Three kinds of systems
The same habit shows up in hardware, clinical software, and team process: map the constraints first, then build something repeatable.
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Product systems
Mass-manufactured hard and soft goods — DFM, tooling partnership, and patents in defense and consumer electronics.
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Human systems
Clinician and patient interfaces for implanted neuromodulation systems, a tactical device-management app, and a scientific instrument’s embedded UI.
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Agentic design ops
Design systems mapped to engineering build, design-to-code pipelines, and AI-assisted lifecycle process that lets cross-functional teams ship.
Case studies
All work-
Reptilia Storefront UX Audit
A usability and WCAG 2.1 AA audit of reptiliacorp.com, turned into a clickable mobile-first storefront prototype. In the prototype, store chrome went from 43% of the phone screen to 14%.
- Client
- Reptilia
- Years
- 2026
- Industry
- Software and platforms, Consumer and outdoor
- Outcome
- Store chrome 43% → 14% of the phone screen (prototype)
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Kelty Micro Chair
A camp chair that unfolds itself instead of being assembled. Asked to model Kelty's concept, I replaced its many moving pivots with one larger central hub, then proved the motion in Fusion 360 and 3-D printed prototypes.
- Client
- Kelty
- Years
- 2020–2021
- Industry
- Consumer and outdoor
- Material
- Metal
- Outcome
- Redesigned around a single hub; working printed prototypes; Kelty paused the project
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directSTIM™ DBS
A clinician programmer for directional deep brain stimulation, built on a platform designed for the spine: I moved programming from an electrode grid to the brain itself, and the released programmer kept the design. The system received the CE Mark in 2019 and FDA approval for a US clinical study in 2022.
- Client
- Aleva Neurotherapeutics (via Nuvectra)
- Years
- 2017–2019
- Industry
- Medical devices
- Outcome
- Shipped in the CE-marked system (2019); FDA-approved US IDE study (2022)
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Nett Warrior Case and Mount (Sword International / Kägwerks)
A sealed, rugged case and fold-down chest mount for the Galaxy Note II that US Army Nett Warrior soldiers wear on their plate carriers, built to undercut the market leader on price, with a hinge designed for parachute-opening shock. I took the design from kickoff to finished in about six months; a manufacturing engineer completed the engineering for tooling, followed by a cast-urethane early production run.
- Client
- Sword International (later Kägwerks)
- Years
- 2014–2015
- Industry
- Defense and public safety
- Material
- Polymer
- Process
- Injection molding
- Outcome
- Kickoff to finished design in about six months; cast-urethane early production run
Track record
Patents
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