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I’m a Principal Product Designer and Design Leader with over 10 years of experience across e-commerce, fintech, and digital marketplaces. I turn complex product ecosystems and ambiguous problems into clear, useful experiences by combining user insight, data, business context, and strong product judgment.

Throughout my career, I have led end-to-end design across discovery, checkout, payments, loyalty, and after-sales experiences used by millions of customers. Alongside hands-on product work, I mentor designers, align cross-functional teams, and create clarity around priorities and decisions.

I believe good design is not only about making an experience easier to use. It is about understanding what matters, making deliberate trade-offs, and creating measurable value for both users and the business.

Skills

Product Strategy, UX Strategy, Interaction Design, UX Research, Journey Mapping, Prototyping, Information Architecture, Conversion Optimization, Design Leadership, Design Systems, Cross-functional Collaboration, Mentoring, AI-assisted design workflows, AI-supported research synthesis, Prompt design

Awards

DC Turkey Financial Services’17 — Best Digital Channels Project of the Year, Maximum Mobile

MMA Smarties 2017 — Gold: Mobile App, Gold: Mobile Payments, Bronze: Product/Services Launch

Certifications