Hi, I'm Hillary.
I've designed for 55,000 restaurants and 59 million guests at Toast, including one of its first AI products; helped a million language learners build daily habits at Toucan; and founded design at the supply chain startup Valdera.
I speak four languages (not all well), love the sea, and am learning the drums. Studied Symbolic Systems at Stanford.
More on how I think.
How I work in a team
I've worked with dozens of designers and Hillary is truly an outlier. She's an incredible thought partner and product problem solver. She excels both at going broad in the exploration phase and also critiquing her own work to get to the best solution. Her designs are always backed in...research, data, and a broad competitor perspective.
Katie Topper
Formerly Product @Toast, now @Ramp
[Hillary] is an exceptional designer with a talent for creating engaging experiences. [She] is incredibly empathetic, always willing to learn, and has an infectious curiosity and passion for problem-solving. While a startup environment can be demanding and rife with ambiguity, she met every challenge head-on and delivered exceptional work each time. Hillary is a true joy to work with.
Kassandra Randazzo
Formerly Design @Toucan, now @Tango
I've worked with many talented designers, but no design team has compared to the team at Toucan. Hillary was a large part of what made that team so special...I looked forward to [collaborating] because I knew Hillary would find a way to simplify complex user flows, give our users moments of delight, and bring our brand to life.
Isaac Durand
Formerly Engineering @Toucan, now @Groundswell
[Hillary] is a rare designer who is able to execute high level, rigorous UX research in a constantly changing setting. She is organized, talented at communicating across cultural lines, and understands the critical nuances of UX research that even some researchers miss.
Chris Golias
UX Research @Google DeepMind
As an engineer, my life is made much easier having Hillary on the team because she always takes engineering concerns and constraints into consideration in her work. She is able to produce high-quality work at different resolutions of fidelity — balancing company deadlines, customer needs, management goals, and engineering capacity.
Krishnabh Medhi
Engineering @Valdera
I've worked with dozens of designers and Hillary is truly an outlier. She's an incredible thought partner and product problem solver. She excels both at going broad in the exploration phase and also critiquing her own work to get to the best solution. Her designs are always backed in...research, data, and a broad competitor perspective.
Katie Topper
Formerly Product @Toast, now @Ramp
[Hillary] is an exceptional designer with a talent for creating engaging experiences. [She] is incredibly empathetic, always willing to learn, and has an infectious curiosity and passion for problem-solving. While a startup environment can be demanding and rife with ambiguity, she met every challenge head-on and delivered exceptional work each time. Hillary is a true joy to work with.
Kassandra Randazzo
Formerly Design @Toucan, now @Tango
I've worked with many talented designers, but no design team has compared to the team at Toucan. Hillary was a large part of what made that team so special...I looked forward to [collaborating] because I knew Hillary would find a way to simplify complex user flows, give our users moments of delight, and bring our brand to life.
Isaac Durand
Formerly Engineering @Toucan, now @Groundswell
[Hillary] is a rare designer who is able to execute high level, rigorous UX research in a constantly changing setting. She is organized, talented at communicating across cultural lines, and understands the critical nuances of UX research that even some researchers miss.
Chris Golias
UX Research @Google DeepMind
As an engineer, my life is made much easier having Hillary on the team because she always takes engineering concerns and constraints into consideration in her work. She is able to produce high-quality work at different resolutions of fidelity — balancing company deadlines, customer needs, management goals, and engineering capacity.
Krishnabh Medhi
Engineering @Valdera
I've worked with dozens of designers and Hillary is truly an outlier. She's an incredible thought partner and product problem solver. She excels both at going broad in the exploration phase and also critiquing her own work to get to the best solution. Her designs are always backed in...research, data, and a broad competitor perspective.
Katie Topper
Formerly Product @Toast, now @Ramp
[Hillary] is an exceptional designer with a talent for creating engaging experiences. [She] is incredibly empathetic, always willing to learn, and has an infectious curiosity and passion for problem-solving. While a startup environment can be demanding and rife with ambiguity, she met every challenge head-on and delivered exceptional work each time. Hillary is a true joy to work with.
Kassandra Randazzo
Formerly Design @Toucan, now @Tango
I've worked with many talented designers, but no design team has compared to the team at Toucan. Hillary was a large part of what made that team so special...I looked forward to [collaborating] because I knew Hillary would find a way to simplify complex user flows, give our users moments of delight, and bring our brand to life.
Isaac Durand
Formerly Engineering @Toucan, now @Groundswell
[Hillary] is a rare designer who is able to execute high level, rigorous UX research in a constantly changing setting. She is organized, talented at communicating across cultural lines, and understands the critical nuances of UX research that even some researchers miss.
Chris Golias
UX Research @Google DeepMind
As an engineer, my life is made much easier having Hillary on the team because she always takes engineering concerns and constraints into consideration in her work. She is able to produce high-quality work at different resolutions of fidelity — balancing company deadlines, customer needs, management goals, and engineering capacity.
Krishnabh Medhi
Engineering @Valdera
I've worked with dozens of designers and Hillary is truly an outlier. She's an incredible thought partner and product problem solver. She excels both at going broad in the exploration phase and also critiquing her own work to get to the best solution. Her designs are always backed in...research, data, and a broad competitor perspective.
Katie Topper
Formerly Product @Toast, now @Ramp
[Hillary] is an exceptional designer with a talent for creating engaging experiences. [She] is incredibly empathetic, always willing to learn, and has an infectious curiosity and passion for problem-solving. While a startup environment can be demanding and rife with ambiguity, she met every challenge head-on and delivered exceptional work each time. Hillary is a true joy to work with.
Kassandra Randazzo
Formerly Design @Toucan, now @Tango
I've worked with many talented designers, but no design team has compared to the team at Toucan. Hillary was a large part of what made that team so special...I looked forward to [collaborating] because I knew Hillary would find a way to simplify complex user flows, give our users moments of delight, and bring our brand to life.
Isaac Durand
Formerly Engineering @Toucan, now @Groundswell
[Hillary] is a rare designer who is able to execute high level, rigorous UX research in a constantly changing setting. She is organized, talented at communicating across cultural lines, and understands the critical nuances of UX research that even some researchers miss.
Chris Golias
UX Research @Google DeepMind
As an engineer, my life is made much easier having Hillary on the team because she always takes engineering concerns and constraints into consideration in her work. She is able to produce high-quality work at different resolutions of fidelity — balancing company deadlines, customer needs, management goals, and engineering capacity.
Krishnabh Medhi
Engineering @Valdera