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As a leader, I've always believed that our people are our number one asset - take great care of your people and your people will take great care of your customers, business, and themselves. For a strong majority of my professional career, be it retail, military, or design, I've always been in a position to lead and/or mentor others. Regardless of industry, the same holds true: happy people create the best culture and do the best work. Teach them, train them, and above all else, empower and support them - then watch them flourish. As a design professional with 10+ years experience who excels in creating successful partnerships with product and development partners, I thrive in opportunities that involve prioritizing strategy and and process to empower product/project teams to do their best work. Connecting the dots to identify opportunities while simultaneously mitigating duplicative efforts and cost along with ensuring project teams are set up for success to work as one cross-functional team are all part of a proper strategy. The stronger your strategy and planning, the more efficient and frictionless your effort will be, resulting in greater cost savings, speed-to-market, and more intuitive and innovative experiences for your users."We are not our users or customers!". Keeping our users and customers as the core focus, being proactive in leveraging research and user testing to drive business initiatives and design efforts is critical. Combine this with design thinking and human centered design, and you're off to a great start in creating and delivering amazing products.Let's collaborate and see how I can help your business, product teams, and customers experience something delightful.