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Portland, Or, Us

Draper, Utah, Us

Jacksonville, Florida, Us

Nashville, Tennessee, Us

- Created strategy and implemented an organizational transition from a call center focus to a mobile ­centric consumer experience; reducing operating costs and improving customer satisfaction. - Partnered with the executive team to establish a culture of design ­led innovation through iterative product testing and development.- Hired and managed key talent and leadership; developed foundational processes and successful integration of dedicated Product Design, User Research, and Prototyping departments.- Led the partnership between design and technology. Established and maintained pattern libraries that worked successfully with client brands; increasing speed to market and a capability for reuse.

South Jordan, Ut, Us

-Collaborate with executives on strategy development and prioritization across multiple platforms.-Champion a user-focused design approach, assuring Alliance Health has daily insight and contact with customers.-Supervise cross-functional User Experience, Product, Content and Community Management organizations.-Build strong teams, empowering them to act on initiative and do the best work they’ve ever done.

Lehi, Ut, Us

-Mentored and managed a team of outstanding interaction designers with diverse skills, abilities and experience through a period of incredible company growth.-Planned and coordinated research to understand and analyze user experience, expectations and requirements.-Created page layouts/UIs, color palettes, typography, wireframes, system flows, prototypes, iconography and user interface elements; while monitoring design consistency across all projects.-Responsible for the overall quality, delivery, vision, efficiency and management of user experience discipline and services.

Southlake, Texas, Us

-Advised business units and executives on emerging technology and community engagement opportunities.-Initiated and managed the development of innovative prototypes in social media for the web.-Evangelized and promoted Sabre and their public network services.-Led and inspired cross-functional team in the creation of new media.-Founded and promoted Sabre DevHouse; a weeklong development marathon centered on specific business solutions. -Organized innovation events; including a speaker series on innovation, and a college intern case competition.

Southlake, Texas, Us

-Organized and supported community technology events, while evangelizing research findings and open standards.-Planned and led Hack Day events in Dallas, Krakow, Bangalore, New York, London, Sydney and Singapore.-Hired and mentored new team members for the organization.-Helped define corporate innovation strategy and initiated collaboration among technologists and engineers worldwide.

-Directed website initiatives to enhance user experience through localization, personalization, and relevancy.-Defined project requirements; developed detailed interaction specifications and information classification systems.-Conducted user research (laboratory and field studies) throughout the United States, targeting diverse user groups.-Championed user centered design among development teams and business owners.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, Us

Salt Lake City, Utah, Us

-Created interfaces and developed interactive architecture for computer based training software.-Collaborated with clients in the design and efficiency of their corporate training programs.-Prepared and conducted various software and usability workshops for peers.

Taylorsville, Utah, Us