I'm 
Ted, a reliable designer, manager, researcher, and sometimes developer
I’m currently a design manager at 
Dialpad, helping customer support folks do their job. Previously I led 
Stack Overflow’s enterprise design team and was 
Canfield Scientific’s first design hire.
I also created and sold 
Cerberus, an open source framework for email development, and built one of the first 
email design systems.
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I'm a player-coach kind of design manager. I lead teams, but I also work on my own design projects with my PMs and engineers.
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I believe design is about taking the complex and chaotic and making it accessible to people, responsive , and as fast as possible.
What coworkers say
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Ted helped shape me into a leader. His product thinking is excellent and his feedback is fantastic at every level. He can zoom out to the big picture, then sweat the smallest details in the same conversation. He’s extremely adaptable and gives his full 100% to everyone he works with.
Paolo Duarte Staff Product Designer -
Ted is a rare designer who can design, code, and partner well with everyone. Product, engineering, and design all trust him. He’s strategic and asks good questions, the kind that make a team rethink the problem before jumping to a solution.
Austen Ezzell Head of Design
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Ted is one of the most technically strong and systems-thinking designers I’ve worked with. I’m super grateful for his mentorship and everything I’ve learned from him.
Vicky Cheung Product Designer -
Ted can step back from the solution and align the team around the problem and the goals. He asks the right questions that drive projects forward. He raised the bar for our design, team, and culture.
Sofia Andrade Senior Product Designer -
Ted is one of the best design managers I’ve worked with. He makes every team he’s part of better. He’s someone I look up to, both as a designer and as a person.
Bradley Hawkins Staff Product Designer