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Redondo Beach, CA, US

Redondo Beach, CA

• UX, strategy and content solutions for web and mobile products and services; work with client stakeholders to define business, brand and UX requirements via workshops and ideation sessions; translate these requirements.
• Stellar: Helped scale business from 3 employees/1 location to 24 employees/3 locations
• Hewlett-Packard Enterprise: Led strategy & UX for 6 global customer web portals over 10 years
• KB Home: Improved conversion rates on website by 40%; 45% increase in daily sign-ups
• KB Home: Led development of strategy & UX for KB’s first native iOS/Android mobile app
• Hewlett-Packard Enterprise: Boosted customer satisfaction scores by 104%

Santa Monica

• Worked directly with client executives and agency partners via workshops and ideation sessions to define customer engagement strategies and business/functional/customer requirements for digital products, services and.
• Ford.com: Financing calculator redesign improved funnel conversion rate by 21%
• HMA: Hospital ER dashboard design improved patient outcomes by 38%
• HCC: Strategy & UX for product that digitized the surety bond creation/management process
• Gerber.com: Led strategy & UX for website redesign and ecommerce initiativeClients: Ford, FordDirect, Lincoln, HCC, Health Management Associates, Gerber, Nestle

Redondo Beach

• Worked directly with client executives to develop business, brand, marketing and UX strategies for interactive products, services and initiatives; translated these objectives into compelling UX concepts and solutions.
• Coca-Cola: “Arctic Home” UX – won Epica Bronze
• Advil.com: “Dr. Mom” UX boosted site conversion and sign-ups by 21%
• Mastercard: Loyalty program UX improved daily sign-ups by 34%
• Ford.com: Optimized shopping UX on key pages to improve lead gen by 25%
• J&J: Strategy & UX for global consolidation of 250+ websitesClients: Ford, GrailCo, Coca-Cola, Acne, Gerber, Nestle, Neustar, Ripe Digital Entertainment, Shelby American, Carroll Shelby Licensing Inc., Racing Division.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Led the UX practice at OGM; designed award-wining UX solutions; worked directly with client executives to translate key project goals into actionable business, brand, marketing and user strategies; developed UX.
• Nestle: Worked with 8 of their CPG brands – websites, mobile, email campaigns
• Juicy Juice: Site redesign was a Webby Award HonoreeKey clients included Nestle, PowerBar, Juicy Juice (Webby Award Honoree), Gerber, Very Best Baby, Avery Dennison, Buitoni, Carnation Instant Breakfast, Nestle Food.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Led the UX practice along with award-wining, multi-disciplinary project teams composed of visual designers, UX designers, site developers, engineers, content strategists and project managers in the design and.
• Con Agra Foods: worked with 7 of their CPG brands – websites, mobile, email campaigns
• Slim Jim: Led creation of award-winning Dave Mirra graphic novel to support sponsorship
• Chef Boyardee: Led strategy & UX for award-winning “Rolling Can” online campaign
• Nike: Strategy & UX for their first Digital Asset Management systemKey clients included Nike, ConAgra Foods, Purina, Slim Jim, Orville Redenbacher, Healthy Choice, Hunt's, Chef Boyardee, Alpo, Mighty Dog, Fancy Feast.

Munich Area, Germany

• Led the creative practice for Sapient's German operations; co-founder and leader of the Munich-based creative team; developed interactive business, brand, marketing and user strategies for German B2C market; leadership.
• Managed 30+ direct reports and all creative projects in Germany
• Yello Strom: Strategy & UX for first German consumer touchscreen device to use BluetoothKey clients included Yello Strom, Audi and Deutsche-Telekom.

San Francisco Bay Area

• 1 of 4 co-founders of the San Francisco design office and General Manager; led multi-disciplinary creative teams on the design and development of interactive products, services and marketing initiatives; led the.
• Managed 20+ direct reports, conducted all hiring and recruiting to build team from scratch
• Pacific Bell: Strategy & UX for rollout of first ecommerce solutionKey clients included SBC, Pacific Bell, Southwestern Bell, SNET, Nevada Bell, PeopleSoft, and USAA

San Francisco Bay Area

• Led award-winning, multi-disciplinary project teams on the design and development of interactive products and services, corporate identity systems, package design and various print projects; creation of interactive.
• E*TRADE: Led strategy & UX for redesign; won Clio Bronze and One Show
• Bank of America: Led strategy & UX for redesign of home banking section of BofA.com
• E-Stamp: Led strategy & UX for first consumer product to use 128-bit encryption
• Real Networks: Led strategy & UX on redesign of all consumer-facing productsKey clients included E*TRADE, Real Networks, Bank of America, E-Stamp, Netscape, Navio.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Project/account/delivery lead on all interactive work for General Motors account; day-to-day management and leadership of multi-disciplinary project teams composed of visual designers, site developers, engineers, and.
• General Motors: Led two redesigns of GM.com
• Buick: Led first vehicle launch via web simulcast – ’96 Buick Regal
• Chevrolet: Led strategy & UX on web content to support launch of C5 Corvette
• Eckerd Drugs: Led strategy & UX for first ecommerce rolloutKey clients included General Motors, Chevrolet, Pontiac, Buick, Oldsmobile, GMC, Geo, Saab, Saturn and Opel.

San Francisco Bay Area

Developed interactive product strategies to attract, convert and retain more users; led interactive projects and accounts; heavily involved in business development. Key clients included Microsoft, HP, IBM, Pixar, Disney, National Semiconductor, Cisco Systems, Bank of America, Visa, Mastercard.

San Francisco Bay Area

Founder of interactive group; established, created and developed service offering, work flow, marketing and advertising materials; led interactive projects and accounts and wore many hats--site developer, visual designer, copywriter, project manager, etc.; evangelized value of online medium at various speaking engagements and through local/regional trade.

San Francisco Bay Area

Led a department and team at a fast-paced, cutting edge research firm that used a new thing called the internet to obtain technical information (foreign and domestic) for Silicon Valley clients; past-master with various (and now arcane) online search tools--Archie, Veronica, Gopher, WAIS, BLL, RLIN, Dialog, Datatimes, MELVYL, Socrates, Chemline, Kermit and.

Ba, History

Activities and Societies: Ski Club ('86 to '88), Fencing ('86), Intranmural Ultimate ('86 to '88), Intramural Softball ('86 to '90).

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