I am designing and teaching the 2-quarter sequence of Game Design for Social Good. Students will learn to design and develop games that have a social impact component.

Bad Zombie Games is a digital game creation studio. We created a number of award-winning games such as Monsters vs. Fractions and Last Kids on Earth: Hit the Deck for SMART Technologies and Atomic Cartoons. We are currently working on a new survival deckbuilder game due this summer.

I created an "internal startup" to explore a new business area for Smart in game-based learning. I and my team have created Funterra, an education game service, Monsters vs Fractions, a series of award-winning fractions games, and other original education content.

I led the global, cross-disciplinary User Experience team at SMART for over 5 years. I and my team were responsible for the user experience across our interactive hardware platforms and our range of software products, including our education products used by millions of teachers and students worldwide.

I taught a Visual Language and the Representation of Complex Information (information visualization) class as well as a Prototying class in the Interaction Design program at the Universidad Veritas in San Jose, Costa Rica.

I and my family went on a year-long odyssey of discovery in Costa Rica. We helped our kids develop some creative and intriguing Hack Schooling projects and opportunities, learned to speak Spanish and surf, helped a local kids' organization, taught in the Interaction Design program at Universidad Veritas and did some freelance consulting. See our blog for all the adventures.

I was the Research and Strategy Manager for the Aviation Studio. I and my team helped Boeing define exceptional passenger experiences and the next generation of commercial airline interiors.

Lead the user experience team of 5 functional areas, including research and design for Microsoft Hardware. Responsible as part of the core leadership team for the development of product roadmaps and category strategies across 2 businesses and 5 product lines plus new incubations. Drove the user experience work for several key incubation efforts, including a $15MM touch/NUI product. Built well-respected, high performance teams, responsible for numerous design awards and patents. Evolved planning horizon from one roadmap cycle (6 mos.) to 3 years. Helped increase revenue from $400MM to $750MM+ and 15 to 30+ products. Manage a team of 25 and a budget of over $4MM.

Investigated and designed new methods for visualizing large amounts of text-based information. Created new strategic products and services. Directed user research efforts. Directed product design innovation efforts. Created, visualized, and analyzed user performance and business metrics in Attenex Patterns tools. Created strategic plans and roadmaps for Attenex Patterns products. Program managed the delivery of Structure, the first version of Attenex’s knowledge-base tool for attorneys drafting contracts. Designed and managed the development of Patterns Workbench, the first version of Attenex’s product for processing millions of documents during the electronic discovery process. Delivered Workbench in a three month rapid development product cycle. Managed an organization of 10.

Led a team of 12 consultants using Vividence tools and technology to evaluate Fortune 1000 client web sites and businesses in order to improve the customer experience. Created many innovative and popular consulting products and services that drove consulting revenue, such as a Holiday Readiness Check. Products and services included usability, design, branding, and business metrics (inc. ROI). Designed information visualizations for the CustomerScope product to help customers understand correlations between various evaluation metrics. Personally consulted with Microsoft, Fidelity Investments, Pharmacia, Nordstrom, and Accenture