Designing for decisions

I design data-rich products that help people find what they need, understand what matters, and take action.

Current: Senior Product Designer @ NASA

I'm Kat, a senior product designer in Seattle drawn to complicated problems. I design products that help people navigate data, understand systems, and make better decisions.

Work

Selected work in technical products, data platforms, and geospatial technology.

Complex Workflows

Information Architecture

Interaction Design

NASA Earthdata

Making Earth science data easier to use

Thousands of scientific datasets. Dozens of tools. Very different user workflows.

I lead UX strategy across NASA's Earth science data ecosystem, creating clearer paths from finding data to understanding and using it.

Complex Workflows

Information Architecture

Interaction Design

NASA Earthdata

Making Earth science data easier to use

Thousands of scientific datasets. Dozens of tools. Very different user workflows.

I lead UX strategy across NASA's Earth science data ecosystem, creating clearer paths from finding data to understanding and using it.

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Product Strategy

Data Products

Decision Support

U.S. Greenhouse Gas Center

Turning greenhouse gas data into decisions

Four federal agencies. Fragmented climate data. Audiences ranging from scientists to decision-makers.

I helped shape a new multi-agency product around the questions people need to answer, connecting scientific data with context, visualization, and decision support.

Product Strategy

Data Products

Decision Support

U.S. Greenhouse Gas Center

Turning greenhouse gas data into decisions

Four federal agencies. Fragmented climate data. Audiences ranging from scientists to decision-makers.

I helped shape a new multi-agency product around the questions people need to answer, connecting scientific data with context, visualization, and decision support.

User Research

Product Strategy

Complex Workflows

FisheryProgress

Designing for Sustainable Seafood Decisions

Seafood sustainability data. Multiple stakeholders. Very different decisions.

I led research across seafood buyers and fisheries to understand how they evaluate progress and make sourcing decisions, turning insights into clearer product priorities.

User Research

Product Strategy

Complex Workflows

FisheryProgress

Designing for Sustainable Seafood Decisions

Seafood sustainability data. Multiple stakeholders. Very different decisions.

I led research across seafood buyers and fisheries to understand how they evaluate progress and make sourcing decisions, turning insights into clearer product priorities.

Workflow Design

Information Architecture

Design Systems

NOAA Drought.gov

Making drought intelligence actionable

Hundreds of resources and datasets, but no clear path from understanding drought to deciding what to do next.

I reframed the platform around user decisions, creating a new information architecture and product system that connected conditions, impacts, forecasts, and resources.

Workflow Design

Information Architecture

Design Systems

NOAA Drought.gov

Making drought intelligence actionable

Hundreds of resources and datasets, but no clear path from understanding drought to deciding what to do next.

I reframed the platform around user decisions, creating a new information architecture and product system that connected conditions, impacts, forecasts, and resources.

User Research

Geospatial UX

Interaction Design

National Ecological Observatory Network

Connecting ecological data to place

81 field sites. Thousands of measurements. Researchers needed to know where the right data was being collected.

I used research and concept testing to turn a fragmented site-discovery experience into an interactive geospatial tool built around how scientists actually explore.

User Research

Geospatial UX

Interaction Design

National Ecological Observatory Network

Connecting ecological data to place

81 field sites. Thousands of measurements. Researchers needed to know where the right data was being collected.

I used research and concept testing to turn a fragmented site-discovery experience into an interactive geospatial tool built around how scientists actually explore.

my process

How I make technical products legible

My work sits between research, systems thinking, and interface craft. I help teams enter unfamiliar domains, make sense of competing priorities, and turn complexity into product clarity.

Research the domain

Use interviews, contextual inquiry, workshops, and synthesis to understand users, stakeholders, language, workflows, and constraints.

Shape the product system

Move from concept directions to interactive prototypes and production-ready UI that makes dense information easier to act on.

Document for adoption

Build or extend design systems, governance, documentation, and onboarding practices so teams can keep improving the product after launch.

Designing for decisions

I design data-rich products that help people find what they need, understand what matters, and take action.

Current: Senior Product Designer @ NASA

I'm Kat, a senior product designer in Seattle drawn to complicated problems. I design products that help people navigate data, understand systems, and make better decisions.

Work

Selected work in technical products, data platforms, and geospatial technology.

Complex Workflows

Information Architecture

Interaction Design

NASA Earthdata

Making Earth science data easier to use

Thousands of scientific datasets. Dozens of tools. Very different user workflows.

I lead UX strategy across NASA's Earth science data ecosystem, creating clearer paths from finding data to understanding and using it.

Complex Workflows

Information Architecture

Interaction Design

NASA Earthdata

Making Earth science data easier to use

Thousands of scientific datasets. Dozens of tools. Very different user workflows.

I lead UX strategy across NASA's Earth science data ecosystem, creating clearer paths from finding data to understanding and using it.

Product Strategy

Data Products

Decision Support

U.S. Greenhouse Gas Center

Turning greenhouse gas data into decisions

Four federal agencies. Fragmented climate data. Audiences ranging from scientists to decision-makers.

I helped shape a new multi-agency product around the questions people need to answer, connecting scientific data with context, visualization, and decision support.

Product Strategy

Data Products

Decision Support

U.S. Greenhouse Gas Center

Turning greenhouse gas data into decisions

Four federal agencies. Fragmented climate data. Audiences ranging from scientists to decision-makers.

I helped shape a new multi-agency product around the questions people need to answer, connecting scientific data with context, visualization, and decision support.

User Research

Product Strategy

Complex Workflows

FisheryProgress

Designing for Sustainable Seafood Decisions

Seafood sustainability data. Multiple stakeholders. Very different decisions.

I led research across seafood buyers and fisheries to understand how they evaluate progress and make sourcing decisions, turning insights into clearer product priorities.

User Research

Product Strategy

Complex Workflows

FisheryProgress

Designing for Sustainable Seafood Decisions

Seafood sustainability data. Multiple stakeholders. Very different decisions.

I led research across seafood buyers and fisheries to understand how they evaluate progress and make sourcing decisions, turning insights into clearer product priorities.

Workflow Design

Information Architecture

Design Systems

NOAA Drought.gov

Making drought intelligence actionable

Hundreds of resources and datasets, but no clear path from understanding drought to deciding what to do next.

I reframed the platform around user decisions, creating a new information architecture and product system that connected conditions, impacts, forecasts, and resources.

Workflow Design

Information Architecture

Design Systems

NOAA Drought.gov

Making drought intelligence actionable

Hundreds of resources and datasets, but no clear path from understanding drought to deciding what to do next.

I reframed the platform around user decisions, creating a new information architecture and product system that connected conditions, impacts, forecasts, and resources.

User Research

Geospatial UX

Interaction Design

National Ecological Observatory Network

Connecting ecological data to place

81 field sites. Thousands of measurements. Researchers needed to know where the right data was being collected.

I used research and concept testing to turn a fragmented site-discovery experience into an interactive geospatial tool built around how scientists actually explore.

User Research

Geospatial UX

Interaction Design

National Ecological Observatory Network

Connecting ecological data to place

81 field sites. Thousands of measurements. Researchers needed to know where the right data was being collected.

I used research and concept testing to turn a fragmented site-discovery experience into an interactive geospatial tool built around how scientists actually explore.

my process

How I make technical products legible

My work sits between research, systems thinking, and interface craft. I help teams enter unfamiliar domains, make sense of competing priorities, and turn complexity into product clarity.

Research the domain

Use interviews, contextual inquiry, workshops, and synthesis to understand users, stakeholders, language, workflows, and constraints.

Shape the product system

Move from concept directions to interactive prototypes and production-ready UI that makes dense information easier to act on.

Document for adoption

Build or extend design systems, governance, documentation, and onboarding practices so teams can keep improving the product after launch.

Designing for decisions

I design data-rich products that help people find what they need, understand what matters, and take action.

Current: Senior Product Designer @ NASA

I'm Kat, a senior product designer in Seattle drawn to complicated problems. I design products that help people navigate data, understand systems, and make better decisions.

Work

Selected work in technical products, data platforms, and geospatial technology.

Complex Workflows

Information Architecture

Interaction Design

NASA Earthdata

Making Earth science data easier to use

Thousands of scientific datasets. Dozens of tools. Very different user workflows.

I lead UX strategy across NASA's Earth science data ecosystem, creating clearer paths from finding data to understanding and using it.

Complex Workflows

Information Architecture

Interaction Design

NASA Earthdata

Making Earth science data easier to use

Thousands of scientific datasets. Dozens of tools. Very different user workflows.

I lead UX strategy across NASA's Earth science data ecosystem, creating clearer paths from finding data to understanding and using it.

Product Strategy

Data Products

Decision Support

U.S. Greenhouse Gas Center

Turning greenhouse gas data into decisions

Four federal agencies. Fragmented climate data. Audiences ranging from scientists to decision-makers.

I helped shape a new multi-agency product around the questions people need to answer, connecting scientific data with context, visualization, and decision support.

Product Strategy

Data Products

Decision Support

U.S. Greenhouse Gas Center

Turning greenhouse gas data into decisions

Four federal agencies. Fragmented climate data. Audiences ranging from scientists to decision-makers.

I helped shape a new multi-agency product around the questions people need to answer, connecting scientific data with context, visualization, and decision support.

User Research

Product Strategy

Complex Workflows

FisheryProgress

Designing for Sustainable Seafood Decisions

Seafood sustainability data. Multiple stakeholders. Very different decisions.

I led research across seafood buyers and fisheries to understand how they evaluate progress and make sourcing decisions, turning insights into clearer product priorities.

User Research

Product Strategy

Complex Workflows

FisheryProgress

Designing for Sustainable Seafood Decisions

Seafood sustainability data. Multiple stakeholders. Very different decisions.

I led research across seafood buyers and fisheries to understand how they evaluate progress and make sourcing decisions, turning insights into clearer product priorities.

Workflow Design

Information Architecture

Design Systems

NOAA Drought.gov

Making drought intelligence actionable

Hundreds of resources and datasets, but no clear path from understanding drought to deciding what to do next.

I reframed the platform around user decisions, creating a new information architecture and product system that connected conditions, impacts, forecasts, and resources.

Workflow Design

Information Architecture

Design Systems

NOAA Drought.gov

Making drought intelligence actionable

Hundreds of resources and datasets, but no clear path from understanding drought to deciding what to do next.

I reframed the platform around user decisions, creating a new information architecture and product system that connected conditions, impacts, forecasts, and resources.

User Research

Geospatial UX

Interaction Design

National Ecological Observatory Network

Connecting ecological data to place

81 field sites. Thousands of measurements. Researchers needed to know where the right data was being collected.

I used research and concept testing to turn a fragmented site-discovery experience into an interactive geospatial tool built around how scientists actually explore.

User Research

Geospatial UX

Interaction Design

National Ecological Observatory Network

Connecting ecological data to place

81 field sites. Thousands of measurements. Researchers needed to know where the right data was being collected.

I used research and concept testing to turn a fragmented site-discovery experience into an interactive geospatial tool built around how scientists actually explore.

my process

How I make technical products legible

My work sits between research, systems thinking, and interface craft. I help teams enter unfamiliar domains, make sense of competing priorities, and turn complexity into product clarity.

Research the domain

Use interviews, contextual inquiry, workshops, and synthesis to understand users, stakeholders, language, workflows, and constraints.

Shape the product system

Move from concept directions to interactive prototypes and production-ready UI that makes dense information easier to act on.

Document for adoption

Build or extend design systems, governance, documentation, and onboarding practices so teams can keep improving the product after launch.

Designing for decisions

I design data-rich products that help people find what they need, understand what matters, and take action.

Current: Senior Product Designer @ NASA

I'm Kat, a senior product designer in Seattle drawn to complicated problems. I design products that help people navigate data, understand systems, and make better decisions.

Work

Selected work in technical products, data platforms, and geospatial technology.

Complex Workflows

Information Architecture

Interaction Design

NASA Earthdata

Making Earth science data easier to use

Thousands of scientific datasets. Dozens of tools. Very different user workflows.

I lead UX strategy across NASA's Earth science data ecosystem, creating clearer paths from finding data to understanding and using it.

Complex Workflows

Information Architecture

Interaction Design

NASA Earthdata

Making Earth science data easier to use

Thousands of scientific datasets. Dozens of tools. Very different user workflows.

I lead UX strategy across NASA's Earth science data ecosystem, creating clearer paths from finding data to understanding and using it.

Product Strategy

Data Products

Decision Support

U.S. Greenhouse Gas Center

Turning greenhouse gas data into decisions

Four federal agencies. Fragmented climate data. Audiences ranging from scientists to decision-makers.

I helped shape a new multi-agency product around the questions people need to answer, connecting scientific data with context, visualization, and decision support.

Product Strategy

Data Products

Decision Support

U.S. Greenhouse Gas Center

Turning greenhouse gas data into decisions

Four federal agencies. Fragmented climate data. Audiences ranging from scientists to decision-makers.

I helped shape a new multi-agency product around the questions people need to answer, connecting scientific data with context, visualization, and decision support.

User Research

Product Strategy

Complex Workflows

FisheryProgress

Designing for Sustainable Seafood Decisions

Seafood sustainability data. Multiple stakeholders. Very different decisions.

I led research across seafood buyers and fisheries to understand how they evaluate progress and make sourcing decisions, turning insights into clearer product priorities.

User Research

Product Strategy

Complex Workflows

FisheryProgress

Designing for Sustainable Seafood Decisions

Seafood sustainability data. Multiple stakeholders. Very different decisions.

I led research across seafood buyers and fisheries to understand how they evaluate progress and make sourcing decisions, turning insights into clearer product priorities.

Workflow Design

Information Architecture

Design Systems

NOAA Drought.gov

Making drought intelligence actionable

Hundreds of resources and datasets, but no clear path from understanding drought to deciding what to do next.

I reframed the platform around user decisions, creating a new information architecture and product system that connected conditions, impacts, forecasts, and resources.

Workflow Design

Information Architecture

Design Systems

NOAA Drought.gov

Making drought intelligence actionable

Hundreds of resources and datasets, but no clear path from understanding drought to deciding what to do next.

I reframed the platform around user decisions, creating a new information architecture and product system that connected conditions, impacts, forecasts, and resources.

User Research

Geospatial UX

Interaction Design

National Ecological Observatory Network

Connecting ecological data to place

81 field sites. Thousands of measurements. Researchers needed to know where the right data was being collected.

I used research and concept testing to turn a fragmented site-discovery experience into an interactive geospatial tool built around how scientists actually explore.

User Research

Geospatial UX

Interaction Design

National Ecological Observatory Network

Connecting ecological data to place

81 field sites. Thousands of measurements. Researchers needed to know where the right data was being collected.

I used research and concept testing to turn a fragmented site-discovery experience into an interactive geospatial tool built around how scientists actually explore.

my process

How I make technical products legible

My work sits between research, systems thinking, and interface craft. I help teams enter unfamiliar domains, make sense of competing priorities, and turn complexity into product clarity.

Research the domain

Use interviews, contextual inquiry, workshops, and synthesis to understand users, stakeholders, language, workflows, and constraints.

Shape the product system

Move from concept directions to interactive prototypes and production-ready UI that makes dense information easier to act on.

Document for adoption

Build or extend design systems, governance, documentation, and onboarding practices so teams can keep improving the product after launch.