About me

with Fernanda in London, 2014

I have been designing products and services since 2010.

I'm drawn to teams working on difficult and meaningful issues, and can frequently be found stepping outside the design role into product management, research, code, writing, or whatever is necessary to bring clarity to a problem.

Currently, at Twitter, I'm helping build Community notes, an experiment that aims to tackle online misinformation through decentralization.

I also teach a class about Behavioral Design at Aprender, an online design school in Brazil.

Previously, I was part of the early team at Nubank, building one of the world's biggest digital banks from scratch while growing a vibrant, diverse, international design organization.

I'm a generalist at heart, and my career has been all over the place. In my early days, I honed my design skills at an agency called FutureBrand; patented a recycling system for airplanes with Airbus; ran an online furniture shop, and helped Kano Computer build the first version of their computer that teaches kids how to code. As a student, I once designed a concept device that looks like what a Google Home has become. You can find stories about it on FastCompany and Wired.

Aside from work, I live with my wife Fernanda and cat Juno in San Francisco, where I spend my time playing piano, reading, and going on adventures.