Returning for the third iteration in 2024 UXxUX will welcome 190+ designers, developers, and product folks for three days of awesome content and networking.In August 2023, I helped deliver an event that welcomed nearly 75 for two days of talks, networking, and workshops.In 2022 I collaborated with the team to execute the first edition of our conference, welcoming 50 UX experts from Copperleaf, AWS, SAP, and Benevity. The conference in 2022 was a resounding success in setting up future events in 2023 and beyond, with survey respondents providing extremely positive feedback:Overall event rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (4.8/5)Likelihood of attending UXxUX again next year: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (4.9/5)www.uxunconference.com

Delivering customer driven strategic product design at scale for AWS Networking and Infrastructure Services in CloudFront, Route53, WAF, Shield, Bots/Anti-DDoS, Multi-Region, Network Availability, and the Border Network.

COURSE DESCRIPTION:Bellevue College’s User Experience Design Certificate program provides students with a solid foundation in current user-focused design best practices and skills for online content.Students learn how to apply design principles to development of web content, improve site usability, and create design documents using detailed procedures and guidelines. Topics include user experience research, UX information architecture, interaction design, usability studies, developing web content, graphic design basics, web accessibility, and design tools.LEARNING OUTCOMES:+Incorporate business and marketing goals while catering to the user.+Improve the usability of the site and its acceptance by customers.+Organize collected information into a usable taxonomy.+Generate a data model for a website’s search engine.+Recognize the characteristics and design elements of usable web sites.+Generate clickable/tappable prototypes that effectively express how your design functions.+Use heuristics to communicate usability standards.+Create and test prototypes to understand how usability testing can improve human-computer interactions.CLASSES TAUGHT:+Information Architecture+UX Design Fundamentals

The manager of UX has significant responsibility at Moz: responsible for leading the charge on growth and strategy within the product as it relates to usability and retention, and defining standards of design that will enable an evolution of our product. I also collaborate with a multidisciplinary design team to ensure brand alignment. I am responsible for identifying innovative ways to understand issues, behaviors, motivations, and needs of our cross-functional teams as they enhance the product. The team and I work within cross functional teams focused on solving real customer problems, providing vital input based on the best UX practices, and research they conduct. I strive to set an example to my team and others, on how to collaborate with other groups, and how to leverage insights to make meaningful improvements to our product and experiences and solve customer problems. As a strategic thinker, I help move the organization closer to a product suite that enables greater accessibility through amazing experiences and interactions.

MXPdesigns is an experience-driven company that helps organizations navigate complex digital transformations. We provide clarity to better understand the needs of your customers and users, and reveal the disconnects in your current customer experience. Working with brands like Acer, Target, Hella Cocktail, FLUKE, and Amazon Business MXPdesigns creates a customized web experience crafted especially to meet the needs faced by these brands in reaching their next-level digital engagement. • Advocated for an integrated consistent UI across the back-end portal as well as the consumer facing website.• Created user-centric designs, while understanding the balance of functional & business requirements, technical restraints, and project timelines. • Managed project documentation for the executive staff for their weekly status meetings.• Created compelling graphics to support campaigns on the consumer website.

Alcatel is an international mobile technology brand that designs, develops and markets globally a growing range of mobile and internet devices. For over 20 years, the Alcatel brand has brought consistent innovation and quality in mobile telephony. Currently, one of the fastest growing mobile phone manufacturers in the world. • Was recruited to build and lead the direct to consumer (B2C/D2C) eCommerce and digital marketing strategies for North America, North Asia, and Latin America• Built a high-performing technical team and designed an aggressive eCommerce strategy, leading the technology set up, UI/UX design, reverse logistics and customer support. • Launched an eCommerce platform in 4 months, growing revenue to $1.6 million and site visits to 1 million in just 6 weeks. Growth has been steady week-over-week, and reduced fraud to 0.001% from 4%.• Managed creative direction for all eCommerce related assets. Including set direction, model cast, site procurement, post-processing management, and production.• Grew team to 15 FTE, 17 vendors and 3 agencies.• Managed the website development and launch of new business acquisitions• Oversaw the successful launch of over 45 products in 6 months to the eCommerce website.• Launched and grew the newly acquired Black Berry brand in the US and Canada• Responsible for $10m operation budget.• Launched Black Berry Mobile’s digital strategy in the US and Canada• Indirectly managed teams in India, China, Canada, Mexico, and France.Working with our parent brand TCL, relaunched the BlackBerry brand in coordination with the February 25th, 2017 announcement at Mobile World Congress.

At iSpot.tv, we have a product that is changing how brands, agencies, and networks measure and assess the impact of TV advertising campaigns. Our software uses proprietary audio and video analysis to monitor and extract TV commercials, movie trailers and other promotional content from TV. At the same time, our software analyzes consumer interactions with TV ads on the digital screen across search, video and social. • Advocated for an integrated consistent UI across the back-end portal as well as the consumer facing website.• Created user-centric designs, while understanding the balance of functional & business requirements, technical restraints, and project timelines. • Developed a deeper understanding and involvement with the client-facing digital analytics data to best present the key data points effectively.• Managed project documentation for the executive staff for their weekly status meetings.• Created compelling graphics to support campaigns on the consumer website.• Managed junior designers to unify the team’s goal across all bands.

Working as a web designer and developer at Explore Consulting I work very closely with a diverse set of clients to create Amazon Webstore websites that meet their specific eCommerce needs. Functioning as a consultant, The project work entails everything from project management, to visual design, to user experience design, to web implementation and everything in between.Roll up of skills/abilities:•Meeting/liaising with clients to discuss requirements and/or project progress•Creating web site design visual comps•Demonstrating and receiving feedback about draft sites•Keeping up-to-date with recent technological and software developments•Developing skills and expertise in appropriate software/programming languages including HTML, CSS, Javascript and others•Producing products that are user-friendly, effective and appealing•Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

Designed high-fidelity visual comps, created assets, and managed the design work-flow for the launch of a new responsive website. Maintained a keen eye for detail and a high level of organization I lead the transition of the design comps into red-lines for design-to-development continuity. Independently created a comprehensive and interactive style guide to be used by project managers, developers, designers, and QA engineers for maintaining the highest level of brand integrity and style accuracy.

Designer. Art Director. Creative. Collaborator. Everything.I grab projects as the are coming at me and I make them work. My newest mantra is "Tell me what you expect. I'll give you something you've never dreamed of"I have done work for The American Cancer Society, The Susan B. Anthony House, The Ad Council of Rochester, The Seneca Park Zoo, Americorps, and other non-profit organizations.

Working with marketing to make US Marketing collateral pieces.

Create. Destroy. Repeat.

Designing Institute poster, flyers, and other printed materials.Also working with Xerox Docucolor 7000, and Xerox Nuvera 2010.Managing workflow, and customer output.