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XenBuild is an entirely new way of visualizing digital products.- It eliminates silos- It enables remote work- It lets you build better productsIt does this by taking all of your product-related data, from site analytics to Jira tickets to Figma updates to bug reports and presenting them in a unified visual format.If you want to learn more, visit blackmonolith.co/xenbuild

I solve 𝘁𝘄𝗼 problems for companies:✅ Designing complex B2B products with daunting requirements and novel behaviors that cannot be solved with off-the-shelf concepts.✅ Planning and executing strategies to bring those ambitious products to deployment and beyond.Since 2020, I have been working with a variety of organizations ranging from small startups to enterprise companies like CrowdStrike, to major universities, and even the UK government. I have a small team including a UXR, two local developers, and a LatAm software engineering team.𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲𝘀:• Usability and quant analysis• Design and design management• Product documentation and Figma management• Building design processes that operate asynchronously from Scrum-based development processes𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲:➤ Launching our own proprietary tool, XenBuild, for product architecture and visualization, in use by 3 companies➤ Seven product launches and web/mobile redesigns with quantifiable gains in revenue and customer retention➤ Building an all-new design team at a consultancy, increasing the company’s value, resulting in an acquisition in 2023➤ An estimated 3000 annual man-hours of meetings eliminated at one organization

New York, Ny, Us

➤ Led UX and design work at the company, as well as product leadership while they searched for a permanent VP of Product.➤ Identified the root cause of the bottleneck in the design-development pipeline, and got things moving again.➤ Enabled a strategic pivot to a new business model, winning the company a second multimillion dollar investment round.

Redmond, Washington, Us

➤ Worked with the C-level to turn raw technology into a suite of sports-intelligence products.➤ Led the design team to build an AI-based video analysis platform.➤ Delivered a product that has sold to numerous European soccer franchises, notoriously tough customers.

Arlington, Va, Us

➤ Led a team of designers, developers, and PMs to build a data management system.➤ Won millions in funding, beating out competing vendors to earn the development contract.➤ Delivered a product so effective that it evolved from a niche utility into a company-wide platform.

Redmond, Washington, Us

➤ Spearheaded the new data visualization standards for Microsoft BI tools.➤ Led the design and development of several data dashboards and reporting systems for various groups across Microsoft.➤ Created usability research that solved many of PowerBI’s teething problems.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

➤ Designed one of the first drag-and-drop ad hoc reporting tools on the market that requires no technical understanding to make complex queries.➤ Wrote and managed our product's blog and grew the reader base by 50%.➤ Managed competition research, ensuring our product roadmap kept us competitive in the market.

➤ Designed and oversaw the development of the company's new website. Worked with subcontractors to improve SEO, quadrupling site traffic over the first year.➤ Managed and wrote the site's content, contributing to improved search engine results and increased phone inquiries.➤ Oversaw rebranding of the company including a new logo, colors, vehicle decals, uniforms, and more.

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➤ Designed UI mockups for new features and prototyped them in Flex.➤ Made minor modifications to site code and created content for investor demonstrations to simulate greater functionality.➤ Increased user retention by 45% through the application of user research to the product. The product was missing key functionality that users expected and it was through my intervention that the functionality was built.➤ Worked together with the marketing team to coordinate product and marketing efforts.

Oakland, Ca, Us

➤ Researched hundreds of archival maps for use in a book on Ancient Roman architecture and archeology.➤ Designed over 80 new maps and architectural diagrams.➤ Restored and improved another 200 older illustrations.

Seattle, Wa, Us

➤ Designed layouts and graphics for the University of Washington's new online donation platform.➤ Introduced mouse hover effects and other interactive improvements which were less common at the time, especially on university sites.➤ Wrote and edited copy across the site and also printed collateral.➤ Edited and retouched photographs that were used on the website and printed collateral.