Hi, I'm Mary!

I am a design leader focused on human-centered solutions, who loves solving complex design problems, and is curious about human behaviour, cognitive science, and new-emerging technologies.

I’m a Lead Product Designer with 8+ years of experience designing thoughtful, scalable B2B products across telecom, CRM, CLM, financial, and security domains, with experience designing AI-powered solutions. With a background that blends strategic thinking and hands-on craft, I bring deep expertise in solving complex design challenges in tech-driven environments. I hold an MA in Industrial and Product Design, which grounds my approach in both human-centered design and systems thinking. Over the years, I’ve led cross-functional teams, built end-to-end user experiences, and collaborated closely with stakeholders to deliver business and user value. My work spans enterprise tools, SaaS products, and mobile apps, where I’ve shaped experiences from early discovery through polished execution. I’m passionate about creating elegant, intuitive interfaces that align user needs with company goals, and about driving impact through clarity, empathy, and strong design leadership.  Résumé

As a design leader, I ground my leadership approach in four core pillars: Self, People, Strategy, and Process, a framework I deepened through a year-long leadership course. Each pillar plays a vital role in how I build teams, guide vision, and deliver impact. I value all four, but I lead from Strategy, aligning design decisions with business goals, customer needs, and long-term outcomes. I bring clarity through vision-setting, influence roadmaps, and advocate for design at a strategic level. At the same time, I foster inclusive, growth-minded teams (People), lead with integrity and self-awareness (Self), and shape adaptive, scalable ways of working (Process). Together, these pillars reflect how I create high-impact design cultures where strategy drives results and design becomes a force for change. {Shown here is a visualization of how effort across research, design, and testing varies by project. (Crated by me)}

Design Leader

🧭 Strategy (Core Strength)

“Without strategy, design is just decoration.”

I lead with a strategic lens, aligning design with business objectives, customer insights, and technical feasibility. I focus on identifying the right problems to solve, determining the UX artifacts and research needed throughout the process, and crafting a clear design vision with measurable goals that guide the team from exploration to execution. Collaborating closely with product, engineering, and stakeholders, I ensure we’re not just building things right, but building the right things. {Shown here is a visualization representing how different UX artifacts can be used at various stages of the design process.}

🏆 Professional Leadership Certifications

Here are the four domains I practiced during the year-long program.