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Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

· Leads the design process from planning to strategic execution for mobile first innovative IoT products.· Creates interaction design, prototyping, and usability testing to ensure a seamless and intuitive user journey across all touch points.· Develops user personas, journey maps, and user flows to define optimal user experiences.· Translates user needs in creating high-fidelity mockups, prototypes, and documentation that effectively communicate design intent.· Designs user-centered, and zero-training user interfaces across multiple touch points (mobile apps, web apps, web dashboards).· Works closely with engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders to get buy in and capture relevant feedback while ensuring user needs are prioritized.· Creates and maintains a design system with reusable components (in Figma) and UX guidelines to ensure UI consistency.· Educates cross-functionally on design decisions backed with data insights.

San Diego County, California, United States

I led a team of 7 designers, focused on creating an optimal setup & onboarding experience for consumer and enterprise products, from purchase to first use, reducing time to setup by 75%. I also led a team of 4 designers that supported the HP design system, building reusable components & templates, defining interaction patterns, and creating design guidelines for a unified platform to ensure consistency. Activities:-Cross-functional team collaboration-Led daily working sessions to increase team productivity, break down silos, produce solid design solutions, and minimize overall time spent in meetings-Evangelized designs to leadership stakeholders-Defined requirements and roadmaps-Produced qualitative research, heuristic evaluations, information architecture diagrams, work flows, prototypes, wireframes, and high fidelity mockups (using Figma, FigJam and Miro) for mobile and web-Designs delivered on schedule, meeting project requirements and technical constraints

San Diego, California, United States

I built a SaaS (Software as a Service) platform and design system (from the ground up) for cybersecurity solutions. This resulted in 100% protection against attackers and ZERO loss of revenue for digital content providers.Activities:-Incorporated brand guidelines and design best practices for web and mobile devices-Performed heuristic evaluations-Produced information architecture diagrams, workflows, wireframes, prototypes, and high fidelity mockups using (using Adobe XD and Mira) for mobile and web-Documented, shared, and negotiated design concepts with product management, engineering, and marketing stakeholders-Coordinated tasks and collaborated with external consulting resources to meet requirements and deadlines

Mission, Kansas, United States

ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS: I designed a mining equipment management system for Cummins service advisors that monitors and predicts system fault alerts, resulting in significantly less progressive engine damage, unnecessary repair expenses, and unplanned downtime of equipment. resulting in an increase in revenue.HEALTHCARE/MEDICAL APP: I also designed a mobile and desktop app for ER patients to access aftercare instructions, resulting in 90% adoption and a SUS score of 95.ECOMMERCE: I designed an ecommerce site including a catalog, shopping cart, account management, and quote request/generation for subscription based services,Activities:-Defined design system components and created design guidelines using responsive and adaptive design principles for desktop, web, mobile, and tablets-Organized and presented highly technical data so that is glance-able and easy to use, improving work efficiency and healthcare results

San Diego, California, United States

I designed mobile, web, tablet, wearable, and smart surface experiences for virutal reality, autonomous driving, fleet and data management, medical devices, and iOT/ Smart Home devices that were demonstrated at Mobile World Congress 2018. I also developed web based training that was used as a gateway for using Intel and Mobileye products.Activities:-Built design systems and guidelines -Created logical flows, wireframes, high fidelity mock-ups, specifications, and prototypes-Generated icons and graphics using Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop

Greater San Diego Area

I created and maintained multi-platform design systems, including re-usable components and guidelines for enterprise and consumer products for large corporations. I designed mobile apps and web interfaces for complex, data-driven products for companies such as Nokia, Motorola, Kyocera, and Qualcomm, in industries such as fintech, medical devices, mobile, and iOT devices.Activities-Content, UI specification, and technical writing-Detailed information architecture, wireframes, high fidelity mockups, prototypes -Evangelize designs and present to stakeholders and reported status regularly--Collaborated across multiple locations and multiple disciplines including: Marketing, Engineering, Product, Media Development, other UX Designers.-Administered usability tests and heuristic evaluations and iterated on designs based on data-Generated effort estimates and realistic schedules and leading the team to meet project goals.

Greater San Diego Area

-Created user narratives for medical devices. -Designed interaction flow diagrams for medical devices. -Generated Usability Protocols and administered Usability Tests.-Performed Heuristic evaluations on medical products.

North Carolina, United States

-Executed design analysis for existing smart phone applications and reported results to stakeholders.-Performed Heuristic evaluations on existing designs and used the data to improve the user experience.-Redesigned an existing Android application to increase user productivity.-Created prototypes using Axure to communicate and share the design with the multi-disciplinary team.

Chicago & Sunnyvale

-Incorporated business requirements and customer feedback to design a comprehensive PIM experience (email, calendar, contacts) for the Android platform.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

-Designed features for Android PTT device (for Motorola Mobility) that satisfied CDMA and GSM carrier requirements in close partnership with product and development teams.-Designed a Windows 7 application to sync media between Android devices and a PC (for Motorola Mobility).-Designed a Windows 7 and Mac application to update Android device software (for Motorola Mobility).-Created competitive requirements and wireframes for an iPhone productivity application.

Greater San Diego Area

-Designed entertainment applications for smart phones, including RIM and Windows Mobile 7 devices.

Greater San Diego Area

-Designed mobile phone features for Verizon Open Development and Public Mobile.-Analyzed and evaluated the help system in the mobile phone.-Performed Heuristic Evaluations of the online help system and suggested areas of improvement.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

-Designed mobile phone features for Motorola, with an emphasis on Sprint and Verizon. Application areas included: Bluetooth, Settings, Calling, Phonebook, Recent Calls, Memory Management, Voice Recognition, Push To Talk, Stopwatch, Tip Calculator, Setup Wizard, Keypad Lock.-Created and maintained UI flows and specifications throughout product life cycle.-Collaborated across multiple locations and multiple disciplines including: Marketing, Software, Program Management, Media Development, other Interaction Designers.-Responsible for generating effort estimates and realistic schedules and leading the team to meet project goals.-Regularly reported status to internal teams and upper management.

Greater San Diego Area

-Designed mobile phone features for CDMA carriers such as Sprint, Verizon, Alltel and China Unicom. Applications included: Openwave Browser, Java, Media Management, Calling, BREW, System Selection, Prepaid, DRM.-Designed interfaces on Series 40 and Series 60 smart devices.-Managed a team of User Experience Designers and responsible for ensuring timely completion of all deliverables.-Responsible for negotiating carrier requirements directly with the customers.-Managed product feature lists with marketing team.-Collaborated with usability scientists to develop and run usability studies and heuristic evaluations.

Greater San Diego Area

-Designed company website, including layout and interactions.-Contributed to user interface design of custom software applications. -Created user guides and online help systems.-Contributed and managed proposal efforts.

Greater San Diego Area

-Created computer-based training systems for companies such as Ford, Steelcase, and General Motors.-Analyzed highly technical content.-Generated training objectives.-Participated in client collaboration meetings.-Created and managed design documents throughout the lifecycle of the project which contained: text on the screen, voice over, graphics descriptions, video scripts, interactions.-Collaborated across teams of multiple disciplines, including: software development, subject matter experts (SMEs), localization, quality assurance, graphic artists, usability, other instructional designers.-Responsible for overseeing all multimedia component development, including: voice over recordings, video production, graphic development.-Lead designer on a project for General Motors.

Greater San Diego Area

-Created press releases for McMillin Reality.-Led employee appreciation program.-Coordinated events for marketing activities.-Assisted in production of advertising materials.-Generated monthly employee newsletter.