Currently managing a team of Product Analysts, using data to make informed design recommendations.
Experience
Apple, Product Design Manager, Vision Products Group, 2023 – Present
Apple, Product Designer, Vision Products Group, 2018 – 2023
First employee in new role, blending 3D design, data science, and human factors to provide design recommendations to ID Design Studio and Product Design teams.
Digital Toolbox, Co-Founder & Director
2009 – 2017
Started as an open-source web resource for architects working with digital tools; evolved into a 3D design consultancy for art, architecture, and product design.
Jason Krugman Studio — Product Designer
2013 – 2017
Co-launched Splyt Light, a consumer lighting product. Led 3D design and fabrication for large-scale public sculpture “Rhythm and Form” in Bethesda, MD.
Alexis Bittar — CAD Designer
2013 – 2017
Jewelry design and surface modeling from hand sketch through production casting.
Plastarc — Spatial Interaction Designer
2014 – 2016
Visualized qualitative and quantitative spatial data; conducted workplace anthropology interviews and delivered design recommendations for enterprise clients.
Education
Master of Human-Computer Interaction, Carnegie Mellon University 2017 – 2018
Fulbright Research Grant, CITA, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen 2015 – 2016
Bachelor of Architecture, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 2007 – 2012
Selected Publications
Adaptive Robotic Fabrication for Conditions of Material Inconsistency, FABRICATE 2016. Nicholas, Zwierzycki, Nørgaard, Leinweber, Stasiuk, Hutchinson, Thomsen - 2016
Adaptive Meshing for Bi-Directional Information Flows, Advances in Architectural Geometry. Nicholas, Zwierzycki, Stasiuk, Nørgaard, Leinweber, Thomsen - 2016
Filigree Robotics, ACADIA 2016 — CITA, KADK Copenhagen. Tamke, Nørgaard, Leinweber, Tvede - 2016
Working without Borders: Flexible Workplace in an International Peacekeeping Organization, EDRA CORE 2015. Marsh, Erickson, Hackel, Leinweber - 2015
Patents
Fit detection for head-mountable devices, US-12547007-B2 - with Apple, 2026
Head-Mountable Device with Guidance Features, US-20250271672-A1 - with Apple, 2025
Support for head-mountable device, US-12393038-B2 - with Apple, 2025
Multiple Light Bulb Socket Adapter, US 29561973 — with Jason Krugman, 2016