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Portland, Oregon Area

Human-centered design consultancy focused on strategy and brand experience to connect people, places and products.Current and recent clients include Darn Tough, Explore Washington Park, the National Center for Smart Growth, Portland International Airport, Portland Japanese Garden, Leach Botanical Garden, the Portland Bureau of Transportation, CambridgeSeven Architects, the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.sparkssullivan.com

Portland, Oregon Area

Founded a graphic design studio focused on the visual representation and analysis of cities—and—the systems and networks that operate within them. Projects undertaken by the studio typically involved data visualization, information design, cartography and wayfinding. In 2019, the business evolved into sparks+sullivan to broaden its impact and expand its capabilities to include human-centered design, experience design and brand strategy.Clients included the City of Portland, Portland International Airport, Metro (Portland's Regional Government), the City of Boulder, the Cleveland Foundation, the Boston Society of Architects, the Oregon Convention Center, TriMet, EcoTrust, Oregon Humanities, Northeastern University, Portland State University, Nike, Architecture Boston magazine and the Wall Street Journal. Additionally, the studio undertook self-initiated projects that explored themes at the intersection of urban planning, graphic design and visual analytics.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Taught courses in the School of Architecture and Graphic Design Department, including:1) Wayfinding and Environmental Graphics (using human-centered design methods)2) Advanced Representation (focused on data visualization and cartography)3) First Year Architecture StudioDeveloped course curriculum for Advanced Representation and Wayfinding courses.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Graphic design, information design, urban design and architecture for a variety of clients including the National Park Service, Boston Redevelopment Authority, MIT, and the Boston Transportation Department.

Center For Public Space Research, Copenhagen

Assisted Jan Gehl and Lars Gemzøe with the Center’s human-centered, public space research projects and completed independent research focused on shared community spaces.

Graphic design, information design, urban design and architecture for clients that included the City of Palo Alto, City of Portland and TriMet.

Portland, Oregon, United States

Architectural designer on the project team for the Northern Arizona University College of Business.

Master Of Architecture, Architecture

Graduate University Fellow and Dean’s Thesis Prize recipient

Bachelor Of Science In Architecture

Summa Cum Laude and University Honors Program Citation