Demonstrate expertise in applying user-centered design principles, resulting in the creation of intuitive and user-friendly software interfaces that elevate overall user experiences.

Produce compelling Figma prototypes, collaborating closely with clients to visualize product flows and future directions.

Pioneered the development of design principles, style guides, branding guidelines, and component libraries, unifying AutoGrid's visual communication strategies.

A principal creator in the establishment of the Customer Advisory Board, a dynamic forum for user feedback. Quarterly meetings with customers have fostered a culture of feedback at AutoGrid, driving 1:1 discussions to uncover customer goals.

Crafted visually immersive persona and user journey documents that align internal teams with specific customer profiles and their scenario-based requirements.

Demonstrated an unwavering commitment to proactive collaboration across cross-functional teams, including product management, development, marketing, and delivery, ensuring the seamless integration of visually striking design solutions.

Visual design lead on the data analytics team that ensured the Apptentive Web platform stayed engaging for the Product Manager persona type.

Responsible for platform UX research on customer experience, via customer interviews and FullStory observations, that were used to target customer needs.

Focused on building Figma interactive prototypes and worked directly with users to gain feedback on them that influences company roadmaps and OKRs.

Created animation proposals in Figma to enhance the visual design interaction of specific customer personas.

Helped author a new design system from the ground up using Figma components. This on-going work involved constant communication with the engineering team and business stakeholders.

Part of an international team of designers with the ambitious goal of solidifying UX direction for Oracle's complex app-building developer software suite. By working closely with engineers, I helped deliver a

vision that combined several Oracle products into a single fluid experience.

Worked closely with Oracle’s lead element designers and constructed innovative UI elements which not only implemented a responsive strategy for the tool but also incorporated Oracle's new Redwood design system.

Responsible for performing detailed design content compatibility checks on mobile app prototypes and then creating high-fidelity screens based on the findings. The direction improved information absorption and paved the way for a new mobile AR feature and tool library which I also assisted in creating.

Lead the UI/UX design efforts on Kymeta’s essential onboarding software that allowed users to manage fleets of antennas, organize their devices and clearly maintain complex account services. The tool was hailed by the executive team as a quintessential bridge for customers to integrate Kymeta’s new antenna technology.

Successfully gathered and maintained an essential user data base by conducting interviews, administering surveys and engaging in pair-programming sessions. These overall findings were developed into clear user-driven strategies that influenced many Cloud Service’s projects.

Based on user feedback, I developed several prominent informational dashboards which not only gave users vast insight into their antenna fleet at a glance but also served as a keen navigation shortcut to needed information.

Became the definitive UX champion of the Network Operations Center for feature development. I hosted group and individual touchpoint sessions to ensure the software experience remained influential and successful.

Created a compelling visual design language for all Cloud Services products that promoted consistency and mitigated confusion with third party software.

Constantly inspired departments with various forward-thinking interface designs. The results was several industry-first app ideas with the potential to create new forms of revenue streams for the company.

Lead all UI/UX design efforts for the development of a next-gen automotive voice platform. This involved working closely with engineers and voice designers to deliver a fully functioning prototype.

Created a strong information architecture for a cloud-based customer relationship management tool. The project involved developing archetypes, conducting user interviews, feature focused wireframes and eventual collaboration with Development to build prototypes.

Design the visuals for Toyota Entune’s entire automotive, mobile and Web components, while art directing its evolution into Lexus Enform and Chrysler Uconnect systems. This involved strategically managing deliverables, ensuring brand consistency and championing usability from the personas and extensive user research I created.

Completed an extensive research and design initiative to completely reshape Microsoft’s flagship networking operations software. I interviewed users, identified dominant features, fashioned in-depth scenarios, established an efficient feature set, produced clearly defined user flow maps, develop countless wireframes, worked side by side coding with engineers and eventually designed the UI for the entire product.

· Was the lead UI/UX designer responsible for developing and implementing new ideas for CarDomain’s social networking space.

· Created the brand identity, style guild and marketing material

· Identified areas of process improvement between design and development resulting in leading monthly design training for developers as well as increasing coding skills for myself

· Built wireframes, user stories, and interaction matrixes for CarDomain’s largest advertising campaign as well as being design director with high-profile clients

· Worked side by side with development, IT and QA teams to ensure design integrity

· Designed exhibit spaces and communication materials for most of CarDomain’s conferences.

· Designed corporate branding for InfoSpace’s Web properties, intranet, content channels, style guides and various company brandings

· Developed, through focus group testing, the entire style and layout for Moviso.com, InfoSpace’s mobile content site

· Worked on several usability-related design projects, including interface design of configurations tools, site integration, company wide personas and Flash-based tutorials

· Created a mobile UI for music content--from concept, to navigation flow chart, to wireframes and final design

· Various print projects including hiring brochures, promotional posters, and t-shirts

· Worked with the Creative Director to help screen and commission contractors for projects

· Design of online marketing materials such as advertisements and promotional pages

· Demonstrated ability to learn and use Flash technology

· Design and production of client Web pages such as T-Mobile and SafeCo

· Creation of a wide variety of Web advertisements

· Creation of an informational Flash kiosk animation for T-Mobile stores

· Designed the look and feel of the RealNetworks corporate Web site and created the initial style guide

· Designed the core logos and icon set used in all digital presentations for internal and external use

· Design and production of various internal company Web sites

· Created feature graphics, backgrounds, headers, tiles, buttons and other “stock” imagery for use in products such as RealPlayer, RealVideo, and RealJukeBox