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Designer & Prototyper

Creating intuitive IX systems for emerging AI and new hardware

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20+ years of experience with consumer & business apps.

AI Experiences

Real world interactions via multi-modal understanding

  • Meta AI

    Spearheaded the design and development of new computer vision-based targeting and selection techniques used in Meta AI's Live AI features

  • Translate

    Drove the introduction of new features including Live Translate, taking advantage of Meta's AI research breakthroughs

  • Autocapture

    Enabled Autocapture launch, by working with the AI research and product teams to design and develop new computer vision-based AI models

AI Glasses Interaction Models

Effortless control with Meta Neural Band + CapTouch

  • Input gestures

    Designed new input primitives for the Meta Neural Band, enabling users to control their glasses with subtle, natural gestures

  • Interaction Model

    Standardized the interaction model for the Meta Neural Band and CapTouch sensors, ensuring consistent and predictable behavior across all features

  • Text entry

    Explored and defined EMG-based text entry methods like handwriting and auto-complete, successfully bringing neural text input into the core product

Google

Google Assistant Multimodal Framework

Quality + coherence across features and devices

  • 20+ mulimodal patterns

    Created and standardized patterns and templates which enabled 30+ features launches

  • +20m DAU

    Redesigned Google Voice Search's multi-turn features as multimodal experiences in Google Assistant

  • 3 new device types

    Collaborated with Eng to consolide 5 codebases into 1, allowing on-time release of new devices

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Google Assistant on 3P Devices

Seamless integration, scaled reach.

  • "Best TV" at CES — Engadget

    Drove design strategy and execution with VP level across companies for integrating the Google Assistant into 3P TVs, including LG

  • +10's of millions of devices

    Integrated Google Assistant into a wide range of 3P devices, from headphones, to speakers, to cameras and more

  • New Tech, Consistent UX

    Ensured the look, sound and feel of Google Assistant was maintained as a first-class citizen on 3P devices

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