Athen is a strategic product designer who built the design behind a 7x acquisition

I'm a problem solver who thinks visually. Give me a broken workflow or an impossible business goal, and I'll dig into the research until I understand why the system isn't working. Sometimes the answer is a better interface. Sometimes it's a design system that prevents 100 small problems. Sometimes it's analytics that reveal we're solving the wrong problem entirely. The best designers know which level the problem actually lives at.

I believe infrastructure matters more than features. Design systems, product analytics, and research practices create more lasting value than any individual design. Data earns credibility—executives need numbers, not just empathy. And speed is a competitive advantage, but only if you build the systems that enable it.

Currently looking for high-agency roles in product organizations that need help solving the right problems, scaling fast, and proving value to the board.