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Hi, I’m Kai. I help enterprise startup leadership make product design decisions to reach sales objectives.

Top Case Studies

Tactical User Research

How we embedded customer input into the UX design process.

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Consumerize Enterprise UX

How we made complex automations intuitive and desirable.

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When to Redesign Core UI

How we adapted to what prospects wanted and closed sales.

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20-year Summary

  • I have designed for print, branding, marketing, media, interactive, UI, UX, and complex products.
  • I have shipped products for gaming, social mobile, and web applications for enterprise domains.
  • I have worked in small, medium and large companies, primarily funded startups – 2 acquisitions.
  • I have held roles as 1st, Sr., Principal Designer, Manager, Director, and Head of Design.
  • I have led design on cross-functional teams through all stages of software development.

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Design Philosophy

From Design Thinking and Human-Centered Design to applying methods of Lean Product Design – Before these approaches – there needs to be an aspiration. In this era of speed and change, I say “Design with wisdom”.

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Design Insights

For personal improvement, I keep a retrospective of collaborations with product management, engineering, marketing, and sales to distill them into lessons of success and failure.

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