I work at the intersection of enterprise AI, regulated medical systems, and complex platform architecture. Different domains, same discipline — translating significant technical complexity into workflows people can understand, trust, and control.
At Google, I lead UX across enterprise AI surface 0→1 agent platform built around how large organizations safely adopt AI; and AppSheet, a mature 2.5M+ user platform I helped modernize as AI became part of the story. Both demanded the same instinct: respect what already works, then make the new layer earn its place.
Before Google, I led design at Arthrex across a connected ecosystem of surgical products — handheld devices, embedded consoles, OR-scale integration, and post-operative software. In the operating room, an interface inconsistency isn't just friction; it's a use-error governed by FDA and IEC 62366. My work bridged industrial design and embedded UI so physical and digital systems behaved as a single control plane.
Earlier, I directed graduate design programs and built peer-reviewed research in spatial UX investigating how presence, media richness, and spatial overlay shape what users understand.
What ties this together is a posture: take the system seriously, take the user seriously, and let the gap between them be the design problem.
Google Cloud Tech Impact Award: AppSheet Databases
Issued by Google Cloud · Jan 2023
Google Cloud Tech Impact Award: AppSheet No-Code Chat Apps
Issued by Google Cloud · Jan 2023
Research Poster 3rd Runner-up Award: Web3D Conference, Seoul, Korea
Issued by Web3D Conference, Seoul, Korea · Jan 2020
Associated with University of Minnesota
Shortlisted Design at Traffic Control Device Challenge 2017
Issued by Transportation Research Board and American Traffic Safety Services Association · Jan 2017
Associated with University of Missouri-Columbia
team members: Ehsan Naderi, Zhu Qing and James Hopfenblatt
Three shortlisted design projects in Fujitsu Design Award 2011: A Life with Future Computing
Issued by designboom · Jan 2011
Two shortlisted design projects in Timepiece Design Competition: The Next Icon in Watch Culture
Issued by designboom and BREIL Milano · Jan 2011
3rd place winner, Vision of Future Design Competition
Issued by World Future Society, MD, USA · Jan 2006
Associated with University of Art, Tehran
Selected Emerging Designer for UN_FOLD 2005 Design Contest: A Chair in Small Shipping Box
Issued by City Magazine, UK · Jan 2005
Associated with University of Tehran