Staff Product Designer at Paylocity · 10 years in design

Throw me into the deep end. I’ll make sure everyone swims.

ReD Associates

Jr. Visual Comm. Designer

In-telligent

UI/UX Designer

Kin+Carta

UX Designer

Able

Product Designer II → Senior Product Designer

Paylocity

Senior → Staff Product Designer

My philosophy

Design is knowing the next right step.

I don’t need to see the whole path. I take the step in front of me, learn what it teaches me, and keep moving — through every ambiguous project, team, and pivot.

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But don’t just take my word for it.

Bex is a perfect example of a lean-in designer who pushes hard for the success of the wider team.

Dan — Staff UX Researcher

I had a brief stint managing Bex and it was the easiest job I had.

Travis — Principal UX

Bex has a rare ability to bring clarity to complex, ambiguous problems.

Franklin — Principal Engineer

Bex's frameworks they've established have become go-to resources for teams well beyond their immediate group.

Juliana — Product Designer

Always ready to jump in wherever there's need, with gusto and courage.

Nicole — Product Design Director

She never settled for the safe or familiar, and she was always generous in sharing the insights she gained along the way.

Skyler — Product Designer, Mentee

Thought leadership

I share what I learn, because the best way to raise the bar is to bring people up with you.

Speaking

UX Camps — Designing Culture, 2025

Shared 2 triad-wide workshops at product and technology learning day

Spoke twice to DePaul HCI students

Writing

Medium — 20+ essays on craft and strategy Featured on People Nerds

Community

Founded a mentorship program, now org-wide

Member of Design working group and previously LGBTQIA+ ERG

Placed in top 3 for two internal hackathons

How AI has shifted my process

I use AI to make ambiguity tangible.

Synthesize

Find patterns across research, constraints, and messy inputs.

Challenge

Test competing models and expose weak assumptions.

Prototype

Turn emerging ideas into functional experiences in code.

Refine

Critique decisions, sharpen narratives, and iterate faster.

Toolkit

Claude Code, Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Figma Make.

More about me

Outside of work

When I’m not at work, I’m dancing (preferably outside) to live music, exploring local food and drink, at the contemporary art museum, running at the beach, with my nieces and nephews, cooking new cuisines, or in my home art studio.