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Burlington, Ia, Us

Burlington, Vermont, Us

Delivering excellent experiences and an easy to use product.

San Antonio, Tx, Us

6Connex is changing the way we meet, interact and learn with their industry leading virtual & hybrid event platform.A team of one reporting to the CTO tasked with establishing a UX practice in a developer centric organization. To do this I proved the value of UX to stakeholders and empowered them to consider UX/UI implications in their daily work. I began by embedding with high value scrum teams to deliver fast results — when devs didn’t have to solve UX/UI problems their output increased and UAT defects decreased. After the successful design of two new tools I began a complete redesign of the entire event building software suite. This entailed a robust discovery phase, mapping existing functions, IA redesign to create user flows, wireframes to establish new designs, the creation of a design system, daily interactions with Subject Matter Experts, Product Owners, Users, and Developers and many sprints over many months designing, delivering and documenting. I also worked with technology leadership (product, operations & engineering) to establish a new performance and reliability framework.Results: Redesign of event building software greatly improved usability and offered actionable feedback to simplify the creation of a virtual event. Creation of 2 design systems. New processes reduced bugs by >50% and hot-fixes by >80%.

Majadahonda, Community Of Madrid, Es

Steward of brand and user experience for the design and development of a digital insurance sales and service. Work with project managers, product owners, business analysts, SMEs and IT to create and iterate on an insurance quote and sales application and a self-service application. • Digital product development from requirement gathering through launch and iteration.• Agile workflow and iterative sprints• User testing to identify opportunities and validate execution• Development and implementation of design systems• Development of user flows and service blue prints• Wireframing and concept validation• Review analytics data to identify opportunities• Designed two new sales funnels and a the customer portal to support clients.• Documentation of customer journeys to illustrate strengths and weaknesses to business stakeholders. Results: Huge reduction in cost/acquisition; Greatly reduced service call volume; Interactions are now tracked and analyzed to influence future iterations. Digital "quote and buy" application is being rolled-out across the organization.

Stratton Mountain, Vermont, Us

Coach of Stratton's Allegro freestyle skiing program. Coach to advance the development of approx. 60 athletes out of the 200+ athletes in the program. Develop athletes for the top competitive ranks and make them some of the best skiers on any mountain regardless of their competition aspirations. • Helped develop several nationally ranked skiers including Liam Downey, Brittany Loweree(USST), Mac Bohannon (USST), Troy Tully (USST), Mac Forehand (USST, World Champion). • With a focus on capturing an athlete's excitement and their desire to achieve more• Steer athlete focus towards achieving personal excellence in the competitive arena. The sport is ideal for teaching many life skills, especially those that revolve around confidence and an "I can" attitude.

Majadahonda, Community Of Madrid, Es

This insurance giant (#4 globally) is new to the U.S. market and working to disrupt expectations of insurance with their Verti brand by creating a fully digital product. • Finalized and unified the branding for beta- and pre-launch. • Created e-mail templates, beta- and pre-launch websites and a comprehensive icon set to connect all user touch points.

Auburn Hills, Mi, Us

Helped oversee creative efforts on Alibaba’s Gateway ‘17 conference in Toronto. Designed and monitored the production and build-out of exhibitions, meeting spaces, stages, a live broadcast studio, directional system, collateral and everything else for the 1M sqft event. Gateway ‘17 was hosted by Jack Ma and featured Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau amongst many other high profile speakers. Results: Sold-out conference. Connected thousands of US businesses to Chinese buyers and created understanding between the two markets.

Chestnut Hill, Ma, Us

UX/UI design of hēRo3 cloud based application enabling clinical researchers to develop efficacy models in ‘R’ faster than ever. Multiple users can easily access the service to collaborate better than ever. hēRo3 offers model-builder and model-viewer interfaces and allows teams to collaborate, iterate and share results like never before. • UX/UI development• Information architecture• Software as a service (SaaS)• Dashboard interfaceResults: PAI secured contracts with several pharmaceutical manufacturers to use hēRo3.

Somerville, Massachusetts, Us

This small agency is a creative catalyst for its clients which include food & beverage, healthcare and tech start-ups.• UI and UX design of web & web apps• Build WordPress sites• Branding projects such as logo and collateral developmentResults: Created several successful responsive websites and a service management app for the IoT connected laundromat.

Auburn Hills, Mi, Us

Worked on the IBM account to create branded experiences for events including TED Talks, The US Open of Tennis, and the World of Watson. • Concept exploration with strategists to meet business goals• Work with Creative Director to establish visual direction• Work with 3D Designers on design of physical spaces• Work with Production Designers to ensure expected results• Managed multiple simultaneous projects.Results: Every project was on-time and on-budget.

Alpharetta, Georgia, Us

As the Fortune® 1000 company, GCP Applied Technologies, emerged from W.R. GRACE in February 2016, Played a key role in establishing the new brand and distinguishing the new entity as a technology innovator, thought leader and performance innovator from GRACE's long and storied past. • Develop the visual standards for trade shows, advertising, email and digital marketing efforts, collateral, office spaces, etc.• Work with Digital Manager to create Analytics Dashboard leveraging Google Analytics, Social Media and email metrics to illustrate growth, progress and success of marketing campaigns• Develop new sub-brand and product logos for multi-million and multi-billion dollar initiatives• Develop best practices for many workflows including creative/production and traffic management• Work with MarCom and Marketing Managers to develop new collateral• Establish new global packaging system using ESKO®• Branding of office spaces and rollout of signage system for global implementation• Establish new vendor relationships• Design and produce a variety of high-end marketing materials

This Marc Cuban funded start-up owns and operates two exciting event series and produce many others with around 40 major events every year. Developed and refined the Rugged Maniac, Great Bull Run and Rugged Events brands. Established these brands as major players in the competitive field of event production. • Established the Rugged Maniac Obstacle Race series as the premiere entry level OCR (Obstacle Course Race) in the U.S. through increased Social Media recognition and greatly advanced brand visuals. • Oversaw all branding needs for Rugged Events (print, digital and environmental) to meet the expectations of the Chief Operating Officer who dictated marketing strategy.Results:• Social media recognition (a major component of the marketing strategy) grew 50% in the months following my branding implementation.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

As the agency of record for several Fortune 500 brands an incredible array of projects both print and digital executions were the daily norm.• The go-to resource for an array of technical and design needs. • Design of large multi-million dollar exhibit-halls• Creation of iPad apps and digital presentations• Design and production of annual and other major corporate reports• Branding of several domestic and international corporate offices• Design of both major and minor trade show exhibit spaces• Design of domestic and international advertising• Design of countless coins, billboards, tchotchkes, booths and web bannersTBG has a fast paced and wonderfully charismatic atmosphere that allowed growth creatively and technically.

Menlo Park, Ca, Us

Worked with a variety of companies in industries including publishing, lifestyle brands and creative agencies. The endless opportunity to stay on the steep slope of the learning curve and learn an array of "Best Practices" and methodologies developed a broad skill set utilizing the fastest and most efficient methods of solving a wide array of creative and technical tasks. • Packaging• Design of financial reports• Large Product Catalogs• Advertising• Promotional Materials• Social media• Poster and collateral design

Newport Beach, California, Us

As the Studio Designer at HMA I was tasked with creating and sizing print ads for placement in the greater LA area as well as assuring mechanical and color accuracy of files releasing to print. The agency would place around 100 ads every week in periodicals like the LA Times and Orange County Register, amongst many others. Ads ranged in size from massive 2-page double trucks in the LA Times to small fractional page ads in a community theater program. I thrived on the problem solving aspect of putting these puzzles together. The old saying "Ten pounds of $#!T in a five pound bag" sometimes turned into ten pounds in a thimble and would leave Art Directors wondering why they didn't think of that solution.I enjoyed the technical focus of this position and learned a lot about production, adjusting color for accuracy in a wide array of substrates, large scale planned communities and that the weather in SoCal is absolutely perfect at least 90% of the time.

Original Design Company is a producer of custom printed and embroidered apparel. Learned the practical application of skills in the workplace. •Created custom artwork for business wanting uniforms or promotional goods and designed stock art for our annual catalog. Prepared artwork for spot-color production. •Oversaw initial production to assure quality and color choice. •Learned technical aspects of the creative process and was a hands-on crash course on the nuances of the silkscreen printing process.