DIGITAL EXPERIENCE GOVERNANCE

Strategic Product & Systems Leadership

I'm a strategic product leader specializing in complex digital experiences for global platforms and millions of users. My expertise lies in bridging user needs, business strategy, and technical feasibilityโ€”delivering measurable impact like 15% conversion lifts and 40% improvements in discoverability for AAA franchises at Ubisoft. I excel at the intersection of product strategy, user experience, privacy programs, and operational systems, whether defining governance frameworks, identifying and resolving technical debt, leading cross-functional teams, or building scalable solutions. I'm driven by the challenge of transforming sophisticated systems into seamless, compliant, high-performing experiences.

Core Competencies

UX Strategy & Governance Design Systems & Scalability Technical & Design Debt Resolution User Research & Discovery Information Architecture Design Thinking & Prototyping Cross-Functional Leadership Privacy-First Product Strategy Global Compliance (GDPR, CCPA, COPPA) Content Operations & Strategy Internationalization & Localization A/B Testing & Optimization Personalization & Segmentation Stakeholder Management

Professional Experience

Director, Global Digital Experience

7/2020 โ€“ 2/2025

Ubisoft

  • Established UX governance framework and design standards across global markets, creating scalable systems that improved experience consistency for 30+ million monthly visits while reducing design debt and accelerating delivery timelines.
  • Led comprehensive UX audit identifying critical usability and compliance gaps across 100+ global affiliate websites, uncovering multi-million dollar regulatory risks and designing user-centered solutions implemented across cross-functional teams (Engineering, Legal, IT).
  • Designed and implemented centralized consent management UX, balancing user experience with regulatory requirements, reducing third-party cookie footprint by 27% through strategic vendor consolidation while improving page performance and user trust.
  • Architected universal taxonomic system and information architecture covering 80+ core products and events, resolving technical debt in content structures, reducing content creation time by 30% and increasing reuse by 2x through intuitive categorization.
  • Piloted enterprise design system with 50+ designers/producers, eliminating compliance violations (ESRB, PEGI, COPPA, GDPR, CCPA, a11y) through systematic component library and reducing creative/legal review cycles by 60%.
  • Conducted extensive user research across 70,000+ players, designed personalized experience frameworks, and implemented AI-powered translation solutions that doubled time on site and engagement for underrepresented language communities.
  • Identified and resolved operational debt by redesigning content workflows and systems architecture, reducing content ops workload by over 75% through scalable automation and improved tooling.

Executive Producer

7/2016 โ€“ 7/2020

Ubisoft

  • Led 0-to-1 UX strategy, research, design, and launch of global search and content discovery systems, conducting user research to identify navigation pain points and designing solutions that boosted discoverability of monetizable content by 40%.
  • Designed and prototyped cross-domain global navigation system impacting 150+ digital domains, using iterative A/B testing and user research to achieve 20% higher task completion rate while addressing legacy technical debt.
  • Created personalization framework and adaptive UI patterns based on cohort behavior research, prototyping and testing targeted experiences that yielded 35% boost in engagement while maintaining design system consistency.
  • Established UX compliance framework integrating GDPR and WCAG requirements into design sprints through systematic GAP analysis, resulting in 100% adherence in all new user flows and eliminating post-launch remediation.
  • Directed end-to-end UX for premium game franchise web experiences through research, prototyping, and iterative testing, resulting in 15% increase in purchase and engagement conversion rates.
  • Successfully negotiated and managed complex international vendor contracts valued at $500K-$1M annually, ensuring design quality and technical compliance.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Digital Marketing Producer - Ubisoft
  • Designed and launched digital experiences for AAA game franchises with sales exceeding 155 million units globally, conducting user research and iterative prototyping to optimize conversion funnels.
  • Designed community engagement features including gamified elements, personalized user dashboards, and integrated social interaction tools, leveraging user research and behavioral data to drive engagement while integrating with Salesforce CRM.
  • Created UX strategy and governance models for user-generated content platforms, balancing creative freedom with brand compliance through thoughtful interaction design and content moderation systems.
Program Manager - Haas School, University of California, Berkeley
  • Managed digital initiatives supporting academic research programs, implementing user-centered design and content frameworks that improved discoverability and engagement for research audiences.
  • Navigated complex state budget systems and administrative processes to deliver program objectives while ensuring fiscal compliance and accountability.

Featured Projects

Key initiatives demonstrating expertise in UX strategy, systems design, technical debt resolution, and compliance-driven product leadership.

Screenshot of the Global News Platform Relaunch

๐Ÿ“ฐ Global Content Strategy & Governance Platform

A foundational, multi-year UX initiative encompassing extensive user research, interaction design, and design system development. Defined international content operations strategy and established new Information Architecture and taxonomy, resolving years of technical debt. Migrated platform to scalable React/cloud infrastructure, ensuring brand compliance and forward-looking governance standards, while delivering standardized global measurement framework.

Screenshot of the Ubisoft.com Homescreen Redesign

๐Ÿ  Modular React Platform & Global UX Standardization

A major strategic UX overhaul of the global Homescreen, utilizing extensive user research, competitive analysis, and iterative prototyping to showcase diverse content. Achieved technical autonomy by implementing React-based modular design system, addressing infrastructure debt, decreasing global page load times by 1-3 seconds, and drastically cutting production timelines. Standardized user experience, improved baseline analytics, and validated hypotheses for increased engagement.

Screenshot of the Global Search Infrastructure Redesign

๐Ÿ” Intelligent Cross-Domain Search & Content Discoverability

Architected and deployed intelligent, next-generation Global Search Platform unifying indexing across all content domains through comprehensive UX research and interaction design. Focused on shortening conversion funnels through intuitive discovery patterns. Key deliverables included modern UX features like real-time auto-complete and personalization, driven by new metadata schema and controlled vocabularies, ensuring conversion-optimized, localized results with clear prioritization.

Technical Proficiency & Expertise

๐ŸŽจ UX & Design Tools

Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, InVision, Miro, FigJam, Axure, Balsamiq, Prototyping Tools, Design System Management, Component Libraries, Wireframing & High-Fidelity Design.

๐Ÿ”ฌ User Research & Testing

Qualitative & Quantitative Research Methods, Usability Testing, User Interviews, Surveys, Card Sorting, Tree Testing, Journey Mapping, Persona Development, Heuristic Evaluation, Competitive Analysis.

๐Ÿ—๏ธ Information Architecture & Interaction Design

IA Strategy, Taxonomies & Metadata, Content Modeling, Navigation Design, Interaction Patterns, Microinteractions, Responsive Design Patterns, Accessibility Standards (WCAG).

๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Privacy & Compliance UX

Consent & Preference Management Systems, Privacy-Focused UX Design, Global Privacy Governance (GDPR, CCPA, COPPA), Multi-Market Personalization, Trust-Building Interface Design.

๐Ÿ’ป Frontend Implementation & Web Optimization

HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React frameworks, Live Environment Publishing, Web Performance Optimization, Cross-browser Compatibility & Responsive Design, Design Handoff.

๐Ÿ“Š Data Analytics & Experimentation

A/B Testing, Multivariate Testing, Behavioral & Cohort Analysis, Analytics Platforms (Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics), Heatmaps & Session Recording, KPI Definition & Measurement.

โš™๏ธ Enterprise Systems & Content Operations

Enterprise CMS & DXPs (Contentful, Adobe Experience Manager, WordPress), API Integrations, Scalable Global Content Systems, Structured Content, DAM Systems.

๐Ÿ”Ž Search Infrastructure & SEO

Global Search Systems (Elastic, Algolia), Search UX Design, Faceted Navigation, SEO Optimization (Search Console, Lighthouse), Metadata Strategy, Schema Markup.

๐Ÿงญ Product Management & Program Leadership

Agile/Scrum Methodologies, Product Roadmapping, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Stakeholder Management, Design Operations (DesignOps), Risk Strategy & Governance, Budget Management.