Devbridge · DFIN · Product Designer · 2020 – 2021

Making SEC compliance feel intuitive — and winning global awards for it.

As a founding designer on DFIN's Active Disclosure, I helped design and launch the B2B SEC reporting platform that went on to win two global Infosec Awards at RSAC 2023.

Objective

Design a complex, compliance-heavy B2B reporting platform that professionals actually want to use.

Outcome

Two global Infosec Awards at RSAC 2023.

Success looked like

A shipped platform trusted for SEC reporting, account management flows that balanced rigor with usability, and design decisions grounded in direct stakeholder research.

Founding-team ambiguity

Joining as one of the founding designers meant there was no established system to inherit — we were defining the platform's design language while shipping it. I specialized in the account management side, where the complexity of roles, permissions, and financial workflows collided with the need for clarity.

Research under regulation

I conducted stakeholder interviews, design reviews, and usability research with the professionals who live inside SEC reporting — aligning every design decision with both product objectives and the unforgiving realities of compliance. The result proved that regulated software doesn't have to feel like punishment.

Ask me about designing for compliance without designing only for compliance officers.