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Seattle, WA, US

Seattle, WA, US

Creating free and open tools that change the way the world finds and solves pressing problems

Seattle, WA, US

Seattle, Washington, US

• Shaped IHME’s highly-regarded interactive data visualization products that empower evidence-based decision-making to improve the health of the world's populations. http://www.healthdata.org/results/data-visualizations
• Definition, implementation, and management of over a dozen interactive data visualization products with billions of data points
• Translated complex scientific data from a broad range of research areas into product designs for general and specialized audiences
• Developed functional and technical requirements & designs, collaborating across multiple disciplines and integrating user feedback and insights

Seattle, WA, US

Led agile analysis, design, and implementation for technology projects at a large international nonprofit organization that transforms global health through innovation.

• Drove product planning, design, definition, and development of complex digital evidence/forensic software targeted at Fortune 250 companies, in small start-up environment with fluctuating business models and market.
• Identified product improvement opportunities, devised user workflow, integrated feedback from SME’s and users, created documentation (wireframes, functional specs, data flow models, schedules), directed interaction.
• Lead major overhaul of the user interface to: enable user to visualize and manage evidentiary data; added major new functionality; improved search; streamlined workflow; and improved functionality, performance.
• Devised successful product development strategy for rapid entry into Legal Hold market, a space in which we had no existing expertise, took product from concept to market in four months.

Cambridge, MA, US

Spent an academic year taking courses of interest.

Redmond, Washington, US

• Led projects and initiatives from inception to rollout -- usually managing several concurrent projects. Worked across functional teams to gather and distill requirements into detailed requirement documents and specs..
• Game-changing and flexible solution met challenging design requirements and reduced time-to-market for new designs and features by orders of magnitude (example: a design change that was previously a 3 person/34+ day.
• Mentored design team leadership in project planning and requirements definition.MSNBC User Generated Content System:
• V1 website user-interface, editorial application, and back-end system for uploading, managing, publishing, and sharing user-generated content (UGC) – comprised of text, images, video, and/or audio.
• Catalyst for entry into the UGC space; conducted build vs. borrow/buy analysis for UGC tools.
• Led conception, design, implementation, and roll-out; integration with multiple systems and tools across three companies/domains, and domestic and international bureau offices.

New York, New York, US

• Wrote specs, scheduled and managed development, production, and release of software and enhancements to the MSNBC website. Integrated new web technologies into web site while maintaining site stability and performance..
• Led three major redesigns of the site in a 16 month period as product evolved from proprietary MSN news site to public website MSN News to joint-venture MSNBC.com
• Synthesized vision of management and designers into final product; advised designers of alternatives and trade-offs
• Worked with various external and internal platform teams to develop and implement MSNBC platform strategy. Advised internal teams on cross platform issues.
• Defined, implemented, and refined UI -- working with internal and external creative teams to meet requirements of site users, editorial team, internal customers, operations team, and partners.
• Managed team of designers and developers.MSNBC web publishing tool: V1 and subsequent point releases