Brought together diverse stakeholders by surfacing roadmap conflicts, communicating openly with all leadership, and assisting with collaboration. Accomplished initial integration of newly acquired technology in two months, and continued to work with feedback to improve user experience.Became a subject matter expert to provide critical UX for cyber analyst through observing andinterviewing analysts to understand how they operate.Minimized UX & Engineer design efforts by assessing product typography and creating simplified style sheets. Worked with multiple UX teams to begin a design system and ensure similar interactions across products.

Designed user experiences for web sites and web/software applications. Specific areas of expertise include Interaction Design, Information Architecture, Taxonomy development, User Research, Usability Testing, Prototyping, Graphic and Information Design. Worked in a variety of industries including higher education, energy, healthcare, global foundations, and government agencies.

Worked on site with the Navy’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technology Division. Studied the EOD domain to develop an understanding of tasks, methods, and tools of EODTechs. Conceptualized, designed, and prototyped software user interfaces on platforms ranging from web portals to touch screen devices. Translated operational capability requirements into static designs, developed scenarios, storyboards, UI Specification documents, and UX patterns.

Instructor of sophomore level graphic design course, teaching introduction to design, design foundations, color, form, tension, and typography. Created lectures to give students historical appreciation for design practice and introduce them to current design innovators.

Conceptualized, designed, and built websites for various academic and service units at WVU. Adhered to common design elements used campus wide to maintain a consistent/uniform aesthetic for the University. Assisted with maintaining content on www.wvu.edu as well as defining scope of various marketing campaigns at WVU.

Instructor of record for two sections of sophomore level graphic design, and one section of junior level graphic design.