Case Studies

Systems-first product leadership

Select case studies spanning design systems, UX strategy, and product delivery. Each story highlights the architecture, governance, and team practices behind the work.

  • CMOS dashboard showing mission status and project memory snapshots
    System 2023–Present

    CMOS + DeepSearch — The High-Integrity Delivery Loop

    Orchestrating autonomous agents from research into build with auditable project memory.

    A unified delivery platform that connects DeepSearch research loops with CMOS mission orchestration, providing a protocol-first pipeline for AI-assisted engineering.

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  • OODS Foundry component library and token architecture
    Innovation 2023–Present

    OODS Foundry — Object-Oriented Design System

    OODS Foundry turns UI development into trait composition. Instead of hand-coding components, teams assemble objects from reusable capabilities, backed by strict token guardrails, OKLCH color policy, and automated evidence that keeps accessibility and governance in lockstep.

    Context-aware UI platform where components bind only to semantic tokens, delivering accessible multi-brand experiences without code churn.

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  • TraceLab knowledge management interface showing projects and validated insights
    Innovation 2024–Present

    TraceLab — Building the Library That Teaches AI to Remember

    An Autonomous Knowledge System that turns research into validated, searchable institutional memory.

    Structured research platform that enforces data contracts through Pydantic validation and quality gates, enabling autonomous agents to generate reusable knowledge.

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  • Uptake design system wireframe
    System 2016–2019

    Industrial IoT Design System — Uptake

    Design system for real-time industrial dashboards and safety-critical alerts across multiple verticals.

    Built and led a 12-person UX team and an industrial IoT design system that unified time-series, alerting, and diagnostic patterns across a suite of ML and data products.

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  • Paylocity Citrus design system screens
    System 2019–2022

    Paylocity UX/UI Modernization — Citrus Design System

    From 'C+' UI to a modern, governed design system that scaled across a multi-product HR platform.

    Helped lead the UI modernization that unified Paylocity's suite around the Citrus design system, contributing shared patterns, components, and a five-dimension brand-to-UX framework.

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  • Paylocity video solutions experience
    Innovation 2019–2022

    Paylocity Video Solutions

    Unifying video creation, delivery, and analytics into a credible, high-engagement platform capability.

    Led UX strategy for a video ecosystem that spans onboarding, learning, communication, and recognition, turning video from a bolt-on feature into a differentiated platform capability.

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