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Hello, I'm Steve, a product experience designer and team leader based in Toronto, Canada.

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For over 17 years I've been dedicated to scaling products, crafting user experiences and designing interfaces for the digital space. I hold a degree in Human-Computer Interaction Design from the Simon Fraser University. From the very start my passion has always been design and approaching problems using design thinking. I will always advocate for the user, but also understand the realities and expectations of a business.

Through the years, I've had the pleasure of collaborating with teams of various sizes. From closely working with founders in start-ups, to larger corporate companies, I have delivered results in all settings. I have gathered experience in executing at every stage of the process - from initial strategy, through post-launch iterations. I lead by doing, collaborating and ensuring design drives measurable outcomes.

Hey! I'm Steve - An interaction designer & team leader based in Toronto, Canada.

For over 17 years I have been dedicated to driving product growth in the digital space. I lead by doing, collaborating and ensuring design drives measurable outcomes.

My experience spans the full spectrum of the digital product design cycle, from initial strategy, through post-launch iterations. I have experience in collaborating and delivering at every stage of the process.

These days I lead design at Enghouse Systems, delivering solutions for SaaS products in the CX Enterprise, Video Communication, Healthcare & Digital Collaboration sectors.

What I do

I lead design teams to ship products and experiences by translating complex business goals into actionable, measurable plans.
I establish work processes, adapting to the available skillset of a team and constraints of a business.
I build, maintain and scale design systems.
I help understand customer journeys, user pain-points and churn in order to help brands connect better with their audience.

Design Philosophy

Good design also isn't about aesthetics or visually striking user interfaces. It's about understanding a problem well enough, so as to create solutions that feel obvious in hindsight. I strive to design products which complement human cognition rather than trying to automate it away.

Additionally, I believe good product design requires an understanding of business realities. I learnt this early on in my career, that design decisions which ignore business constraints don’t yield successful products.