Human needs inspire me—while an optimism that inclusive, empowering experiences & teamwork are always an option, what drives me. I’ve spent 15+ years in SaaS and enterprise product design—the last 7 on experiences spanning text and graphical interfaces. Bringing thoughtful, trustworthy agentic capabilities into GUI experiences with intent, is my latest design obsession. Embracing the beautiful mess of human needs meeting business opportunities at-scale, the stalwart.

On my mind: art, architecture, AI ethics, co-active leadership, design systems, service ecosystems, interaction design, typography; permaculture, music, metalworking, letterpress posters, Zebra unity, epic powder days. Maybe (possibly) just a few other things, too. Bringing wisdom from shell agent user love, to agentic experiences. We can do so much better than “slap a chat window onto it.”

ninavizz is my universal handle, as well as my gmail. My public PGP key is advised for sensitive matters. My pronouns are she/her.

I live with my partner and two mischievous cats on a tree farm at the base of Mt Hood, in rural Oregon, which has been a delightful midlife change after 20+ years in the San Francisco Bay Area. I enjoy frequent travel, CrossFit, outdoor adventure, farm-to-table living, cursing the good fortunes of warm-weather ice hockey teams, and taking-in the Milky Way on clear nights from home. Currently learning Claude Design and Code, and looking forward to updating this page, soon!