Case Studies

Documented reasoning from work in complex systems—what made the problem difficult, how the system changed, and what became possible.

Selected Work

Engagements in enterprise platforms, intelligent automation, governance, and product incubation.

  1. Composing the Transition · Autodesk · 2012Composing the Transition at AutodeskModernizing Autodesk’s fragmented licensing ecosystem by bringing design, architecture, product, support, and operational expertise into productive contact.
  2. Moving the Edge · Dremio · 2021–2022Moving the Edge at DremioHow a collaborative surface enabled designers without deep data-domain expertise to learn through consequential contribution and shape a sophisticated analytics platform.
  3. Precomposing Velocity · CA Technologies · 2017–2019Precomposing Velocity at CA TechnologiesHow the CA Accelerator composed funding, hiring, design, engineering, research, marketing, and sales into a repeatable system for creating new ventures at speed.
  4. Decision Clarity · Dremio · 2021–2022Designing Decision Clarity in Distributed Data SystemsRestructuring data workflows at Dremio to reduce ambiguity, improve trust, and accelerate decision-making across enterprise environments.
  5. Human-in-the-Loop · Automation Anywhere · 2020–2021Designing Human-in-the-Loop Control for AI AutomationRestructuring AI-driven automation at Automation Anywhere to improve trust, control, and decision clarity in high-stakes workflows.
  6. Decision Governance · Wells Fargo · 2019 · 6-month engagementDesigning Decision Governance in Regulated AI SystemsEnabling safe, testable AI adoption at Wells Fargo by designing decision frameworks that balance innovation with risk, compliance, and accountability.

Systems & Frameworks

Applied frameworks and observations about trust, access, accountability, and systems under pressure.

  1. HARMONIC · HARMONIC Framework · Amid the Noise · 2025–2026HARMONIC: Designing Trust Under UncertaintyAn applied framework for translating probabilistic AI outputs into structured signals that support human judgment, escalation, and trust.
  2. Civic Access · Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters · 2026Designing Access in Civic Decision SystemsExamining how large-scale voting systems establish access, trust, and defensibility through language, staffing, and observable design.
  3. Decision Systems · Amid the Noise · 2024–PresentDesigning Decision Systems Under UncertaintyOperating inside ambiguous environments to surface decision boundaries, align stakeholders, and make complex systems actionable.
  4. Systems Foundations · Friendster · Autodesk · Evernote · 1996–2016Designing Systems Before They Were Called SystemsEarly lessons from Friendster, Autodesk, and Evernote on how systems can appear to function while failing beneath the surface—and how those patterns shape system design today.