Hey, I’m Walter.
Every challenge I’ve chosen has had one thing in common: it asked me to become someone new.
Whether it was studying engineering, training for my first marathon, building a running community from the ground up, or designing products in fast-moving startups, I've found myself drawn to work that lives just beyond what I already know. Not because it's comfortable, but because growth rarely is.
I discovered product design while studying engineering at Olin College. I loved solving technical problems, but I became even more interested in the people behind them. I found myself asking different questions: Why do people hesitate here? What makes something feel intuitive? How can a product earn someone's trust in just a few interactions? Design gave me a way to combine systems thinking with empathy, curiosity, and creativity, and I haven't looked back since.
Since then, my career has taken me through very different environments. At Microsoft, I learned how thoughtful design scales across products used by millions. At Cyasoon, I experienced the other side of product development, working as the sole designer alongside founders and engineers through multiple pivots, constant ambiguity, and countless conversations with users. Those experiences taught me that designing products isn't about finding perfect answers. It's about learning quickly, adapting often, and helping teams move forward with confidence.
Outside of work, I founded GOATS, a running community built around a simple belief: the mountain is you. The hardest part of any challenge isn't the obstacle itself. It's the person you're becoming as you work through it. That philosophy has shaped the way I approach both life and design. Great products don't just help people complete tasks. At their best, they help people feel more capable, more confident, and more connected than they did before.
I believe everyone has a greatest version of themselves. GOATS is the community that helps you find it.
Today, I’m still climbing.
I'm looking for opportunities where I can work alongside thoughtful people, tackle meaningful problems, and continue growing into the kind of designer who can navigate ambiguity, bring clarity to complex ideas, and build products that genuinely improve people's lives.
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves’
—Sir Edmund Hillary