At INRIX, as Lead Product Designer, I’m focused on creating user experiences that make a real difference, whether it’s improving road safety for vulnerable users through Vision Zero products or tackling other mobility challenges. I work closely with teams to simplify complex systems, making sure every design decision meets user needs and enhances usability. My goal is to create intuitive, impactful designs that address real-world problems and push the boundaries of what’s possible in transportation.

• Lead designer and product owner for road safety analytics SaaS product in partnership with General Motors.

• Established designer-developer hand-off and collaboration processes internally and with external partner organizations.

• Forged a design system and usability patterns for the company’s product suite including Compass AI.

• Build wireframes, mockups, and prototypes of Aduro's latest products

• Conduct user research in the form of interviews, surveys, and user testing

• Manage design system components and own product UI/UX

• Own the creation of the Detroit Design System, the company’s first design system in its venture into SaaS.

• Design icons, buttons, data visualizations, etc. following Atomic Design guidelines to create developer-ready components.

• Produce mockups for various consumer-facing products and conduct presentations of the design rationale.

• Meet with clients to address and discover UX challenges in new and existing systems.

• Design and prototype web solutions given the client’s specs and iterate on designs to meet requirements.

• Optimize and maintain websites after completion to ensure proper functionality and reliability.

• Create user-flows/journeys, design wireframes, and mockups for new and existing data visualization tools.

• Build prototypes to assist in user research, using low-to-high-fidelity techniques and build design tools.

• Collaborate with UX designers and researchers, and work with front-end engineers on UI implementation best practices.

As a volunteer to the production of the magazine, contributions to the team include converting existing issues to eReader-compatible formats, participating in critiques regarding layout and art, and developing strategies to extend digital publication of the magazine to major distributors such as Kindle, Overdrive, and Apple iBooks.

Privately held digital marketing start-up focused on providing services to small businesses locally and nationwide.

• Operate as Systems Administrator of the business and of client assets.

• Lead creative direction for customer projects including developing brand image that supports customers’ strategic objectives.

• Personal expertise includes: brand development, web design, and UI/UX optimization.

everyone.marketing opted to close its doors after relocation to Seattle, WA.

Consistently distinguished, award-winning eLearning (LMS) software company serving Fortune 500 companies, including Cox Communications, JP Morgan Chase, Raytheon, Medline, Pfizer, Pitney Bowes, Samsung, Sony, and Verizon Wireless.

Provide project management oversight for all phases of the design to ensure the successful delivery of engaging web-application features and the most effective UX solutions. Work with project managers, designers, developers, and customers to find solutions that improve customer engagement, usability, and site performance. Conduct UX testing of interfaces and create wireframes, mockups, and prototyping of new interfaces for numerous existing and prospective customers.

• Identify pain points in product’s template interface listening to feedback, testing, and following user research methods to develop creative, innovative solutions.

• Research modern UI/UX design trends/best practices to improve the SaaS product and create friendly, responsive, and consistent designs to communicate to leadership and design team.

• Develop, rapidly test and iterate prototypes of new large-scale, responsive design mobile and web interfaces based on customer service goals and pillars for 30+ brands and services.

• Produce low-fidelity mockups, wireframes, user flows, and journey mapping of new interfaces for project managers and clients to seek leadership approval and funding.

• Lead the charge on the design of a new, innovative web-application for JP Morgan Chase that increases customer engagement and usability for thousands of users worldwide. Meet with client’s team to gather data, then develop a style guide, iterative mockups, and a working prototype.

Privately held startup, venture capitalist owned, technology-centered, gaming/entertainment business encompassing specialty interactive technology and website design, food and beverage, membership services, events, and retail. Established Q1 2014. Began working in a retail position July, 2014.

Lead a team of eight creators producing 20+ creative assets per week. Illustrations, audio/video content creation, UX/UI design, front-end development, and paid social media marketing for all Forge(x) child companies.

Creative Direction and Execution

• Design user-friendly web applications and toolsets to support Forge(x) services.

• Produce websites, interactive installations, and mobile apps for three outside clients, including a not-for-profit foundation, a museum exhibition, a customer-facing eCommerce site, and a mobile parking startup.

• Act as Lead Designer for a tech startup utilizing a mobile app delivering creative vision, innovation in web design and user interface, and consistency in user experience.

Executive Management

• Participated in strategy development, business operations, and P&L decision making for all Forge(x) companies, during a period of rapid business expansion.

• Expanded commercial real estate portfolio from two properties to ten and business offering revenue streams from three to five; Grew staff from fifteen to sixty.

• Held budget decision authority for marketing and advertising (digital, print, and signage) and real estate build-out.

• Monitored marketing and promotional campaigns, evaluated performance and recommended continuation, alternatives, or abandonment.

Commercial Real Estate Interior/Exterior Design and Branding

• Created build-out plans for fledgling businesses and coordinated with contractors and project managers for four commercial properties.

• Produced illustrations and 3D models that were submitted to the Savannah Historic Review Board for assessment of appropriateness of business exterior branding updates and build-outs.