About 😀
Work
I’m a Digital Product Designer with 15+ years experience working with multiple teams of product managers, designers and developers in an Agile environment to build and ship high-usage SAAS products in B2B and B2C environments.
I enjoy using data-driven methods to identify problems our customers have and then find solutions through research, sketching, testing, building and then continuously refining these solutions.
Principles I run by:
Design is just problem solving.
Design without constraints is called art.
If we have data, let’s look at data. If all we have are opinions, let’s go with mine. (James Barksdale, Netscape CEO).
Experience
2022 / 8x8 → Product Design Manager
2020 / Deepstash → Product Design Lead
2016 / Hootsuite → User Experience Design Lead
2014 / Totalsoft → User Experience Designer
2011 / IBM → User Experience Professional
Education
2009 / Polytechnics University of Bucharest → B.S. Computer Science
2011 / Romanian-American University of Bucharest → B.S. Management
Certifications
2020 / Nielsen Norman Group → UX Management Certificate no. 1030732 (check)
Download my resume or check out a selection of my work.
Outside of work
I love to travel and explore new places, usually on my bike. Right now I’m based in Bucharest, Romania, but I’ve spent the winter of ‘21-’22 working remotely from the Canary Islands. I got there riding from Bucharest, Romania to Huelva, Spain and then hopping on a ferry to Tenerife in December ‘21. Made an Instagram reel about this just to keep track of my journey, otherwise I’m not an avid social media user.
Besides traveling, I love music, food, wine, dogs, and the outdoors. I’m also a sucker for amazing views. Like these.↓
