Civic Designer

The City of Rochester, in partnership with Johns Hopkins University and Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation (BCPI)

Jul 2024 to Feb 2025
•Supported i-team and stakeholders with rigorous innovation processes, including research, synthesis, idea generation, prototyping, and testing.
•Organized initiatives fostering deep engagement among local organizations, residents, and leadership for effective problem-solving.
•Delivered impactful artifacts and communication tools to convey research findings, design solutions, and project outcomes to diverse audiences.
Performed system design analysis and carried out testing to pinpoint technical issues.

Adjunct Professor, New Media Design

Rochester Institute of Technology · Part-time

Sept 2013 to Jan 2014; Jan 2022 to June 2022
• NMDE302 GUI (Graphical User Interface) This course examines the user-centered and iterative design approaches to application and interactive development with a focus on interface design, testing and development across multiple devices. Students will research and investigate human factors, visual metaphors and prototype development to create effective and cutting edge user interfaces.
• NMDE Intro to Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator

Senior Product Designer

Ambition · Full-time

March 2022 - Feb 2023 · Remote

Created adaptive, responsive, accessible design prototypes from conception, wire framing and mockups, to prototypes ready for development. Worked collaboratively with product managers and developers in the prototyping/development process, interviewing and testing concepts and development projects with our users, to create the best possible products and solutions.Created adaptive, responsive, accessible design prototypes from conception, wire framing and mockups, to prototypes ready for development. Worked collaboratively with product managers and developers in the prototyping/development process, interviewing and testing concepts and development projects with our users, to create the best possible products and solutions.

User Experience Director

Hawkeye · Freelance

Jun 2021 - Feb 2022 · Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex · Remote

User Experience Designer

Anthroware · Contract

Jun 2020 - Dec 2020 · Asheville, North Carolina, United States · Remote

• Work closely with product owners and software developers to establish complex and innovative UI frameworks and patterns (as well as design original screen mockups and UI kits that adhere to these approved design patterns)
• Conduct user research in the form of interviews, surveys and break out group sessions

Product Design Lead

Intermix.io (now Integrate.io) · Contract

2019 - 2020 · San Francisco Bay Area · Remote

• Led product design through new product transition, from start to ship to acquisition.
• Product redesign under my lead was integral to our acquisition (2020).
• Led design of a geographically diverse team of engineers and product leaders to develop and deploy all aspects of new product design, within a short 3 month release window.
• Designed in Figma, Vue.js and Vuetify.js using boxed and custom Material components
• Acquired by Xenon Partners in a private equity transaction in March 2020

Product Design Lead

CloudCheckr (part of Spot by NetApp)

Full-time · Rochester, New York Metropolitan Area

Product Design Lead

Jun 2018 - Jul 2019

• Provide design leadership for Product teams
• Led product innovation discovery and strategy sessions
• Manage execution of product design projects and efforts
• Adapt and drive best practices to improve efficiency of the design team
• Work with key members of the executive team to define and drive design direction
• Currently designing in XD, Vue.js and Vuetify.js using Material Design system• Provide design leadership for Product teams • Led product innovation discovery and strategy sessions • Manage execution of product design projects and efforts • Adapt and drive best practices to improve efficiency of the design team • Work with key members of the executive team to define and drive design direction • Currently designing in XD, Vue.js and Vuetify.js using Material Design system

Product Designer

Jun 2017 - Jun 2018

• Design and direction of the user experience for current and new product deployments, working closely with key stakeholders in leadership and development.
• Developed a deep understanding of customer needs to create engaging and fun to use solutions that deliver. This includes translating stakeholder requirements, assisting development planning and project management.

UX Designer

Calero software · Full-time

Oct 2015 - Jun 2017 · Rochester, New York Metropolitan Area

• Redesign and unification of the user experience across multiple product lines: Developed design concepts, mockups, prototypes, user flows, navigation maps and style guides to drive application development
• Enhancement of brand's product style guides and component libraries, including design support for marketing when needed
• Design research and UI analysis, including the design and development of lean user surveys, customer interviews and feedback analysis to facilitate data driven UI development