I'm a designer, game developer, and photographer.
Currently, Vice President of UX at Shopify.
With over 20 years of experience, I've worked at some amazing places—like Mozilla, Polar and Wattpad, after getting my start as a freelance consultant. I'm also an entrepreneur and have built products like the hashtag manager Jetpack, the beautiful Muskoka: The Board Game, and created the award-winning, beloved indie game Lastronaut.
Selected Writing
Photos
Selected Work
Projects I've designed, directed or built from scratch.
As the Director of UX for Shopify Retail, I built and led the research, product design and industrial design teams. I was responsible for the overall strategy, design and direction of our hardware and software experiences.
Jetpack is an app I built in Swift and SwiftUI, with a backend I wrote in Ruby on Rails.
All programming in Objective-C and C++ • Created all art, sound and music • Over 2M downloads • Awarded Apple's Editors' Choice • Nominated at the Canadian Video Game Awards
Experience
Featured Press
Two Ontario couples just created a board game that's a homage to Muskoka
blogTO ⇀
Lastronaut Is A Totally Free, Totally Addictive Endless Running Game For iPhone
TechCrunch ⇀
Move over Monopoly, Muskoka’s getting its own board game
Toronto Star ⇀
Inside Shopify UX
Anchor.fm ⇀
This Is the Golden Age of Indie Game Art
New York Observer ⇀
The Process Behind UX Design with Darrin Henein
MaRS ⇀