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VP of Design · 2014-2025 · GovTech & FinTech

Built the most-trusted DMV GovTech platform from 0 to $100M+.

$100M+
Revenue scaled
500K+
Monthly visitors
200K+
Five-star reviews
#1 Rated
online DMV service
Challenge
Make DMV transactions feel easy.

eTags set out to do something that sounded simple; make DMV transactions feel easy. Title transfers, registration renewals, license plates: the kind of required tasks people dread.

The eTags brand needed to earn trust instantly, offer excellent customer service and guide nervous users through state-specific compliance requirements with streamlined UX.

Approach
Minimum user experience interaction.

Digitalize cumbersome and complex government forms. To only show pertinent information and data required for a specific service. To offer something the state doesn’t; Excellent customer service.

To create a web app and funnel experience that would take the customer 5 minutes to fill in using descriptive and easy to understand language.

Outcome
National leader with the highest ratings.

eTags became the national #1-rated online DMV service with over 200,000 FIVE-star reviews, more than any other online title and registration platform in the country. Monthly traffic grew to 500K+ visitors across web and mobile, and the business scaled past $100M in annual revenue.

The investment in trust-first design compounded over time: repeat customers, word-of-mouth growth, and an NPS that consistently outpaced the industry. A product people return to year after year because it simply works.

Brand & Identity Systems

Brand built from scratch. Identity, tone, guidelines, and visual standards; designed to work equally well on a landing page and a multi-step compliance form.

Target audience was everyone able to drive a vehicle. The brand had to be authoritative without feeling bureaucratic.

  • Full brand guidelines and visual system
  • Digital, print, and video standards
  • Advertising creatives & direction
eTags.com brand system
Website & Landing Pages

Designed and built the marketing site and state-specific landing pages. UX to get the user to the right funnel in as few steps as possible.

A friendly, customer service driven presence that felt closer to a consumer app than a government service.

  • Full front-end architecture and development
  • State-specific landing pages tailored to local requirements
  • Conversion-focused UX with direct access to live support
eTags.com sites
Application Funnels

Every state has its own DMV requirements; different fields, different fees, different document uploads. I designed a responsive, state-specific funnel system where smart back-end logic served only the relevant inputs for each user.

Every key flow was prototyped and validated with UX testing before going to development as well as real user behaviour modifications.

  • State-specific funnel design across all active markets
  • UX testing and heat-map analysis feeding design iterations
  • Responsive UI optimised for conversion
eTags.com app funnel
UI/UX Journeys

This example of UX mapping was for eTags customer portal, (accounts). I built interactive prototypes using Adobe XD and ran them through structured testing sessions before any code was written.

  • Interactive end-to-end prototypes & journeys
  • User testing sessions
  • Modular and responsive User Interfaces
eTags.com journey
Customer & Support Portals

The internal support portal (CRM) used by the eTags operations team to handle all incoming transactions. Etags legal management platform (MNG), where legal specifications for each state could be edited and managed.

I designed and developed the front-end for both the customer account portal; where users could manage their vehicle registrations, track orders, and chat with support.

Email and SMS template management for each state and auto responses. Dynamic state specific receipt template management.

  • Customer account portal with order management and live chat
  • Internal support portal application (CRM) for high-volume customer management
  • Legal management application (MNG).
  • Email and SMS template application.