πŸ‘‹ Hi there, I’m Mark!

I believe design is about empowering people.

I love creating experiences and products that elevate their work while bringing joy to the process. I navigate complexity through research-driven design thinking, translating human behavior insights into systems that scale.

My sweet spots include building from scratch, bridging the gap between design, product and engineering, and developing teams that consistently deliver exceptional results.


I've spent 12+ years shipping 0β†’1 products.

Mainly in venture-backed startups with great teams. I also created and sold a successful agency, and co-founded my own startup.

Head of Product Design
Observe

2019 - now

Founding design member β€’ Major contributor to raising $300M+ and 200% ARR increase β€’ Led large redesign that contributed to 250% increase in MAUs β€’ Leading design & research for agentic experiences


Product Design Lead
Eversight

2017 - 2019

Led product design for 3 AI/ML-powered products β€’ New market MVP directly led to acquisition of 3 major pilot programs β€’ Contributions led to acquisition by Instacart


Co-founder, Designer
Sureify

2014 - 2017

Major contributor to raising $500K Seed and $5M Series A β€’ Prototypes led to signing of 500-user pilot program


Product Designer
Vendus Product Labs

2014 - 2016

Started in garage, built out offices in Silicon Valley and India β€’ Major contributor to producing $1.5M+ in sales for first year β€’ Sold the agency and spun out an internal side project into new company


Product Designer
Sazze

2014


Visual Designer
Google

2013 - 2014

Worked across products used by millions of people every day β€” AdWords, Google Shopping Express, Google Play, Google Analytics, Google Partners, and Google Fiber


Visual Designer
Protective Life

2013


Production Designer
Williams-Sonoma

2012 - 2013

I’ve also collaborated with various clients

Outside of design

Just another Californian, loving good vibes and great outdoors.

πŸ’ Ice hockey

πŸ₯ Drums & music

🐢 Hiking with my dog

🧭 Exploring in my Rivian

🚡 Mountain biking

πŸ‚ Snowboarding