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I translate regulatory, operational and safety constraints into experiences people can understand and use — in vehicles, on connected devices, and in the intelligent systems that act on their behalf.
AUTONOMY
MULTIMODAL
PHYSICAL AI
FIELD RESEARCH 2023
PRINCIPLES
How I design for trust.
In a vehicle, on a device, or anywhere
software acts on someone's behalf.
01
Constraints are the brief.
Regulations and safety needs aren’t obstacles — they’re the clearest direction a designer can get.
Hours of Service · ELD · ADAS
03
Earn trust in automation.
Show what the system is doing, ask before acting, and make mistakes easy to recover from.
ADAS alert escalation · voice consent & error
recovery
02
Design for the moment of use.
Ride along, sit in, watch closely. The best insights come from the cab, not the conference room.
Field rides · dispatch shadowing · concept-
vehicle journeys
04
Scale it, then ship it.
Design once, work everywhere, and hand engineering specs they can build from.
Android Automotive OS · OEM & Tier 1 partners ·production specs
WORK
(04) SELECTED CASE STUDIES
Platform Scalability.
PHONE
OEM IN-DASH
TABLET
RUGGED HANDHELD
02
Shipped in the cab: tablet + OEM in-dash. Mapped beyond it: phone + rugged handheld.
client: PLATFORM SCIENCE
2022–23
Virtual Vehicle in-cabin HMI
Led the redesign of the in-cabin experience on Android
Automotive OS — bringing compliance, telematics and fleet communications into one driver-centric HMI, with OEM and Tier 1 partners.
Nº 002 — FOCUS
Designing the handoff
between people and
intelligent machines.
7 yrs
Automotive and mobility UX, from concept to
production
2
Concept vehicles — Nissan IMs and Infiniti
QX Inspiration
2019
Eyes On Design award — Infiniti QX
Inspiration (contributor)
AAOS
Production HMI for commercial fleets, with
OEM and Tier 1 partners
WHERE I WORK BEST
PRACTICE
(02) INDEPENDENT STUDIES
ADAS HMI · independent STUDY
Calm handover
Situational awareness, contextual assistance and alert fatigue — when, where and how a vehicle should ask for a driver's attention, and when it shouldn't.
VOICE + AI · EXTENDS WORK 02
Consent first voice
An independent extension of my Infiniti QX Inspiration work, built through AI-assisted prototyping: four dialogue iterations, intents and slots, consent before saving preferences, and error recovery.