computer Science studies in the US, and moved countries while building a family. Those experiences left me with a low tolerance for theatrics and a high regard for thoughtful process.

I stay sharp by stepping away—usually into the wild, often alone. That's where I do my best thinking: no slides, no backlog, just silence and a good discomfort.

Professional Background

Based in London, UK, currently serving as Product, Design, and Brand at JustScore, with 25 years of professional experience in design leadership.

Core Expertise

  • Team Building
  • Strategic Planning
  • Mentoring
  • Cross-functional Collaboration
  • Product Design
  • Design Systems
  • User Research
  • Brand Strategy
  • Next.js
  • React
  • TailwindCSS
  • AI Integration
  • Prototyping
  • Product Strategy
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Process Optimization
  • Growth