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Berlin Area, Germany

San Francisco Bay Area

• Brand Machine is the second startup I’ve founded. We develop software that helps businesses create smarter, more performative brands, and to operationalize brand more effectively across teams to support faster decision.
• Design management of mobile and web product visual design / CX / UX
• Design management of research and insight generation process
• Managed product development
• Developed corporate brand identity and positioning
• Mobile Javascript/Typescript application development with Node/Angular4/Ionic3

San Francisco

• My role at Citrix was to unite brand expression across a diverse cloud based SaaS product portfolio of over 20 products, and to drive brand innovation to help global design teams align brand expression across customer.
• Redesigned the branding process for new experimental products, cutting down brand development timeframes from 6+ months to 3 weeks* Managed the division-wide rebranding of over 10 major products across three product.

A series of Information Visualizations created for GE to help explore the multifaceted technological and social issues surrounding the development and adoption of electric vehicles in the United States. Part of a series of green technology presentations shown at TED 2011.

IA + UX + Visual Design of a web-based consumer health care application for a LA-based medical software startup affiliated with the UCLA School of Medicine. Initial User Research was done to help ascertain the unique needs of the target demographic. Personas were used to help understand relevant user needs. Extensive Wireframing was done to rapidly iterate.

A Berlin-based residency centered on the Research + Prototyping of immersive digital experiences. Work primarily focused on the use of large scale aggregated display architectures for the creation of scalable, environmentally-immersive interactive installations.

Seattle, WA

My role at the creation center was to identify emerging technologies, unmet user needs cultural trends in the consumer mobile space, and to help evangelize design thinking and innovation across T-Mobile. I worked with and lead multidisciplinary teams of designers, ethnographers and technologists engaging in user needs research to identify strategically.

Seattle, WA

• DXARTS is a world-renowned Ph.D. program with a research-focused approach to the integration of technology, art and design practice.
• Doctoral curricula included work in computer science, 3D fabrication systems, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering (primarily embedded systems design), biotechnology, and product design
• Doctoral research centered on emergent systems, affective & ubiquitous computing, mechatronic systems design, and rapid prototyping technologies
• Taught BFA studio classes in studio practice and mechatronics

San Francisco, CA

Provided Creative Direction + Technical Direction + Design Management for a range of clients and projects—from online banner campaigns to enterprise-grade health care applications to 508-compliant government sites. Extensive UX + IA Development. New Business Development. Hiring + Management of design/development/QA teams. Key Clients include MasterCard.

San Francisco, CA

Directly responsible for all interactive work developed by the agency, including Skyy Vodka’s first web site, innovative online advertising for Red Herring and Petopia, and an award-wining in-store kiosk for Levi Strauss & Co. Built An Interactive Department from the ground up. Managed + Mentored an in-house team of interaction designers and developers..

San Francisco, CA

UX + IA + product development for the PlayNet Music Station, a touchscreen-based digital entertainment and retail platform. Worked directly with third party hardware design and development teams and in-house visual designers.