What am I doing now?
Swarm
CO-FOUNDER AND CHIEF DESIGN OFFICER
Swarm is an invite-only network where product people ideate, strategize, and form teams around startup founder projects.
Dashlabs.AI (YC W21)
Design Consultant
Making diagnostic lab software for emerging markets pretty and functional. Logo work featured on TechCrunch.
Specter
Founder and Design Coach
Helped 10+ students start their career in digital product design and user experience.
Roots
Host and Producer
Ranked Top 2 on Apple Podcasts (Design, Philippines), the Top 200’s on Spotify, and was featured by net magazine (December 2019 issue).
UX+ Conference
Co-founder
Co-founded the largest UX conference in SE Asia.
Started with 1300+ paid attendees (2019). Scaled to 2400+ (2020), and featured world-class designers like Julie Zhuo, John Zeratsky, and designers from Google, Uber, Shopify, Twitch, Salesforce, and Adobe.
What have I done?
Kalibrr (YC W13)
Senior Product Designer
Led design for enterprise squad and north star projects; represented the product design function in the company (2018-2021)
UX Society
Co-founder / Founding President
Started the first student UX club in the Philippines at Ateneo de Manila University (2015-2018)
Stanford ASES
ASES SUMMIT ALUMNI
Immersed in Silicon Valley, toured IDEO & Stanford d.school, pitched a startup to VCs
UX Philippines
CORE MEMBER
Event management, front-end development, photography (2017-2018)
Agoda
Product Design Intern
Joined a 40+ strong world-class design team at Bangkok — early-stage vision work for sorts and filters; shipped usability improvements to sidebar widget
Jump Digital
UX Design Intern
Visual design for websites and FB apps
What do I love doing?
Mentoring Designers
Spending time helping people start their design careers is very important to me.
Playing DoTA 2
I usually play every night with friends or co-workers. I prefer playing the mid lane with Invoker, Meepo, or Broodmother.
Badminton
During the pandemic, I tried training thrice a week, and do queueing twice a week. On hiatus.
Reading
I read every day! I rely on books and articles on product, design, leadership, and coaching for my growth.