Marlow Design logoZane logoScout Engineering logoTory logoWestpower logoRight logoVermax logoConnectus Resources logoSpraye logoWestmaids logoMoodles Playcare logoBlueSpring Cleaning logo
ATB case study cover: inside the team effort to bring G Suite to ATB Financial
ATB Emerge: an online summit for emerging entrepreneurs
ATB invitation: Expand your mind. And your network! You’re invited to Emerge 2.0
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Product designer · Brand · AI

Intuitive products. Distinctive brands. Every detail considered. Designed with business sense.

I’m a product designer who makes complex things feel simple: apps, brands, websites and the businesses behind them. I lead product design and brand at Zane, an AI-powered Canadian fintech, co-founded and ran Class Act Media, my design agency, for six years, and have spent 19 years designing for companies like ATB Financial, Honda Canada and Costa Coffee.

Featured 01 / 04 · Fintech · Product & brand · 2025–now

Zane

Zane is an AI-powered money app I designed end to end: wallet, cards, transfers, MoneyNet budgeting, forecasting and an AI financial assistant. I also designed the Zane brand, website and campaigns.

Read the case study →zanemoney.com ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Zane Insights: projected savings chart and budgeting envelopes
Zane wallet: balance, quick actions and transactions
Zane AI chat answering whether the user can afford a $5,500 bike
Featured 02 / 04 · Startup · Brand & product

Tory

Branding, logo, promos, mobile app UX consultation, and website design and development for a platform that helps people catalogue and value their personal assets.

inventory.capital ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Tory website: ‘Your inventory tells a story, keep it safe with Tory’, with app screens
Featured 03 / 04 · Branding · 2007–now

Brands

Full identities for startups and established companies across jewellery, engineering, energy, immigration, cleaning and software. Strategy, logo, website and launch.

See the brand work →
Logos I’ve designed: Westpower, Zane, Marlow Design, Tory, Scout, Right, Metida, DV Group, Westmaids, Brett Poulis, BlueSpring, connectIT, Strong Ties Canada, Vermax, Untold, Connectus, Kreative Travel, Spraye, RKT JMP, Moodles, Ult Med and Little Bee
Featured 04 / 04 · Financial services · 2018–2023

ATB Financial

Campaigns, events and education for one of Canada’s established financial institutions, including the Emerge entrepreneur summit, study materials, landing pages, case studies, white papers and guides.

See the campaign work →atb.com ↗ (opens in a new tab)
ATB case study cover: inside the team effort to bring G Suite to ATB Financial
ATB Emerge: an online summit for emerging entrepreneurs
ATB invitation: Expand your mind. And your network! You’re invited to Emerge 2.0

More work

Brands, websites and campaigns from 19 years of designing for startups and established companies across Canada and the US.

19years designing products and brands
6years running my agency, Class Act Media
CA + USclients across Canada and the United States

I design like a business owner — because I’ve been one.

I co-founded Class Act Media, my own design agency, and ran it for six years: leading teams of 5–10, writing proposals, winning clients and answering for the results. So every screen I design is also a business decision: what it has to achieve, what it costs to build, and how we’ll know it worked.

About Class Act Media →
Outcomes, not just outputsDesign tied to what the business needs: sign-ups, retention, revenue.
Scope with judgmentI know what it takes to ship on a real budget, so effort goes where it counts.
Fluent in founderAt home with founders, marketers and engineers, and good at translating between them.

Finding the clarity inside the complexity.

What are people trying to do?What’s getting in their way?What should this make them feel?

Financial products ask people to decide something personal. My job is to make complicated systems feel simple, without making anyone learn the system behind them.

AI lab

I use AI a lot. I’m comfortable vibe coding working prototypes with Claude and Lovable, including for Zane, but I don’t rely on it blindly. AI widens the options — judgment picks the right one.

Use it a lotTo explore more directions and build working prototypes, faster.
Question itAI sounds confident even when it’s wrong. I check what it gives me against real people and real constraints.
Decide myselfTaste, judgment and accountability stay with me.
Work with me

Senior design leadership, without the full‑time hire.

I join your team part-time as a fractional lead for as long as you need, and work like an owner from day one. Best for growing companies and startups that want senior leadership for the long term. Fintech is close to my heart.

Fractional product lead

I own the product experience end to end, working closely with founders and engineering. Ideal when you’re building or rethinking a core product.

  • Product strategy and UX direction
  • User flows, prototypes and high-fidelity UI
  • Design systems and quality in the shipped product
  • Faster exploration with AI, decided by hand

Fractional brand strategy lead

I shape how your company looks, sounds and shows up, and keep it consistent as you grow.

  • Brand strategy and positioning
  • Identity, website and campaigns
  • Creative direction across teams and partners
  • Brand standards that scale
How it works
  1. 01A 30-minute callWe talk about your product, your team and what you need to get done.
  2. 02A clear scopeOutcomes, time per week and length of engagement, agreed up front.
  3. 03Part of your teamRegular days, your tools and rituals. An ongoing partnership, not a one-off project.
About

I’m a product designer in Calgary with 19 years across fintech, brand and business. I’ve been a designer, an art director, an agency owner and a design lead, and I’m still happiest with my hands in the work.

More about me →

Let’s make something people want to use.

Have a product to shape or a brand to bring into focus? Grab 30 minutes with me. No pitch deck needed.