About

Design leader and builder. Background in audio engineering and generative art. Four and a half years at Curve — employee 30 through to 600, Series A to C. Then MoonPay, leading product design across eight-plus teams in a fast-scaling org. I've spent my career looking for ways to make small teams punch above their weight.

Small teams should feel bigger than they are.

I’d rather have a small team with superpowers than a big team with layers. Automation, tooling, and systems that give every designer access to expertise that would normally require dedicated headcount. When the repeatable work is handled by the system, people focus on the work that actually needs them.

Build the thing you never had.

The best tools I’ve built are the ones I wished existed when I was learning. Tools that coach, that help people make better decisions, that surface what they haven’t considered. Every designer should have access to a senior thinking partner who’s always available — not just the ones lucky enough to have great mentorship.

The line between design and engineering is dissolving.

I was writing code before I ever opened a design tool. For years I hit walls — too impatient, too many dead ends. AI removed the ceiling. Now I build plugins, agents, and native apps alongside the design work. Being a designer today who isn’t building, unless you’re exceptional at some other aspect of craft, I don’t think you’ll survive.

Make yourself redundant.

Build the infrastructure so the team doesn’t depend on any one person — including you. The knowledge that lives in someone’s head should live in the system. The repeatable work should be automated. The people should be freed for the work that only people can do.

I build with AI. Here’s what that means.

I don’t write Swift from memory. I architect systems, make design decisions, and build working products — with Claude Code as a force multiplier for technical execution. The thinking is mine. The debugging is mine. The craft is mine. The syntax isn’t always mine. I think that’s where this industry is heading, and I’d rather be honest about it than pretend otherwise.

Outside of work

I cook — a lot. Process-oriented, obsessive, and I love mixing things that shouldn't work together. Korean and Italian are shockingly compatible. I grew up in Malaysia, I'm originally from Canada, and I've lived in London for fifteen years. I hyperfixate on things I love. And I love Zelda.