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Indianapolis, IN, US

• UX Leadership for Mobile App and UX Efforts for Delta Faucet Website. Supervised development of IOT Mobile App. Managed vendor team resources and approved budgets. Oversees and coordinates all UX research, prototypes.
• Established UX workflow with interviews, personas and prototype testing.
• Secured UserTesting.com subscription.
• Starting a business resource group for people with disabilities.
• Championed WCAG 2.1. and Section 508 compliance in all UX / UI work.
• Used design thinking to drive innovative solutions.

Indianapolis, IN, US

• UX Leadership for Mobile App and Website. Supervising development of IOT Mobile Apps. Managed vendor team resources and approved budgets. Oversees and coordinates all UX research. Established clear paths for product.
• Established UX workflow with interviews, personas and prototype testing.
• Secured UserTesting.com subscription.
• Starting a business resource group for people with disabilities.
• Championed WCAG 2.1. and Section 508 compliance in all UX / UI work.
• Used design thinking to drive innovative solutions.

East Hartford, CT, US

• Oversaw all UX research and UI designs on cross-functional team formed of $7M Engineering Standard Work System – used across varying teams. Led user research UX efforts and coordinated UI and development resources from.
• Established and planned UX workflow with interviews, card sorting, personas and prototype testing, saving project costly re-development time. Streamlined workflows.
• Improved design productivity by 70% through agile methodology and management of vendor UI resources.
• Served as board member of employee resource group “Empower Ability,” spearheading education for WCAG 2.1. and Section 508 compliance in all UX / UI work.
• Used Design Thinking and innovative solutions, including WYSIWIG content creation tools, EPUB style manuals and data results within modern “clean”, high-quality UI, maintaining project funding.

Atlanta, Georgia, US

• Integrated UX workflow into B2B/B2C and SaaS e-commerce for Desktop, Tablet, iOS and Android app development
• Led efforts for ADA compliance on customer-facing website, including but not limited to screen reader readiness, helping business with sales and avoiding potential litigation.
• Eliminated costly development time from projects with research and prototype testing upfront, creating Responsive UI design from wireframes to final designs.
• Designed Product Design Survey tool, mobile delivery app, responsive franchisee shopping tool, produce distribution, and incremental POS improvements, saving development time and resources and preventing customer.

Atlanta, Georgia, US

Improve, innovate, test, re-design (when necessary) mobile and web apps for customer and internal facing functions. Edible Arrangements Company.

Atlanta, Georgia, US

Edible Arrangement's IT department.

Bristol, CT, US

• Improved flows / clarity and Information Architecture for B2C media asset site
• Streamlined user flow by analyzing complex Site Maps whiteboard. Conducted User and Client Interviews, wireframes, and Comparative/Competitive Analysis.

Book cover designer for Tom Cotter's "Bad Dad", “Where Fairy Tales Go” By Annette Ross, "Billionaire's Paradise" by Peter Antonucci, "Killing Journalism" by Joe Strupp, "Jaywalking In Hollywood" and "Good Luck, Mr.Gorsky " By Dave Konig, and "Stand By Me " by Ellen L. Bassuk M.D., Julie Santoes, Kate Pittman D.V.M.

Redesign user experience for Broadway funding website. Research, design, analysis, protoyping, wireframing, examination of user behavior and flows.

Palo Alto, CA, US

Providing customer support for Apple mobile and Windows products, drones, XBOX One, SONOS sound systems, and more.

Cupertino, California, US

• Developed and conducted workshops on all Apple hardware and software. Hosted and coordinated celebrity events for 500 capacity theater. Kept OS and iOS knowledge prevalent and valid for attendees
• Increased attendance by 20 - 40 attendees per week by creating, planning and executing an Adobe Illustrator workshop.
• Ensured security and safety for high-profile events by coordinating with management, recording crews, press and Apple Marketing Team for high profile events.

Illustration, traditional and digital. Pen & ink, pencils, coloring. Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign.Storyboards, comic books and sequential art. Logos and icon design, Animatics and motion graphics. Creation of illustrations and designs for marketing of entertainment and retail business within branding guidelines if necessary.Posters, banners, web.

On camera and theatrical experience, SAG and AEA member. Script and shot analysis, character development.

Master Of Professional Studies, User Experience

Ux Immersive, Ux Design

Continuing Education, Inking, Digital Coloring, Perspective Drawing, Children'S Books

Bachelor Of Arts, Art