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Saint Paul, MN, US

Bellevue, Washington, US

San Francisco, CA, US

Minneapolis, Minnesota, US

• Performed end-to-end design: research, envisioning and strategy, rapid and high-fidelity prototyping,usability testing, and planning and execution
• Ensured designs got built well: lead design walkthroughs, provide detailed final comps,author and prioritize user stories, pair program with engineers, test thoroughly, log bugs, and follow up

Toronto, ON, CA

• Led a UX team of 23 in redesigning Westlaw, our flagship product (over $1B in revenue)
• Managed a large talented team of UX designers and architects
• Organized and drove process improvement and employee engagement initiatives withdesign leadership, including a conference, culture mapping, lunch and learns, UX debt, a pattern library, multiple design systems.
• Facilitated shared vision building via strategic workshops with high-profile stakeholders from multiple business units

Toronto, ON, CA

• Lead the design of a complex, end-to-end, multi-permission, multi-device, multi-product user flow and interface
• Coordinated the 6-member UX project team’s approach to requirements gathering, research, wireframes, prototypes, usability testing, final comps, front-end development, and documentation maintenance
• Facilitated communication among the UX team, UX management, four PM teams, five tech teams, and executive leadership
• Coached UX, PM, and tech teams toward an effective Lean UX approach to Agile

Minneapolis, MN, US

• Drove both the engagement strategy for new products and the full-stack responsive redesign of legacy systems for a Fortune 15 telecom with over 100,000 regular users.
• Revamped the navigation, layouts, user flows, usability, aesthetics, and overall user experience of multiple sites
• Worked behind the scenes to coordinate and refine intra-agency processes to enable quicker response times and improve customer satisfaction
• Balanced in-depth product work with one-off projects for multiple business units from definition through IA to visual design with quick turnaround

US

• Performed intensive requirements gathering for processes spanning multiple business units, user types, and legacy systems in conjunction with BAs and senior management
• Translated those requirements into app flow diagrams, wireframes, mockups, and high fidelity prototypes for usability testing and stakeholder buy-in
• Evaluated and chose the front-end technology stack for our next-generation customer-facing UI
• Took the UX lead on multiple Agile projects; defined goals and success criteria; lead iteration planning, story jams, and stand-ups

Minneapolis And St. Paul, Minnesota, US

• Information Architecture: navigation, app flows, wireframing, rapid and hi-fi prototyping.
• User-centered research: contextual inquiry, SME interviews, heuristic walkthroughs and evaluations, usability testing.
• User Interface, Interaction, and User Experience Design patterns and best practices for web and mobile.

• Led the creation and implementation of curricula, lesson plans, teaching materials, and evaluations for three high schools.
• Self-studied HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, AJAX, and jQuery.

• Pursued a mastery of teaching and education at two elementary and one junior high school.
• Created and implemented teaching materials, lesson plans, and curricula.
• Instigated a vast array of hiking, yoga, cooking, and art extra-curricular activities.

• Pursued a mastery of communication and the creation of culture.
• Taught and discovered many perspectives through conversation.
• Tied together teachers and students upon the company's bankruptcy.

Master Of Education (M.Ed.), Learning Technologies

Ytt 200, Hatha Yoga

B.I.S., Philosophy, Political Science, And Global Studies: East Asia