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Kirkland, Wa, Us

Kirkland, Wa, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

Lead UX designers in creating x-surface experiences that motivate reading and the discovery of new content.

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Lead UX for the Geo Transportation and Logistics organization, where we create new and novel Geospatial capabilities that enable 1P and 3P developers to build engaging experiences on Google Maps Platform. In this complex and nascent industry, we immerse with customers and engage product partners to translate ambiguity into data-backed concepts and prototypes that inspire long-term product vision and strategy. Customers include Dominos, DoorDash, Waze, Uber, DHL, and more.

Seattle, Wa, Us

I led the design of Last Mile Delivery Driver Experiences worldwide for both DSP Delivery Associates and gig-economy Delivery Partners. The multi-modal experiences we create are used by many product lines within Amazon, including Amazon Logistics, Prime Now, Amazon Fresh, Amazon Flex, Amazon Key, Amazon Lockers and Hubs, I Have Space, Retail, and others to facilitate deliveries to customers where, when, and how they want them.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Person-Centric Amazon Experience(Amazon Teens, Amazon Households, C2C Relationships)

Seattle, Wa, Us

As a thought leader of a UX team in an agile environment, I was responsible for imagining and launching new and authoritative shopping experiences from the ground-up across web and app for our customers. I push the team I’ve built to “think big” and work backwards from the customer to anticipate their needs and deliver simple, authoritative, and memorable experiences. I regularly present our solutions to our VP and senior leadership team, impart day-to-day strategic user experience leadership, and collaborate with teams across the company to bring our bold, new ideas to life.• Own end-to-end design process and deliverables (including user personas, workflows, wireframes, mockups, and prototypes) to effectively conceptualize and communicate design strategy and detailed interaction behaviors for both mobile and web.• Plan, scope, and report status on projects to our VP in close collaboration with product, development, and content managers.• Influence & collaborate with teams across the company to contribute to fulfilling our vision for a best-in-class customer experience, such as Search, DPX, Cart, Checkout, Your Orders, VAS, SWA, feature partner teams, CXBRs and MXBRs.• Regularly and comfortably present designs to both project and leadership teams, and defend designs when appropriate. • Conduct “lean UX” and design a sprint ahead of DEV, and plan feature rollouts as part of sprint planning in an agile environment.• Promote and utilize qualitative and quantitative assessment methodologies when both designing and measuring results.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Leading very talented PMs on the fast-moving Appex Common UX Team, responsible for driving feature enhancements and consistency of Bing apps across Microsoft devices & platforms. Our app portfolio includes: News, Finance, Food & Drink, Health & Fitness, Sports, Travel, and Weather.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, Us

Redbox offers new release movie and game rentals through our network of more than 40,000 self-service kiosk locations nationwide, as we'll as through our digital streaming service, accessible through a variety of CE, web, tablet and mobile devices. I’m responsible for the customer experience of all products for our $1.8B business and a select member of the Innovation Council, bringing a unique balance of creativity and business sense to a panel of C-level innovators. I lead teams in strategic product initiatives across channels (web, kiosk, mobile, tablet, responsive, and CE digital streaming) and have built a significant backlog of innovative concepts. Tasks I regularly perform:• Set a vision for both new and next generation products by defining the ideal customer experience in a future of evolved technology, consumer adoption, and business relationships. • Use gathered Qualitative data and Quantitative data to translate customer challenges into product opportunities.• Lead teams in the ideation, creation and testing of alternative user experiences through prototypes, A/B, and multivariate tests.• Innovate & pitch new revenue-generating features for incorporation into our digital products.• Direct internal and external design, front-end development, and usability testing agencies.• Establish and maintain solid internal, cross-department relationships to align vision & innovations.Accomplishments:• Increased RPV on website by roughly 5.5MM by shortening user flows, and improving UI/UX through personalization. • Generate an increase of over 54% in revenue by redesigning redbox.com and introducing key revenue-generating features.• Launched redesigned UI of Kiosk touch screen interface responsible for an increase of 16% in revenue.• Achieved 20MM app downloads in 1 month, and increased star rating by 1.5 stars. • Launched 2 new lines of business, namely Redbox Tickets, and Redbox Instant Streaming by Verizon.

Uppsala, Se

Trade Extensions is a software company founded by scientists whose web-based sourcing system enables rapid online auctions to large and complex negotiations over several combinations of products and services via scenario analysis.Trade Extensions acquired Stickstone Design in 2007. Half my time was dedicated to the continued operation of Stickstone, while half was to improve the usability, information architecture, workflow, and graphical user interface design of the system. I continually mentor a team of 15 programmers and introduce new functionality that improves the user experience. I lead the company rebranding and designed business, marketing and presentation materials. Tasks I performed:• Simplify IA, navigation system, and UX of a complex web-based application consisting of 500+ pages.• Evaluate system, conduct task analysis, develop personas, and write use case scenarios. • Produce site maps, wireframes, XHTML prototypes, system style guides and establish interaction design standards.• Conduct usability testing to identify issues and verify solutions.• Design page layouts, graphical user interface elements, icons, and navigation systems.• Set and enforce standards in branding, user interface design, and web application behaviors.• Optimize user interfaces for future growth and simplified maintenance by implementing innovative development techniques (i.e. flexible & interchangeable UI elements, sliding doors technique, sprites, etc.)• Manage, train and mentor both local and remote teams across the globe.• Regularly host technical and strategic knowledge sharing sessions to develop expertise and engage remote teams.• Follow the latest DHTML interface trends and propose relevant functionality to improve overall usability. • Optimize our system branding solution and apply for clients including Coca~Cola, Siemens, Whirlpool and Volvo.• Clients include: BP; Coca~Cola; Kimberly-Clark; Oreo; Volo; Whirlpool

• Proceed Interactive was a full-service interactive marketing that provided online marketing strategies, search engine optimization (SEO), search engine marketing campaigns, web design, web analytics, and created web-based applications for local search in a variety of industry vertical markets.As Creative Director, I worked with SEO experts, copywriters, designers and programmers to redesign and develop search engine optimized web sites and custom web-based marketing applications. Tasks I performed:• Lead creative team in the design and development of over 150 SEO-semantic web sites and over 30 brands. • Designed graphical user interface and set UI standards for custom marketing applications.• Branded web applications and web sites for clients such as Choice Hotels, Omni Hotels, Marriott, and GM.• Motivate, engage and monitor remote teams, keeping them on task and on strategy.• Optimized the development of sites for continued content management via content management systems. • Managed corporate re-branding, redesigned logo, and documented branding standards and guidelines.• Lead multiple creative brainstorming sessions for the development of strategic marketing concepts.• Design print advertisements and direct mailers strategically targeted to identified markets & demographics.

Deerfield, Illinois, Us

Baxter Healthcare is a global, diversified healthcare company that applies a unique combination of expertise in medical devices, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology to create products that advance patient care worldwide.My role at Baxter was to translate the business requirements of internal clients into well-documented statements of work, analysis, timelines and budgets while helping multimedia designers hit project milestones and produce results at each stage of the project lifecycle. I would often assist in design and development of projects. Tasks I performed:• Saved Baxter an est. $1.2mm a year by leading the design and development of interactive training programs. • Implemented project lifecycle process, web design parameters, style guides, and visual standards.• Frequently hosted project-planning meetings to gather requirements, feedback, and keep teams on target.• Lead in the design & development of Baxter’s custom CRM interface and interactive e-learning projects.• Designed interactive flash programs, information architectures, GUI interfaces, intranets, and web sites. • Implemented Interwoven’s TeamSite content management system in the development of web sites.• Lead departmental knowledge-sharing meetings and trained the department in CSS development techniques.

Mississauga, On, Ca

Commerx was the innovator of the first B2B social network called PlasticsNet.com, created for the $420bn plastics industry where buyers and sellers of materials would come together to discuss industry trends and materials. Come 1997, Commerx developed the first online procurement and auction system for the industry where companies such as Shell Chemical, Bayer, GM could transact with OEMs and logistics companies.In the early years as a co-founder and Senior Designer, I customized and branded customized web pages and animated advertisements for fortune 500 and 1000 companies. As the company grew to 200+, I hired and trained a team of designers to continue this work while I focused on designing and testing our eProcurement software GUI.Tasks I performed:• Planned, prototyped, and directed the design of web sites and applications to development teams. • Implemented web design parameters, style guides, and visual standards for corporate web sites, vertical marketplaces, and hosted e-commerce applications.• Worked as liaison between departments to translate business objectives into requirements and prototypes.• Aligned business processes and brand identities of fortune 500 customers with our procurement solution.• Hired, mentored, and trained designers in the creation of sites and animated ads, for 200+ industry leaders.

• Employers include Harbauer-Bruce Design, Abbey Group, Federated Foods, & Apple Vacations. • Created traditional advertising designs in the form of magazine ads, brochures, posters, and flyers.• Clients include Quaker, Keebler, General Mills, and more.

SOFTWARE (A-Z)Adobe Creative SuiteAdobe IllustratorAdobe PhotoshopAxureFigmaInVision[ OTHER ]All Microsoft Office ApplicationsBasecamp (basecamphq.com)Firebug & IE Developer ToolboxGoogle AdWordsGoogle AnalyticsIE Tester & Multiple IE’sInterwoven: TeamSiteMicrosoft ProjectOmniGraffleOmniture (Analytics)VisioWordPressPROGRAMMING SKILLSHTML, XHTML, ASP, CSS, JavaScript Libraries (jQuery, MooTools, etc.) *I am skilled in SEO Techniques and W3C Standards.PEOPLE SKILLSSkilled in managing designers, developers, and project teams; client interaction and acquisition; e-mail communications; time management