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Irvine, CA, US

Dearborn, Michigan, US

Dearborn, Michigan, US

Scaled enterprise agile transformation expedition, coaching teams, leadership and executives on through lean product delivery techniques and process with product-driven outcomes, from epic definition and validation through to value delivery.

Boston, MA, US

Ann Arbor, MI, US

Lathrup Village, MI, US

Demonstrating proficient knowledge about not knowing a whole lot. Driving the team to embrace the role of product owner as a whole. Hand-crafting a mobile banking experience for the modern era. Having the time of my swipe.

• Spearheaded the shift from agency thinking towards adoption of agile and lean methodologies within UX realm for our web products and services
• Initiated a process of socratic questioning to facilitate motions towards innovation and validation that the team is solving the right problems
• Headed up experimentation and testing of prototypes across a wide swath of devices
• Championed for the integration of sound measurement and learning practices into our development cycles to distill a more cohesive end-product for our users
• Inspired a more exhaustive cross-functional ideation strategy amongst our team for new products going forward, through design thinking exercises and a cooperative scope defining and refinement method
• Instituted a "reciprocative learning" routine to stimulate cross-functional learning between designers and developers to cross-learn in a collaborative way

• Engaged project stakeholders and other team members in collaborative interactive strategy and project planning.
• Convinced company and client stakeholders to embrace users' best interests.
• Pressed manager to resist the temptation to cut corners of projects, when it could be detrimental to the ultimate experience attached to a product.
• United design and development teams in collaborative strategic mapping of user experiences and functional specifications for web app products and interactive websites
• Influenced visual designers to shift their design mentality from static to dynamic design by engaging principles of motion and subtlety into interaction component of designs to serve in taking our web experiences to a.
• Coached developers on best practices and workflow optimization

Maumee, Ohio, US

• Worked with clients in the the medical, utility and municipality fields
• Designed and implement user interfaces for front-end functionality of online billing platforms
• Developed and improve upon AJAX login functionality and form post
• Assisted with development and debugging of database and back end platform functionality as necessary
• Developed written documentation and user flow processes, while also documenting any lacking back end code as necessary
• Significantly improved upon existing code and its prior disregard for best practices

• Specialized in ecommerce & mobile app design and brand ideation
• Worked with numerous clients, both local and intergalactic, to provide the above services that their projects require
• Met with clients to explore their project needs and goals, and to establish ideal project requirements and develop an overall user experience strategy.
• Developed written project proposals that outline a project's phases, specifications, estimations, timeline and terms
• Conceived numerous unique layouts for each project using pencil and paper as a rapid form of ideation
• Crafted innovative user interface designs to bring interactive websites and mobile apps to life

Bowling Green, OHIO, US

• Facilitated the hiring of several graphic artists, web developers during rapid growth of the business.
• Trained and coached teams from two departments' on workflow and best practices.
• Managed employees in both departments, along with their respective projects, schedules and deadlines.
• Established standards and documentation for workflow and best practices for the Web and graphics departments.
• Proposed and initiated a strategic plan of action for the continued work of usability optimization and content strategy for the family of websites, to keep the business moving forward and growing.
• Continued playing an active role in the unprecedented growth the company saw, from $500k to $3.2M with our site optimization strategies, both user-centered and search-centered.

Bowling Green, OHIO, US

• Helped build and manage over 40 websites for a growing security company that got a majority of business from the web.
• Initiated and implemented ecommerce functionality on the main site for stock products.
• Optimized each page for various search terms for maximum traffic to each of the websites.
• Integrated Google Analytics and engaged users in A/B testing for a better understanding of the user experience.
• Performed detailed weekly and monthly research, analyzing each website's web analytics and results of our user research.
• Compiled monthly reports outlining search engine rankings and documented analytics and user research data with suggestions for improvement.

Human Computer Interaction

Associate Of Arts And Sciences (Aas), Digital Media Technology

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Doing Agile™