🧠 Creating Is Survival.

Strategy is my craft. Design is my language.

I’m JM—Product Design Strategist and founder of Studio XVI, a creative systems studio blending UX, AI, and product architecture to help founders launch smarter.

My work lives at the intersection of human resilience and intelligent systems—rooted in lived experience, refined over 15+ years in design and innovation.

✊🏽 My Story

Resilience as Craft

I didn’t arrive here through privilege.

I grew up in foster care. Navigated systemic friction. Found my path through creativity and code.

Design became survival.
Then, it became language.
And eventually—a strategy.

In 2007, I watched the iPhone and Web 2.0 reshape what was possible. I saw how technology could connect, clarify, and empower. That realization lit a fire—and it’s been guiding my work ever since.

I don’t just build products.
I build systems that mirror how visionaries think.

🧱 What I Do

Strategic Design for Complexity

I help founders and product teams translate complexity into clarity—with rhythm, rigor, and systems that scale.

My practice flows through two core engines:

🌀 Studio XVI

Done-for-you product strategy and UX systems
We co-create clarity systems—launch playbooks, interaction flows, data dashboards—powered by my internal AI framework.

🧠 Sentinel-16

My custom-built modular GPT
A behind-the-scenes AI system that helps me mirror thought patterns, accelerate decision-making, and map logic into buildable flows.

It’s not a client-facing tool (yet).
But it powers everything I create.

💡 Who I Help

• Founders launching AI-powered tools and workflows
• B2B innovators building clarity into complex systems
• Product teams seeking design leadership with depth
• Mission-driven orgs exploring automation with heart

If you're building something that feels too complex for a template—I'm built for that.

🔎 Selected Projects & Impact

• Driveline
  → Designed the MVP that secured $1M in seed funding and a strategic partnership with LiveRamp.
• Black UX Labs
  → Led design systems and growth strategy for coaching platforms centered on equity and inclusion.

🌐 Recognitions

• 🧠 dscout People Nerds → Empowering Diverse Talent in UX
  Recognized for inclusive product practices and supporting underrepresented talent.
• 🚀 Contra – Top Product Strategists in NYC
  Featured for blending product architecture, UX, and strategy into scalable systems.

🤝 Let’s Build the Future—Strategically

Whether you’re early-stage or scaling, I bring:

• Clarity in vision
• Velocity in execution
• Design systems that think

This isn’t just strategy. It’s survival turned into structure.
Let’s build something that reflects how you think.