Welcome to Version 7.0!

I’m a product designer who specializes in digital representations of human intelligence.

Whether that be AI personal assistants, AI agents for virtual training purposes, or digital recreations of humans for use in virtual communication applications — if it’s digital, intelligent, or psychosocial in nature — I’m there. I see no greater or more fascinating technological feat than recreating humans, or reproducing what makes them so special — social abilities. (You can imagine how excited I was to see ChatGPT arrive on the scene.)

Most recently, I took a slight but related detour — I endeavored to solve all of the issues facing modern social media. (No big deal, right?) It was as difficult as it sounds. Difficult or not, I felt it was time for someone to attempt to ‘right the ship’, as it were, and give users a new kind of digital social experience, or rather, an old kind — the human kind. The kind we’ve been missing.

That application is called Octopii Social — it prioritizes real life, real people, and real locations. It also had plans for an AI companion in every user’s pocket, interconnected with all other companions, to aid in finding and maintaining friendships, and to be there when other’s couldn’t. Someone to listen, someone to guide, someone to care. With 52% of teens regularly interfacing with digital companions, I felt an AI companion aware of your social media use could do wonders to help young people navigate difficult social situations. Ultimately we didn’t achieve the capital to implement an AI companion, but it is a near and dear concept I hope someone else gets a chance to explore.

I am now very much looking forward to returning to solely doing the thing I love most — designing. I’ve done enough recruiting and outreach for a lifetime! Now it’s time to take what I’ve learned, and all of my new found skills and capabilities, to a new professional home. If I’ve recently applied to be a part of your team, I hope you see in me that value I can bring. I have much more to add to my portfolio in regards to Octopii Social, and that will be coming soon. I can’t wait to tell the story.