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California, United States

Palo Alto, California, Us

Product Leader and Interim Head of Design

Santa Clara, Ca, Us

Lead Product Management and Product Operations for a Fortune 500 client launching an updated consumer app including UX redesign and transition from hybrid to native development.

Tempe, Arizona, Us

Tempe, Arizona, Us

Lead the mobile team at Carvana working on native Android and iOS apps, including discovery, new experiences, communication and reputation. Manage all aspects of planning, partnerships and development for Carvana’s Consumer Mobile tracks (retail) and the Mobile Platform team enabling commercialization of emerging products.

Cheseaux-Sur-Lausanne, Switzerland, Ch

Pivoted a concept product into strategy of integrated TVaaS products—immediately cutting 3.2 million in costs, achieving app and streaming-box software sales in under 12 months.Focused on a v0 set-top-box OS and later led globally distributed mobile development team building iOS and Android white label B2B2C video steaming service for multi-channel (cable) companies, and sports leagues and franchises. Facilitated roadmap alignment between set-top-box OS (IPTV), streaming box apps (eg FireTV), and mobile apps, recommending system solutions based on evolving client and API requirements, and extreme metadata variability. Helped to establish user research and evidence-based design as key parts of product definition and company culture.Wrote hardware requirements, collaborated with industrial designers, and selected manufacturers for set-top-boxes and remotes. Built POCs of inter-device experiences enabling phone hardware for voice and keyboard inputs when operating set-top-boxes, and presence detection to personalize content using bluetooth and acoustic triangulation.

Seoul, Kr

Launched LG’s webOS Smart TV 1.0 in 2014 and 2.0 in 2015—recognized by Engadget and Gizmodo as “the best smart TV UI [they’ve] ever used,” and “best smart TV interface [they’ve] ever seen,” winning a Red Dot for Communication Design and Verge’s Best Comeback.Define the strategy and roadmap for software platforms and products, focusing on new technology and innovation including television, automotive, wearables, home electronics, and IoT. Partner with research and UX/UI teams to create delightful customer experiences across all platforms and devices. Provide detailed feature and integration requirements. Act as product owner for cross-functional teams and external partners globally.Planned navigation paradigms to support multimodal user input methods, synchronous availability and rapid switching— cursor, voice, and hardware buttons. Contributed to design patterns and Mochi UI library components for the Enyo JS framework, for browser and e-mail applications

Houston, Texas, Us

Conducted strategic analysis of product categories with in-depth competitive analysis and market segmentation. Defined product vision and strategy, creating roadmaps for software and cloud services across multiple consumer end-points. Translated opportunities into concrete requirements, collaborating with UX and engineering to ensure aligned execution. Created backlogs and acceptance criteria, acting as product owner for SCRUM development.

San Francisco, California, Us

Assisted teaching design principles to 11-14 year-old students. The goal of the Inneract Project is to encourage youth to consider design not only as an attainable profession, but also as a model for communicating issues of violence, love, hate, oppression, and cultural awareness.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Maintained Graduate Design program site including content updates and user accounts. Performed analysis of student and faculty needs for functional improvements. Planned redesign based on student and campus technology services input to expand back-end integration. http://design.cca.edu/

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Assisted professor in lesson planning, leading class sessions, grading, and critique of studio work. Design Methods and Research introduces a variety of design-related research methods including: observational techniques, documentation, developing and running a study, interviewing, analysis of data, synthesis, and applying results. The course is a core part of the Industrial Design program, and is typically taken by undergraduate sophomores.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Develop and implement strategy, internal and external branding, and public relations initiatives. Act as principal creative developer and producer of marketing materials and promotional campaigns. Set forth and maintain project time lines and communicate with partners, vendors, and internal team to ensure objectives are met.

Designed consumer electronic products, and children's communication devices. Developed character lines.

Created motion graphics and interactive media. Assisted Media Convergence Specialist converting, mapping and manipulating 3D media for projection surfaces and interactive scenic elements. Created to-scale digital paintings for translation by scenic artists into full-stage backdrops.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Designed and developed content for Banana Republic web site and promotional e-mails.

New York, Ny, Us

Industrial design, and 3D modeling of new cosmetic products, and point of purchase displays including, structure, graphics, and interactive elements. Introduced Flash and 3D animation of new products and conceptual store-environment walkthroughs to support product explorations, sales collateral, and marketing events, effectively reducing the cost of transporting product and displays. Created and delivered CEO-Level multimedia presentations to Fortune 500 clients such as Walmart, Walgreens, and Target, increasing in-store product space. Collaborated on new brands, and expanding brand categories for personal care and men’s lines. Developed project plans and worked closely with vendors and purchasing department to ensure on-time and on-budget project completion

Design of structural packaging components for cosmetic and pharmaceutical products.

Designed and produced displays and presentation elements to showcase products to clients.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Design Strategy

Master Of Fine Arts - Mfa, Interaction Design

Bachelors Of Industrial Design (Bid)