Design lead for fundamental platform feature that enables connectivity to external data sources across the entire Cloud Pak suite of services including Watson Studio, Watson Knowledge Catalog and others.

Finalist for the Ventana Digital Innovation Awards, Analytics category for IBM Cloud Pak for Data

UX / Interaction & Visual Designer on multiple Web / Cloud Network Applications

• Lead designer on SD-WAN product team, responsible for several product feature areas.

• Drove workshops to lead senior stakeholders and large product technical teams through strategy, simplification efforts, and future enhancement opportunities.

• Designed early concepts through pixel-perfect mockups and prototypes for large and complex features, simplifying interactions and providing supportive workflows.

• Engaged in user research and facilitation of Design Thinking workshops with stakeholder teams and staff for various product features, strategy planning, and collaboration/design processes.

• Led the feature design for platform functions like search (global & local), network topology and mapping. Key contributor on the design of global notifications for Cisco DNA-C. Two features submitted to patent review process.

ACQUIRED BY CISCO FEBRUARY 2018

• Led this startup’s user experience and visual design efforts on new and existing feature stories as their sole designer.

• Simplified existing designs, defined patterns, and identified areas for improved usability following a heuristic evaluation of the existing product.

• Initiated the design and development of a new visual and pattern style guide including new data visualizations.

• Provided comprehensive user flows, complete wireframes, high resolution mocks and assets, and provided QA review of implementations prior to release.

• Improved brand recognition and messaging for both an animal rescue and a dis-advantaged child non-profit, thereby increasing donor support and pet adoptions through new design strategies, simplified information architecture, thoughtful user experience and visual designs on websites and various marketing collateral.

• Designed end-to-end and managed the campaign website and marketing collateral for three, successful, local political campaigns – including logos, advertisements, mailers, signage, large format graphics, and vehicle wraps.