Testimonials
Words shared by former colleagues, team members, and mentors from their experiences working with me.
Senior Leadership & Former Managers
Charles is a progressive and insightful UX leader that understands how to build a customer centric team. I’ve had the pleasure of working with Charles on a number of strategic initiatives that helped transform the organization.
Steve Chow, CTO at PADI Worldwide
Charles goes over an above in his contribution. His cross-disciplinary expertise makes him a valuable asset to both product and UI teams. He brings great ideas to the table, while also being able to build on the ideas of others.
Dominic Jones, Senior Design Manager at Amazon
Charles not only has the ability to run a strong UX and visual design team but he has a strong appreciation for how the products should be built. He helped us reimagine our digital experience and scale design activities across the enterprise.
Christian Nimsky, Former Head of Product at PADI Worldwide
What truly sets Charles apart is his ability to translate concepts into actionable outputs for product design. What’s great about Charles is his passion for design and tech. He’s a top-notch designer, passionate thinker and an amazing strategist.
Brian Yoder, Director of User Experience at Autodesk
It is thoroughly refreshing to come across UX professionals that manage to execute their creative vision while still grounding their work with a data-driven approach. I was impressed by Charles’ sound and methodical mindset when building a design framework rooted in research and facts.
Paul Astrom, Senior Solutions Consultant at Adobe
Charles approaches UX problems with a level of positivity and precision that elevates him above the vast majority of designers I’ve worked with. He is a true product designer and sees the broader strategic goals without losing sight of the details.
Lee Hillman, Design Leadership at Amazon
Charles is a talented leader – smart, strategic, and has all the qualities you’d want in someone with a vision to champion user experience. He is a respectful, motivating, inspiring person who I highly respect and fortunate to have worked with.
UX Manager
I am so grateful for my time with Charles. I enjoyed every meeting with him – it made me confident in the direction of the team and the company.
Senior Product Designer
Charles displays a unique depth of understanding across a range of roles including user experience, learning experience, graphic design, and how technology and analytics play into it all. He pushed us to be on the edge of technology, creatively innovating in every capacity even when faced with immediate deadlines.
Senior Learning Experience (LX) Designer
It was awesome working with Charles – he supported the team’s collaboration and innovation from the very beginning in so many ways. I grew as a designer and learned so much about the product design process.
Senior Visual Designer
Charles is an understanding leader that is fair and nurturing to his team. He gave us the freedom and autonomy to design to our talents while also providing constructive criticism. This encouragement and guidance led me to respect and rely on his opinion and direction.
Visual/Motion Designer
Working side by side with Charles over the last 2 and a half years has been some of the best years of my career. As our leader he inspired us, guided us, supported us, got creative with us, and most of all listened to us.
Senior Learning Experience (LX) Designer
