Rich Paul Email & Phone Number

Overland Park, Kansas, United States

Helping create software for whole-person care.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

My freelance Web, Motion and Graphic Design business has been an ongoing source of interesting projects since I first put it online back in 1999.

Kansas City Metropolitan Area

Main designer on two cloud-based products. Created wireframes, high-fidelity screens, flows, icons and research findings for user insights. * Launched cloud applications including Location Intelligence and Reporting. New features improved analysis for hundreds of users. * Led 2 successful UX Labs at Inspire ‘23 and ‘24. Tested prototypes and live site with over 30 users. Presented research findings yielding dozens of direct improvements to cloud apps. * Contributed to the Alteryx ONYX design system making the UX team more efficient. Found and helped fix a Figma auto-layout bug affecting many design system components.

Olathe, Kansas, United States

Second designer hired for newly-formed UX team. Strived to integrate design thinking and usability testing through collaboration with other teams: product, dev, engineering and marketing. Created wireframes, hi-fi screens, flows, icons, front-end HTML, CSS, JS and documentation standards. * Launched a new version of the Garmin Connect IQ mobile app with improved Information Architecture raising reviews above 4 stars. * Designed display of new mountain bike metrics Grit and Flow for the release of the Edge 530 and 830 devices. * Contributed to the design system in Sketch and later Figma. * Implemented CMS for marketing pages allowing easier editing of content. * Designed and maintained developer portal pages with help and information for those interested in creating apps for devices. * Launched opencaching.com with ranked and searchable geocaching resources for thousands of registered users at its peak. * Wrote, launched and coordinated releases of HTML, CSS and JS for the global header/menu used by millions of visitors for many years. * Launched online shop with improved categories and faceted search which facilitated hundreds of thousands of purchases in the first 3 years.

Assist with presenting and organizing some aspects of this user group.

Overland Park, Kansas, United States

First in-house designer hired to redesign the website and quoting experience. * Designed updated public-facing website working directly with owner of the company. * Improved code of the main site and the quote request forms for thousands of freight shippers every day. * Worked closely with dev team to code and manage releases of HTML and CSS and JS. * Principal designer on “internal startup” FreightView which grew using human-centered design methods into a powerful tool for intermodal freight shipping. * Optimized internal sales tools using user observation methods which saved time and frustration daily for hundreds on the sales team.

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Small but mighty ad agency serving clients in the midwest. * Created custom designs for sites in the HomeServices network owned by Berkshire Hathaway serving thousands of home searchers every day. * Created interactive Flash, CD-ROM and DVD content for companies like Valmont, Kiewit and the Upstream Brewing Company.

Creation of high-end motion graphics for the Web.

Masters In Design Management And Strategy, Design

The Masters in Design Management and Strategy enables students to become leaders of design thinking, user experience and innovation..

Bs Of Art, Art, Graphic Design, Communications

Chose to serve my church instead of attending school from 1994-1996.