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Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Scaling design throughout the organization and leading cross-disciplinary teams to deliver evidence-based digital interventions for psychological wellbeing, workplace engagement, and organizational outcomes.

London, Gb

Continuation of committee role. Aiming to help bridge the gaps between academic and industry research and intervention design with a focus on digital interventions.

London, Gb

Collaboration with CBC members on research initiatives and publications (such as Theories and Techniques, Mechanisms of Action) and annual conference planning and session chairing.

Portsmouth, Nh, Us

Founded and led the Behaviour Change Design practice with the mission to transform the organization from "design for experiences" to "design for change."Developed the Behavior Change Design methodology utilized by our teams and used to train clients, organizations, and practitioners on optimal methods for designing and evaluating evidence-based digital interventions. Day-to-day work included people and practice management, hands-on client project work and oversight, sales and business development, marketing and thought-leadership, training and mentorship, organizational vision, strategy, and decision-making.

Portsmouth, Nh, Us

Joined Mad*Pow in 2009 to explore how we might combine behavioral science and human-centered design to expand the companies healthcare focus from designing transactional websites and widgets (like "find-a-doc" or insurance bill pay) to developing digital products and services that could help people meaningfully improve their physical and mental health.Helped place Mad*Pow on the map for early, bleeding edge digital health and digital therapeutic product and services.Hadn't yet coined the term "behavior change design"or fully developed the BCD Methodology yet.

Providence, Rhode Island, Us

Exploring the intersection of Behavioral & Social Science, Motivational Psychology and Design. Guiding the next generation of designers to think and work like (& with) scientists, using theory-backed and evidence-based methods to design person-centered interventions (products, services, environments, policies, objects, artifacts, etc.) to effectively change behaviors in ways that are desirable, sustainable, and beneficial to individuals and societies at large.

Interaction & Experience design for Console Video Games, Consumer Finance & Education.Clients Included:Harmonix, H&R Block, Oxford University Press

Designed course curriculum and taught Advanced Typography and Publication Design classes. My courses were designed to bridge the gap between traditional print design and screen based interactive design.

Design of educational software and learning systems for web, interactive whiteboard and proprietary ebook platform (vPage). I oversaw all aspects of design, development and production as well as client and resource management.Clients Included:Cambridge University Press, Cengage, Elsevier, John Wiley, McGraw-Hill, National Geographic, Oxford University Press, Pearson, Sage Publications

Design and production of web-based advertising campaigns and marketing websites. It was during this period that I realized spending my time designing collateral that encourages people to buy more things they don't need or to "fall in love with a brand" was not something I ever wanted to do again. The lowest point in my career. I vowed to never return.Clients Included:Fortune 500 companies looking to 'sell more stuff'

Pioneering MIT collective, founded in 1995 to develop breakthrough interactive programs and learning technologies. We created award-winning content for interactive television, museum & tradeshow installations and educational software that blurred the lines between art, entertainment and education.Clients Included:Environmental Protection Agency, Iridium Telecom, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Institute for Contemporary Art (Boston), Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), Worcester Art Museum, Boston Public Schools, MIT