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Reston, Virginia, United States

• Lead user-centered design process for discovery, guiding product owners and internal team through interviews and persona definition, wireframes, workflows, user-testing to generate high-fidelity interactive prototypes.• Worked in tandem with team to analyze results from complex data models, designing dynamic data visualizations and dashboards to provide easy to understand, user specific narratives with data.

Vienna, Virginia, United States

• Lead the UI/UX design modernization effort based on testing, customer feedback, team objectives and product owner goals • Evolve existing client design system to create cohesion and product distinction• Work closely with product owners and stakeholders to distill requirements, and work with BA to translate them intorobust and dynamic site functionality

Boulder, Co

• Envision, collaborate and design of interfaces, dashboards and mapping platforms for Center for Disease Control, FEMA, Georgetown Law, Georgetown Global Health Science and Security, Nuclear Threat Initiative and UNAIDS• Worked in close collaboration with data engineers and subject matter experts to rapidly generate and build proof of concept interfaces (14 interfaces created over appx. 2 years) to assisting clients in understanding feasibility and data gaps• Worked in a startup environment to develop internal processes to streamline the proprietary product development process. • Designed products utilized to communicate complexity to international policy experts (United Nations, UNAIDS and DHS)

Denver, Co

WESTAF is a regional nonprofit arts service organization dedicated to strengthening the financial, organizational, and policy infrastructure of the arts in the West. Lead design, testing, usability research, management of development and launching an online labor market data platform for creative economy research. Upon successfully launching the product in late 2014, promoted to Director in 2015. Managed a small team of 4 responsible for daily operations including: marketing, analytics, data management, design and development.• Redesign of public facing site to track conversion and integrate keywords and SEO strategy• Lead design strategy and prototyping of client pitches and enhancements• Lead team and managed project, doubling sales in first year after launch (2015-2016)• Surveyed the field, continually conducting research regarding trends in creative economy to offer the field original content • Research and author reports regarding pressing issues in the arts, including the impact of the arts in rural areas and diversityhttps://cvsuite.org/

Denver, Co

DESIGN• Lead design of labor market data platform including: conducting field research, usability testing, surveying, prototyping, persona development and analysis of results/impact• Lead design of public facing site, all collateral and marketing materials, branding & look/feel. Brand steward of CVSuite brandDEVELOPMENT• Product Owner - Manage daily development of site and enhancements, using agile and Jira• Defined scope of project by applying lean development principles, priorities for build, planning and prioritizing future enhancements and writing specifications. • Managed international and remote dev team - for an under budget and on time launch

Kathmandu,Nepal

Association for Craft Producers (ACP)Semester in Kathmandu with Nepal’s largest Fair trade organization. Research focus on:• Feasibility of ecommerce for increasing exposure in mature markets• Education on benefits of ICTs for communication (ICT use beyond organization)• Rebrand organization and family of brands with focus on consistency and modernization• Develop strategy for integrating email, social media, emarketing and interactive media

Boulder, Co

• Lead design of the visual library (For every variation of size, data type, frequency) of Dow Jones data surfaced in a early innovative proprietary charting product launched by Wall Street Journal for the retail adviser market• Designed product report suites for major brokerages (Schwab, Fidelity, Reuters and TD Ameritrade) • Collaborated with a team to design, implement and brand steward a suite of product brands used nationally in the institutional financial market

Greater Detroit Area

• Developed innovative, intuitive marketing collateral and corporate identity to increase brand awareness for new business• Built client base of over 20 organizations and businesses including: University of Michigan, Saint Johns Health, Merrill Palmer Institute of Wayne State

Philadelphia, Pa

• Conceived and created marketing materials for Public Interest ResearchGroups (PIRGs) and affiliates, over 40 organizations nation wide

Monterey, Ca

• Collaborated with a team of audio-video specialists, animators, project managers, and content specialists to create and design one of the first distance-learning programs. The framework was expanded and acquired by publisher Harcourt Brace, and used at hundreds of universities nationwide.