About Me
I turn barriers into launchpads—
and brands into legends.
About Me
I turn barriers into launchpads—
and brands into legends.
About Me
I turn barriers into launchpads—
and brands into legends.
One-Minute Bio
It all started in the 1980s
From Google Glass hacks to Amazon’s Brand Innovation Lab,
I turn ‘impossible’ into ‘now shipping worldwide.’
Born Deaf the year Nintendo invaded living rooms, I learned storytelling from 8-bit cartridges, LEGO bricks, and comic books. By high school—when reality TV ruled every channel—I hijacked the AV cart to film my own unscripted chaos. That DIY impulse never left.
Amazon entrusted me to build an in-house interpreting agency and bake accessibility into products. Today I still prototype in LEGO, storyboard like comics, and treat every brief like reality TV: keep the camera rolling, something good is happening.
My MANifesto
I torch “minimum viable access” and build tech that moonwalks past compliance into can-everyone-use-this-blindfolded delight. Apple says tech only matters when it “empowers everyone.” Microsoft vows to “empower every person on the planet.” Google’s goal? Universal access. Adobe calls accessibility the engine of creativity.
Cool. I’m the rebel who wires those manifestos into the project brief at day zero—then shoves the brief onto every desk until the product sings in captions, haptics, high-contrast, and plain language.
I lead teams like a punk-rock stage dive: leap first, pull everyone in, leave no one. Because when access leads, innovation isn’t a department—it’s the air we breathe.
Recognition and Impact
Hot Off the Presses
I don’t it for fame—I do it so no one’s left out. Any spotlight on me is a barrier cracked open for someone else.
Press
Date
Speaker
2025
Disability:In Global Conference
Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies
2025
International Association of Accessibility Professionals
40 Under 40
2021
Puget Sound Business Journal
Speaker
2020
Canadian Congress on Disability Inclusion
First In-House Interpreting Agency for a Corporate
2019
Forbes
On Being A Deaf Creative Director
2019
CampaignUS
TEDxBoulder
2017
Why We Need Inclusive Design
Keynote Speaker
2017
Conflux—Amazon's Annual Conference
Adobe Design Achievement Awards
2015
Print Communications Category
Biggest Impact to Date
First In-House ASL Interpreting Agency
for a Corporate
I didn’t just add interpreters to Amazon—I smuggled an entire ASL interpreting agency into the company and flipped the switch to always-on. Overnight, Deaf talent stopped renting voices and started owning the conversation. Accommodations started the day of the interview. Biggest mic-drop of my career so far—and the echo’s still hiring.
Full-Time Interpreters Globally
Including China, India, EU, and Mexico.
Number of Deaf Employees
In corporate offices and fulfillment centers.
Disability Equality Index
Set a new bar for how companies hire talent.
One-Minute Bio
It all started in the 1980s
From Google Glass hacks to Amazon’s Brand Innovation Lab,
I turn ‘impossible’ into ‘now shipping worldwide.’
Born Deaf the year Nintendo invaded living rooms, I learned storytelling from 8-bit cartridges, LEGO bricks, and comic books. By high school—when reality TV ruled every channel—I hijacked the AV cart to film my own unscripted chaos. That DIY impulse never left.
Amazon entrusted me to build an in-house interpreting agency and bake accessibility into products. Today I still prototype in LEGO, storyboard like comics, and treat every brief like reality TV: keep the camera rolling, something good is happening.
My MANifesto
I torch “minimum viable access” and build tech that moonwalks past compliance into can-everyone-use-this-blindfolded delight. Apple says tech only matters when it “empowers everyone.” Microsoft vows to “empower every person on the planet.” Google’s goal? Universal access. Adobe calls accessibility the engine of creativity.
Cool. I’m the rebel who wires those manifestos into the project brief at day zero—then shoves the brief onto every desk until the product sings in captions, haptics, high-contrast, and plain language.
I lead teams like a punk-rock stage dive: leap first, pull everyone in, leave no one. Because when access leads, innovation isn’t a department—it’s the air we breathe.
Recognition and Impact
Hot Off the Presses
I don’t design for awards—I design so no one’s left out. Any spotlight on me is a barrier cracked open for someone else.
Press
Date
Speaker
2025
Disability:In Global Conference
Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies
2025
International Association of Accessibility Professionals
40 Under 40
2021
Puget Sound Business Journal
Speaker
2020
Canadian Congress on Disability Inclusion
First In-House Interpreting Agency for a Corporate
2019
Forbes
On Being A Deaf Creative Director
2019
CampaignUS
TEDxBoulder
2017
Why We Need Inclusive Design
Keynote Speaker
2017
Conflux—Amazon's Annual Conference
Adobe Design Achievement Awards
2015
Print Communications Category
Biggest Impact to Date
First In-House ASL Interpreting
Agency for a Corporate
I didn’t just add interpreters to Amazon—I smuggled an entire ASL interpreting agency into the company and flipped the switch to always-on. Overnight, Deaf talent stopped renting voices and started owning the conversation. Accommodations started the day of the interview. Biggest mic-drop of my career so far—and the echo’s still hiring.
Full-Time Interpreters Globally
Including China, India, EU, and Mexico.
Number of Deaf Employees
In corporate offices and fulfillment centers.
Disability Equality Index
Set a new bar for how companies hire talent.
One-Minute Bio
It all started in the 1980s
From Google Glass hacks to Amazon’s Brand Innovation Lab,
I turn ‘impossible’ into ‘now shipping worldwide.’
Born Deaf the year Nintendo invaded living rooms, I learned storytelling from 8-bit cartridges, LEGO bricks, and comic books. By high school—when reality TV ruled every channel—I hijacked the AV cart to film my own unscripted chaos. That DIY impulse never left.
Amazon entrusted me to build an in-house interpreting agency and bake accessibility into products. Today I still prototype in LEGO, storyboard like comics, and treat every brief like reality TV: keep the camera rolling, something good is happening.
My MANifesto
I torch “minimum viable access” and build tech that moonwalks past compliance into can-everyone-use-this-blindfolded delight. Apple says tech only matters when it “empowers everyone.” Microsoft vows to “empower every person on the planet.” Google’s goal? Universal access. Adobe calls accessibility the engine of creativity.
Cool. I’m the rebel who wires those manifestos into the project brief at day zero—then shoves the brief onto every desk until the product sings in captions, haptics, high-contrast, and plain language.
I lead teams like a punk-rock stage dive: leap first, pull everyone in, leave no one. Because when access leads, innovation isn’t a department—it’s the air we breathe.
Recognition and Impact
Hot Off the Presses
I don’t design for awards—I design so no one’s left out. Any spotlight on me is a barrier cracked open for someone else.
Press
Date
Speaker
2025
Disability:In Global Conference
Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies
2025
International Association of Accessibility Professionals
40 Under 40
2021
Puget Sound Business Journal
Speaker
2020
Canadian Congress on Disability Inclusion
First In-House Interpreting Agency for a Corporate
2019
Forbes
On Being A Deaf Creative Director
2019
CampaignUS
TEDxBoulder
2017
Why We Need Inclusive Design
Keynote Speaker
2017
Conflux—Amazon's Annual Conference
Atlas of Design, Vol. 3
2015
Print Communications Category
Biggest Impact to Date
First In-House ASL Interpreting Agency
for a Corporate
I didn’t just add interpreters to Amazon—I smuggled an entire ASL interpreting agency into the company and flipped the switch to always-on. Overnight, Deaf talent stopped renting voices and started owning the conversation. Accommodations started the day of the interview. Biggest mic-drop of my career so far—and the echo’s still hiring.
Full-Time Interpreters Globally
Including China, India, EU, and Mexico.
Number of Deaf Employees
In corporate offices and fulfillment centers.
Disability Equality Index
Set a new bar for how companies hire talent.
Accessibility is the
innovation engine.
Build for the edge cases first, and the mainstream will follow.
Meet my partners who are part of making the future inclusive.
Accessibility is the
innovation engine.
Build for the edge cases first, and the mainstream will follow.
Meet my partners who are part of making the future inclusive.
Accessibility is the
innovation engine.
Build for the edge cases first, and the mainstream will follow.
Meet my partners who are part of making the future inclusive.