Led design for the issue triage and AI-assisted planning surfaces. Shipped the new keyboard-first inbox and the cross-team initiatives view used by 60k+ teams.

Designed the FigJam canvas tools and contributed to the cross-product design system. Partnered with engineering on the realtime collaboration model.

Shipped products for early-stage startups across fintech, climate, and consumer. Built and sold a small SaaS for indie writers.

Building the operating system for independent design studios. Bootstrapped to $1.2M ARR in 14 months. Team of 6, profitable since month 8.

Joined as PM #3, scaled the product org to 28 across design, engineering, and research. Led the product through the Adobe acquisition in 2021.

Built and sold a workflow tool for film production. Acquired by Adobe in 2018.

Newsletter at sampark.ink with 38k subscribers. Essays have appeared in The New York Times, Wired, and The Atlantic. Currently writing my first book for Riverhead.

Features writer covering consumer technology, with a focus on the human and design dimensions. Wrote the magazine's longest-read story of 2019.

Independent brand studio of three. Recent identity projects for venture-backed climate, consumer, and fintech companies. Won the AIGA medal in 2024.

Worked under Paula Scher on identity systems for cultural institutions and tech companies.

Lead a 30-person design org across product, brand, and research. Rebuilt the design system used across 4 product lines; led the brand evolution that won 2 ADC awards.

Managed the trading and crypto design teams during the company's hypergrowth years.

Designed the channels surface and the early threading experiences.