I design workflows and experiences that take your users on a journey to bring them to a point of meaningful accomplishment. My approach to user-centered design leverages a deep understanding of users in order to build trust and promote confidence in your products and services.

I listen closely, offer careful advice and produce UX deliverables that fit your needs. My cross industry experience spans the full set of UX skills including user analysis, contextual inquiries, field investigations, workflow analysis, persona development, user journey mapping, style guide and visual spec design, wireframes, high fidelity prototypes, usability testing, and working closely with stakeholders to ensure a smooth and confident hand-off of all deliverables.

Cofounded a health and wellness technology startup focused on improving attention and productivity. Coordinated and conducted user research efforts. Led design of new products and interfaces. Opened conversations with potential investors.

Designed workflows and prototypes to connect an ecosystem of over a dozen interrelated applications focused on providing research-informed, well-coordinated cancer care. Organized the design of a mobile-first style guide that unified our brand identity. Led efforts to acquire new UX talent.

Led UX design as part of a product innovation team. Designed a clinical activity dashboard that more than double utilization of our notification service and attracted new client sales. Led up-front user research efforts. Coordinated UI validation testing ahead of hand-off to engineers.

Architected user experiences for industry-leading Fortune 500 clients. Designed user journeys, personas, wireframes and interactive prototypes. Worked closely with client partners to me to drive evolving business plans and outcomes. Coordinated with team members around the world.

Designed Augmented Reality experiences for NVIDIA’s mobile Tegra hardware. Collaborated with a cross-disciplinary team of experts in multimedia, 3D graphics and computer vision to establish an AR framework based on open industry standards.

Participated in R&D efforts to design interactive experiences that complement traditional television viewing. Accomplishments informed future research directions.

Worked closely with local faculty, students and fellow IT professionals to identify and deploy new information systems supportive of teaching and learning. Specific responsibilities included establishing and maintaining services for streaming media, webinars, online learning systems, electronic portfolios, interactive whiteboards and classroom response systems.

Worked as a volunteer at Tech Corps Wisconsin in Racine, WI refurbishing and redeploying donated computer systems.

Worked as a volunteer at the University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension program providing website and database support.