I have over years of hands-on work experience in UX design, rapid prototyping, and front-end development for rich Internet applications and mobile devices. I practice user centered design principles basing design decisions on user needs and business goals.
Bittrex (Seattle, WA)
June 18, 2018 - Present
Bittrex enables traders and investors to buy and sell cryptocurrencies and digital tokens. My responsibilities include researching, wireframing, prototyping, interaction designs, and visual designs.
Bloomz (Redmond, WA)
May 28, 2013 - March 30, 2018
Bloomz makes it easy for Teachers and Schools to safely communicate and coordinate with parents, share media, school events, instantly message parents and more. As the head of product design, I drive the end-to-end user experience ensuring that we build the minimal viable product; incorporate user centered design techniques; and optimize the experience by analyzing usage data.
Scantron Corporation (Bellevue, WA)
February 14, 2008 - April 19, 2013
As the design lead I have the overall responsibility for all production work completed by the design team and for providing the UX strategic direction for the company.
Lead strategic thinking to ensure that simple and intuitive user experiences are designed and adhered to; define standards of usability and accessibility; empowering excellent, high-quality visual designs and front-end development; engage with product managers, design, and development leads to solve user and business goals using the principles of user-centered design.
Ensure designers understand the company's goals; understand what they are accountable for; and promote personal growth and professional development opportunities.
Seek to update and improve processes, to allow less wasteful, more streamlined design.
Microsoft (Redmond, WA)
November 5, 2007 - February 13, 2008
Developed product designs for contextual ads platform. Responsible for all phases of the design process.
Vizrea (Seattle, WA)
September 26, 2005 - November 5, 2007
As the UX Designer I have the responsibility of creating simple and delightful user experiences utilizing principals of user-centered design. My goal is to deliver intuitive design solutions that help people and WebFives achieve their goals.
Develop design solutions to elegantly solve key scenarios to solve user and business goals.
Develop rapid paper/clickable prototypes to evaluate the effectiveness of design solutions against identified scenarios.
Develop pixel perfect XHTML/CSS markup and UI controls with Flash ActionScript.
School of Design
Interactive Media Design
Associate of Applied Arts - December 2005
Highest Honors
Department of Economics
International Economics
Bachelor of Arts - June 2000