## Social length Designer, investor, builder. VP of Design, Rovo & AI and Ecosystem at [Atlassian](https://atlassian.com). ## TLDR; I'm a designer, investor, and builder. VP and Head of Design, Rovo & AI and Ecosystem at [Atlassian](https://atlassian.com). Previously at [Replit](https://replit.com), [Webflow](https://webflow.com), and [One Medical](https://onemedical.com). I invest in early-stage startups and write a weekly newsletter called [Proof of Concept](https://www.proofofconcept.pub) about software, design, and entrepreneurship. ## Speaker bio I'm a designer, investor, and builder. VP of Design, Rovo & AI and Ecosystem at [Atlassian](https://atlassian.com), building AI experiences that will use Jira for me so I never have to. Prior, I was VP of Marketing and Design at [Replit](https://replit.com), where I led rebranding, launched developer events, and pushed forward AI-native product work. First Head of Design at [Webflow](https://webflow.com). Led product design at [One Medical](https://onemedical.com) through virtual care and its IPO. I invest in and advise early-stage startups, especially creative tools that empower people to express on the internet. I've invested in over 30 early-stage companies: [Sunflower](https://sunflower.me/), [Daydream](https://www.withdaydream.com/), OZU, [Galileo (acquired)](https://stitch.withgoogle.com/), [Flint](https://www.tryflint.com/), and [Paper](https://paper.design/), to name a few. I also write a weekly newsletter called [Proof of Concept](https://www.proofofconcept.pub), where I explore ideas around software, design, and entrepreneurship. ## Medium I'm a designer, investor, and builder. My career has been an [odyssey](/career-odyssey)—20 years in and still learning. I studied Drawing and Painting, then interface design for the iPhone instead of an MFA. I've built and scaled design teams at early-stage startups and high-growth companies. Today: VP of Design, Rovo & AI and Ecosystem at [Atlassian](https://atlassian.com). Before that: VP of Marketing and Design at [Replit](https://replit.com), first Head of Design at [Webflow](https://webflow.com), and product design at [One Medical](https://onemedical.com) through its IPO. I invest in and advise early-stage startups, especially creative tools. I've invested in over 30 companies, including [Sunflower](https://sunflower.me/), [Daydream](https://www.withdaydream.com/), OZU, [Galileo (acquired)](https://stitch.withgoogle.com/), [Flint](https://www.tryflint.com/), and [Paper](https://paper.design/). I write [Proof of Concept](https://www.proofofconcept.pub) weekly on software, design, and entrepreneurship. See what I'm up to [now](/now). ## Long Form I'm a designer, investor, and builder. My career has been an [odyssey](/career-odyssey)—20 years in and still learning. I studied Drawing and Painting, then interface design for the iPhone instead of an MFA. I've built and scaled design teams at early-stage startups and high-growth companies. Today: VP of Design, Rovo & AI and Ecosystem at [Atlassian](https://atlassian.com). Before that: VP of Marketing and Design at [Replit](https://replit.com), first Head of Design at [Webflow](https://webflow.com), and product design at [One Medical](https://onemedical.com) through its IPO. I invest in and advise early-stage startups, especially creative tools. I've invested in over 30 companies, including [Sunflower](https://sunflower.me/), [Daydream](https://www.withdaydream.com/), OZU, [Galileo (acquired)](https://stitch.withgoogle.com/), [Flint](https://www.tryflint.com/), and [Paper](https://paper.design/). I write [Proof of Concept](https://www.proofofconcept.pub) weekly — a place to reflect on how technology and design are changing. Themes I return to in writing: [an emerging MVC](/writing/a-new-mvc-is-emerging) for agentic software, [design engineering](/writing/design-engineering), [the future of software](/writing/the-four-types-of-software-in-the-future), and craft, taste, and creative tools on the internet. See what I'm up to [now](/now).