👋 Hey there, I'm Max!

I work hard so my dog can have a better life.

I'm a product designer, former librarian, and (hopefully) future design engineer.

I started my career as a librarian (which means I'm awesome at information architecture) before making a career pivot and getting into UX about 9 years ago. Lately I've been thinking about making another (smaller) career change and getting into design engineering. I'm currently teaching myself React and a couple of animation libraries, while also brushing up on my CSS and JavaScript. I'll probably throw a little express.js and node.js in the mix to cover a bit of the backend as well.

As a product designer, my specialties are informatin architecture, systems thinking, accessibility and inclusive design. I spent 7 years working on developer tools and I'm currently working in the healthcare space.

Outside of work I enjoy powerlifting, reading, hiking, and hanging out with my faithful canine companion, Rufus.