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Berlin, Germany

Berlin, Germany

- Defining creative standards and driving design of all data viz R&D initiatives, including visual, interactive, and UX solutions, from inception to productization- Collaborating closely with engineering, design and product marketing teams to provide data viz proposals and solutions for Utopia products and services. Leveraging and customizing open-source data viz library (Echarts) components to provide interactive/intuitive exploration for quicker insights from tabular data.- Data Viz discovery: Identifying and concepting new opportunities for visualizing complex music metadata, including copyright ownership, publisher/creator relationships, consumption data- Lead evaluation of all data viz design explorations, iterations and refinement. Present and showcase data viz solutions across the organization

Berlin Area, Germany

Led and managed a team of designers and engineers to define, develop and launch the HERE Style Editor: a web-based map customization application for the HERE platform. The tool targets all customers of the HERE SDK, HERE Maps API for JavaScript and HERE Navigation, enabling brands to build fully custom map and navigation experiences.- Defining, designing, overseeing all UI/UX and engineering efforts from product inception to launch execution and delivery- Driving collaboration and influence between design, development, UX research, product, marketing, sales and customer stakeholders- Strategic direction and definition for roadmap and feature prioritizations, dependency management for engineering- Direct and frequent engagement with a variety of customer teams during pre-sales and development, including: Volkswagen, Audi, Mercedes-Benz, Harley-Davidson, Scania, Lotus, Rightware, Elektrobit, Sony and others.

Carlsbad, Ca - Berlin, Germany

Led a small cross-functional team to develop a real-time 3D map design and prototyping tool built on top of HERE's rendering engine and Premiere 3D Cities products - for the purposes of pre-sales, customer engagement co-development activities.The proprietary tool exposed custom 3D map styling and dynamic environment controls, camera configuration, guidance simulation and scenario visualization capabilities, as well as custom data import and post processing support - allowing customers to interact with and innovate on top of future HERE 3D capabilities.- Responsible for showcasing (to customers, developers, product stakeholders, exec leadership) the potential of next gen 3D map UX via presentation and live demonstrations. - Organized and led customer demos and co-engagements, collaborated with product management, marketing and sales for pre-RFQ and R&D activities; demonstrating unique flexibility of real-time rendering and dynamic customization possible using HERE Premiere 3D city map content and rendering solution.- Pre-sales and customer co-engagement activities with: Daimler, Volkswagen, BMW, Elektrobit, Jaguar Land-Rover, Dubai Transit Authority, Renault-Nissan and many others.- Using our prototyping toolchain, worked closely with Mercedes-Benz Advanced R&D and Design teams to integrate a branded 3D map exploration and guidance experience into their next gen NVIDIA-powered (TX2) HMI platform - bringing their Concept EQ SUV to life in the vehicle cockpit as well as standalone interactive kiosks. Displayed at various global events and tradeshows including CES, Paris Motor Show and SXSW.

Carlsbad, Ca - Berlin, Germany

Part of a cross-discipline innovation team that was tasked to identify, explore, prototype and validate key differentiators for future maps and location services: With rapid turnaround times for each project (4-6 weeks), producing tangible PoCs for product stakeholders and company leadership. Tech previews/demo apps, patents, whitepapers of novel UX features for improving current and near-future digital mapping use cases. From enabling more intuitive real-time map views, to allowing direct filtering and manipulation of the map itself as a secondary interface.

Carlsbad, California, United States

- Developed visual concepts and interactive prototypes to propose and demonstrate next-gen use cases across web, mobile and cockpit HMI environments for the nascent 3D Cities map data for Nokia's location platform- Worked within concepts and prototyping team to define visual direction and uses of 3D city model data; close collaboration with engineering teams to ensure technical feasibility (i.e. Optimizing for real-time rendering constraints)- Collaborated with product managers to provide content and materials for use in pre-sales, customer engagement and product marketing activities: Concept designs and illustrations, animations, interactive demos- Created custom 2D and 3D map renderings for use in various external events and broadcasts, including the 2012 London Olympics and 2014 FIFA World Cup (Nokia location platform rebranded to HERE in 2012)

Carlsbad, California, United States

Three month internship turned full-time position at a great startup. Using their proprietary real-time urban modeling software (CityScape), worked on a variety of 3D projects designing virtual environments, assets and animations for use in game development, simulation, urban planning, architecture and automotive navigation products. PixelActive was acquired by NAVTEQ/Nokia in Nov 2010.