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Alameda, Ca, Us

Sabbatical — After 7 years and 10 months working and living in the San Francisco Bay Area I choose to take a 6 month sabbatical to rest, restore, and prepare for the next chapter of my career. Today I'm well-rested, curious, and excited to be looking for the next great fit.If you're looking for help with your team or product I'd love to hear about it!

Seattle, Wa, Us

Leading our Northern California Build Location as our team designs and delivers solutions for local, national, and international brands.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Leading Slalom Build's Software Engineering Capability throughout Northern California.Slalom Build solves complex problems by working with clients to close the distance between dream and reality, imagined possibility and technical realization. We’re relentlessly passionate about building great things. It’s a passion that yields exciting, tangible results.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Lead Slalom Build's Software Engineering Practice in Silicon Valley.Key Accomplishments:• Managed key client accounts for some of the largest tech companies in Silicon Valley• Helped extend our team's reach from Silicon Valley to all of NorCal with offices in Palo Alto, San Francisco, East Bay and Sacramento• Lead a cross-functional team to design and implement a new career development framework for 1000+ designers, engineers, and product managers within our Build organization.

San Francisco, California, Us

More than one third of the Fortune 100 have adopted Pivotal's platform, tools, and methodology to unleash the productivity of software teams, reduce operational cost, and create an environment for innovation to scale.Key Accomplishments:• Managed key client accounts for American Express, The Gap, Chevron, GE, Intel and more• Lead a software delivery team of over 100 managers and invidual contributors• Presented to business leaders from more than a dozen countries in 160+ Executive Briefings• Worked with other directors to implement an effective change management system

Ada, Michigan, Us

Mutually Human is a boutique software consultancy with offices Grand Rapids, Michigan & Columbus, Ohio that provides custom software development to a wide variety of organizations from SMBs to global enterprises.Key Accomplishments:• Managed key client accounts for Apple, Toro, Dematic, the American Red Cross, and more• Systematized sales and increased bookings by 50%• Increased both top and bottom line revenue by 100%• Improved the hiring process and managed the team through 150% growth• Lead a brand & marketing project to establish the firm’s national position

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Human Practice brings patients and doctors together through word of mouth. Healthcare is an intensely personal experience that deserves better tools to match each person with the right doctor for them. Studies show that a good match improves the healthcare experience, builds trust, and improves health outcomes. I provided regular consulting and direction on strategy, technology, and the user experience.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, Us

I taught a dual-enrollment Interaction Design class through WMCAT and Kendall College of Art & Design. The program aims to expose students to a full range of design disciplines, their history of development, how they interact, differ, converge and have provided the foundations for Interaction Design.

Grand Rapids, Mi, Us

Since being founded in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 2001 Atomic Object has grown to include an office in Ann Arbor and develop custom apps for more than 120 companies. They provide software design and development services.Key Accomplishments:• Consulted key clients including X-Rite, Fiserv, The World Bank, and various startups• Established the design team at this engineering-lead company• Uncovered a set of best practices for integrating User Centered Design and Agile• Developed an estimation framework for integrated design and development work

As one of the first native-mobile startups Six Voices provided an iOS-based application platform for publishers. We helped dozens of independent and national publishers release their first app to the App Store and promote their books to consumers.Key Accomplishments:• Launched over 30 iPhone applications with 4-plus star reviews• Established and managed a team of ten international designers and editors• Built a scalable production system including people, tools, and processes• Designed the company's full brand identity, mobile platform, and iPhone applications

A small multi-media web consultancy founded in Grand Rapids, Michigan to help clients establish conversations with their customers using the power of interactive communication.Key Accomplishments:• Independently ran a profitable small business including all sales and business development• Provided business and product strategy for national and international clients• Provided interaction design for clients from a variety of industries

Holland, Ohio, Us

In the late 90s this marketing and advertising agency had one of the largest teams dedicated to web development (25 people) in West Michigan. During this period the firm also spun out such properties as Slashdot.org & Everything2.Key Accomplishments:• Provided information architecture and interaction design for small to Fortune 50 companies• Executed new technology research for clients and our twenty-person web team• Organized team training and marketing events

Grand Rapids, Mi, Us

Grey Matter Group is a multidisciplinary design and marketing firm that provides creative solutions for print, collateral, packaging, naming, identity, outdoor, broadcast, web, and social media.Key Accomplishments:• Letter-by-letter kerning in final layouts for best selling book covers• Pre-press production co-ordination on book covers, magazine ads, and POP displays• Designed and wrote an ad for placement in a national ad campaign