Hi I'm Anna!
Award-winning design leader, international keynote speaker, accessibility and inclusive design specialist
I'm a Senior Designer at Microsoft, leading product creation with a focus on accessibility and inclusion in platforms. With over a decade of digital design experience, I am recognized international speaker and writer in design and tech communities.Recent Projects
This is just a small selection of curated project highlights. In-depth case studies are available by request only due to NDAs.
Microsoft Copilot
Defining foundational experience, controls, and patterns for Microsoft Copilot in Azure. Working with Fluent to utilize their framework and iterate on the framework offerings to ensure controls and patterns related to Microsoft AI are customer-driven, highly usable, and accessible from the start.
Microsoft Azure
Identifying business goals, user needs, technical constraints, and the competitive landscape for Azure. Collaborating with product teams across Azure to influence design directions for high-impact patterns such as Azure Home, Azure Sidebar navigation, and Azure Search.
Microsoft Inclusive Design
Leading the next iteration of Microsoft Design’s Inclusive Design website, tools, and offerings. Defining strategy and requirements, leading the design team’s end-to-end work, including experience design, interface design, specifications, handoff to the engineering team, and accessibility integrations.
LinkedIn Learning
Creating a course on Auditing Design Systems for Accessibility, including scripts, exercises, and recording training content, all from scratch based on my own expertise in creating highly usable, accessible, and inclusive experiences and embedding these practices in design systems.