My Story

Started a company senior year connecting designers and CS students with gig work, and chased fundraising through Notre Dame's IDEA Center. It didn't take off, but it lit the fuse: I learned I love building products from zero.

Joined Platform Venture Studio as a Product Developer, and was promoted to Product Development Lead. For two years I worked as a hands-on 0-1 developer, designing and shipping MVPs and wiring up the integrations and development pipelines behind a portfolio of founder startups. This is where my technical foundation was built.

Went independent and founded Donnelly Design. I found the most rewarding part was the client side: technical project and relationship management, understanding what each client actually needed and delivering it hands-on.

Focused the consultancy on a few core clients across design, development, and strategy. One of them, Runwayz, a career-development platform for the skilled trades, became a full-time role. I'm now their Head of Product, working with their customers and partners to implement, customize, and build the platform around their needs. It's the combination of the two sides of my career: deep technical work and customer-facing partnership.