MICROSOFT · STUDIO & DESIGN DIRECTOR, POWER APPS + POWER PLATFORM
I first led product design for Power Apps, then the broader Power Platform Design Studio—aligning UX, visual design, content, research, and experience analytics across Power Apps, Power BI, Power Automate, and affiliated products.
Power Apps leadership · Platform studio · Research · Design convergence
Modernize the maker experience and create greater coherence across the platform.
Multiple products, user skill levels, technical models, and enterprise governance needs.
The work was not simply to make each tool easier. It was to create a system that helped new makers begin confidently, advanced users retain control, and teams experience the portfolio as one connected platform.
Connect discovery, creation, automation, analysis, and publishing around the work users were trying to accomplish.
Create shared navigation, patterns, and interaction logic without erasing the depth each product required.
Use research, analytics, benchmarks, and experimentation to turn platform strategy into shipped improvements.
Research, product analytics, UX benchmarks, and customer evidence helped us prioritize the moments where greater clarity and consistency would have the most impact.
Reusable components made the canvas editor more scalable and predictable, giving makers a faster way to assemble applications without sacrificing customization.
We simplified report consumption around responsive behavior, visual clarity, and the decisions users needed to make from complex data.
The product matured into a cohesive environment for building, customizing, and managing external experiences with the data and capabilities of Power Platform.
