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Empowerment

As a principal designer, I serve as a bridge between leadership and product teams to ensure we are aligned and delivering maximum business and user value.

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Enablement

Being a principal designer isn't about directing every pixel; it's about multiplying impact by leveling up others with strategic context, tactical guidance, and critical feedback.

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Excellence

Nurturing a culture of critique and collaboration educates everyone and elevates quality. By optimizing tool usage and investing in shared assets I boost efficiency and consistency.

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AI Expertise

Beyond the buzzwords, my practical understanding of AI—from LLMs to agent design—shapes leadership's vision and guides teams to realize the full value of AI investments.

PRODUCT DESIGN &
STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP

Driving User & Business Value

PROJECTS

The work is not the designer, but it does give a sense of the designer's craft and thinking.

AI Data Monitoring Agent

What if AI could monitor your financials, alert you to meaningful variance and serve as a co-pilot for during analysis?

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AI Data Analysis POC

Can I "prove" an LLM can ingest a schema and data so users can ask complex questions in plain language?

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Report Author's Upgrade

Is it possible to meaningfully improve creation and maintenance of an extremely dated legacy system?

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Accessible Palettes

How do you create a charting palette color blind users can differentiate all the colors from each other?

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Figmacraft & Prototypery

Can we level up the entire design organization by teaching them how to leverage the best features of Figma?

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Ways of Working

How do we set our team up for success by communicating clearly instead of just relying on word of mouth?

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Andrew Riechel

Vice President Financials

Michael has been a great partner in working toward defining a long-term strategy for financial reporting. He is a pleasure to work with, always being reliable, eager, and energetic. He has a strong degree of business and results-orientation which is appreciated, and he’s been very helpful in steering the group toward tangible outcomes and forward momentum.

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Padma Ayyadurai

Principal Product Manager

I’m grateful for Michael's partnership and the support that he provides for our Report Writer features and accessibility program. I appreciate his passion, energy and efforts - from listening to the functional requirements, understanding the corner cases and product limitations to sharing the UX requirements and providing guidance to create the prototypes.

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Antoinette Reade

Senior Product Manager

Thank you for your continued exploration and innovation to help solve the problem of data source findability. You have excelled at driving this forward through collaboration both internally and with other Workday teams and through learning new skills which you have educated the wider team with.

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Ted Liu

Senior UX Designer

Thanks for going above and beyond working on the Gartner Magic Quadrant presentation screens. You delivered in your area and offered support in a timely and thoughtful manner while simultaneously creating and maintaining an extensive Gartner pattern library. Your leadership helped ensure that the designs stayed consisted across teams.

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Alysse Schwertscharf

Senior UX Designer

Thank you so much for your EXCELLENT Figma prototype demo during Experience Summit this year! It was so helpful to reference your workshop and Figma file to build a realistic Search experience. I'm trying to ensure my prototype feels as real as possible for an expert review and it was great to see it come to life! Thank you again, Michael!

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Chiwon Lee

UX Designer

You have a keen eye for detail and give helpful, specific, and actionable advice. I’m often surprised how quickly you grasp the context and provide ideas on design directions to explore. You practice active listening, and are always open to discussion on what could work best for the use case we are solving for.

QUOTES

Here are some kind words that my colleagues have shared about me and the work we've done together.

WRITINGS

A picture is worth a thousand words, but the right words can spark ideas, shape understanding, and drive change.

Workday

Principal Product Designer

2017 - 2025 (7 years)

I delivered products like Workday Slides and major features like Reporting Enhancements by partnering closely with engineering and product management. My success with this working model helped it gain traction and I mentored others in the approach.

Trio Health

Creative Director, UX

2013 - 2017 (4 years)

As the startup’s first UX hire, I established a user-centric approach for products like the Provider Portal and built strong ties with marketing and sales, promoting a balance between user and customer needs to improve patient outcomes.

IHS Markit

Associate Creative Director

2009 - 2013 (4 years)

As a self-taught designer working for the first time on a design team, I learned a lot. By the end I was leading work for Schwab, one of our largest clients, and creating innovative in-house products like Commission Manager as well as mentoring other designers.

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PM / UX Designer

2006 - 2009 (3 years)

As product manager for our Translation Management System, I identified gaps in user needs, taught myself UX design, and shared that knowledge with my team—improving both product usability and team alignment.

EXPERIENCE

I've left behind countless prototypes and asset libraries, but what I hope I'm remembered for goes beyond the artifacts.

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