• Strategy & discovery in research-led and enterprise contexts

• Product and service thinking across complex digital systems

• Research synthesis (qualitative and quantitative) to inform decisions

• Teaching and mentoring focused on clarity, judgment, and systems thinking

Formal Education

PG Cert. Interactive Media Management
George Brown College, Toronto, ON
Thesis Topic: Humanizing VR

Bachelor of Industrial Design
Auburn University, AL, USA
Collaborative Study Abroad | Ireland and UK

Certificates

UI Mastery
DesignLab

AI x Design Thinking
IDEO

WCAG Web Accessibility
W3C, EdX

MBA Essentials
Rotman School of Management
Toronto, ON

I believe that through commitment and will, we can solve even the most challenging problems. I’m motivated by work that considers long-term human, social, and organizational impact. Alongside my professional work in strategy and decision-making, I’m interested in how environments, experiences, and education shape values, empathy, and contribution over time.

Over the long term, I hope to apply the judgment, systems thinking, and leadership I’m developing today toward purpose-driven initiatives that connect reflection with action, particularly in contexts involving families, learning, and community. This perspective informs how I approach my current work, but my focus remains on building depth, accountability, and impact in strategy roles today.

Two problems I’d like to solve in my lifetime:

1. Today, one of the most complex problem our world faces is of trying to find happiness through commodities. Part of this, I think, is because of self identification and fitting within society. In the long term, I’m committed to helping answer this question for myself and for the world. I want to help people slow down and connect with themselves and those around them through a space that promotes connectedness and happiness, rather than falling into the trap of the fear of missing out.
   Some things to continue this discussion: Hobbies, mindfulness, meditation, Ikigai.
   What’s piqued my interest recently:
   https://worldhappiness.report/
   https://www.thisisreset.org/
   

2. Converting non-profit work to for-profit work. Although more research is needed in this topic, (an AI model estimates that) only about 4-5% of the world’s GDP is made up on the non profit world. In a famous quote by the co-founder of Wired Magazine, Kevin Kelley, “If we could automate 90% of what we do, we will still have more work than we know what to do with.” There’s too many people that want to do “good” work, but there’s only a handful that actually do.

   As is said by Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, “When we want to help the poor, we usually offer them charity. Most often we use charity to avoid recognizing the problem and finding the solution for it. Charity becomes a way to shrug off our responsibility. But charity is no solution to poverty. Charity only perpetuates poverty by taking the initiative away from the poor. Charity allows us to go ahead with our own lives without worrying about the lives of the poor. Charity appeases our consciences.”
   My work at the World Design Organization helped inform this more.
   Find out what we worked on.

“Good design is as little design as possible” - Dieter Rams