Led the digital vision, strategy, and execution across Design, Product, and Engineering teams as SVP, Chief Digital Officer.. A role focused on continuous and effective Transformation for the fast-growing, award winning fintech that powers financial advisors and wealth managers.

Led an innovation focused Transformation team to map and design next generation core auction and ecommerce experiences, services, and omnichannel digital, audio, and physical touch points.Managed external consultant team then built, managed and mentored the UX & Design team within the Digital Products group. Partnered across enterprise to integrate art market finance, provenance, logistics, shipping, content creation, and auction coordination technology into a comprehensive set of user experiences for buyers, sellers, consignors, and staff.Established the vision, led the creation, and drove the cross-product rollout of a Design Language System, with branches connected to physical design, online, apps, animation, video, print, and marketing.Partnered with product teams, data leads, and dev teams to launch MVPs & continuously improve Sotheby’s product eco-system.

Passionate, experienced leader, facilitator, practitioner, and Design & Data led change agent. Builder of motivated, cross functional & high output digital product, design, & engineering teams. Producer of innovative, award winning products & platforms. Force multiplier of customer centric empathy, operational excellence, & collaboration.Recent speaking engagements include:PRESS/INTERVIEWS- Sotheby’s: All About the User Experience Since 1744 - Customer Strategist- Prototyping Q&A with Sotheby’s Head of Experience & Product Design - Justinmind.comKEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Invisible Design- Citi FinTech Summit- Digital K, Sofia, Bulgaria - the largest Tech conference in Southern EuropeKEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Design Thinking & Design Driven Digital Transformation- Product Design Conference - Amsterdam, The Netherlands- Service Design Conference - Boston, MA- Design Thinking - Austin, TX- Luxury Interactive - New York, NYKEYNOTE PRESENTATION: The Future of UX Design- South Summit - Madrid, Spain- eTail East - Fort Lauderdale, FL- Design Driven NYC - New York, NY- Digital Design & Web Innovation Summit - Los Angeles, CAKEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Building an Effective Product & UX/Design Partnership - American Express Spring Design Summit - New York, NY- Chief Digital Officer Forum - Chicago, ILPANELIST- Personas and Insights: Product Design Conference - Amsterdam, The Netherlands.- The Rise of Chatbots, Virtual Assistants, and Conversational Commerce - Early Executive Roundtable Webinar- Taking Flight: International Expansion of Your eCommerce Site - eTail West, Palm Springs, CA- Reconsidering Conversion Optimization From a UX Perspective - eTail West, Palm Springs, CA- The Future of Agencies in an Increasingly In-House World - Rokkan Roundtable Series, New York, NY- Building The Perfect Tech Team: The UX Lab January - New York, NY

Senior experience, product, & service design strategist for engagements with American Express, Verizon Wireless, and select start-ups.American Express: Delivered a cross-business-line Year 2020 Digital Vision for all of Amex's core customer groups - consumers, small business owners, and merchants. Verizon Wireless: Aided in the strategy and design of digital product, service, and physical experiences to transform VW's omni-channel customer service and retail delivery.Additional UX and innovation consulting for stealth B2C and B2B start-ups.

Tasked with deepening the agency's processes & expertise in delivering digital product and software platform solutions across clients & accounts, building & mentoring product design & management staff, and promoting the development of product & platform expertise throughout the Proximity/BBDO network. Also served as the head of Atmo's User Experience practice - a multidisciplinary team of up to 17 information architects, content strategists, interaction designers, functional analysts, experience strategists, and user & behavior researchers. In addition, I was deployed as an active UX practitioner and product lead on key accounts including initiatives for Emirates Airline, Dubai Tourism, HP, Visa, Citi, Johnson & Johnson, and Novo Nordisk.

Tasked with envisioning, documenting, and execution oversight for a comprehensive user experience and product redesign of a next generation wealth management (WM) and customer relationship management (CRM) platform. Worked as an embedded member of the New York based technology leadership team, with frequent interface with Kansas based business units and Eastern European based development teams.www.geowealth.com

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