I've spent my career doing a bit of everything at small and mid-size startups. If you need a senior designer who can take a problem and run with it, that's where I thrive.
15 years
Designing products
8
Distinct products shipped
4
3
Zero-to-one launches
"I actually can't say it too many times - every time I work on something that David has spec'ed, I am delighted by the thoroughness and clarity with which he creates them. I genuinely look forward to reading them. He thinks through everything and makes it readable and clear enough for someone with an engineering point of view to understand and act on."
- Eliza, Frontend Developer
Selected case studies
Presented below are a handful of case studies from my career. Each one selected to highlight a different aspect of my skillset — 0 to 1 UX process, continual product iteration, and deep interaction design.
About me
Outside of work, I geek out over film scores, Frasier re-runs, and cooking at home (pan-fried shallots are the secret to the best burgers). I write orchestra music for fun, have a deep love for factory building video games (Satisfactory, Factorio, and Shapez), and I'm on a quest to find the best biscuits and gravy in Seattle.
Before being a product designer I was a photojournalist, and I've never quite turned off the habit of looking for the story in ordinary scenes. These days that instinct mostly gets pointed at cities: I'm a major public transit nerd, and my wife and I are working our way through all of the Olmsted Walks in Seattle over the past few summers. We're a little over halfway, and it's been the best way to see corners of the city we'd otherwise drive right past.
