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Charlotte, NC, US

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

• Spearheaded the creation and expansion of Rockturn.com, an AI-driven knowledge platform engineered around insights that equip product management and design professionals to navigate the shift from working in.
• Transformed Rockturn from concept to fully operational knowledge engine in six months, launching with over 1,500 meticulously curated topics on business, technology, marketing, and psychology that empower designers and.
• Curated more than 2,200 principles, methods, standards, and practices for digital product management and design, systematically vetting topics with the highest cross-functional utility to align with Rockturn’s mission.
• Orchestrated AI-enabled workflows through prompt engineering and LLM training — developing models for content strategy, knowledge discovery, taxonomy, and SEO — systematically generating a 630K-word product design.

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

• As Senior Director for UX Design & Strategy, I established DesignOps at Ally as a vital functional area of the design organization, elevating design influence, confidence, craft, and clarity.Through a series of.
• Managing the scope, coherence, utility, scalability, integration, and adoption of Ally's Design System
• Orchestrating Design Strategy with principles and heuristics for a range of differentiated customer journeys
• Innovating, articulating, and illustrating the present and future state of Ally's visual design language
• Pioneering research, training, and design innovation to drive enterprise adoption of Accessibility best practices
• Researching and acquiring tools to elevate efficiency, quality, productivity, collaboration, and communication

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

• Building on the success of the initial years at Ally, the period from 2012 to 2015 saw a deepening of my commitment to transforming UX design and operations. This phase was characterized by strategic leadership and.
• Workspace Innovation: Transformed the UX office into a state-of-the-art design studio, significantly increasing ideation and collaboration space, while optimizing for future growth.
• Cost Savings & Credibility: Achieved over $1MM in savings by internalizing marketing creative and product design, showcasing our in-house design team's versatility and excellence.
• Expanded Design Impact: Took on management of emerging in-house front-end development teams, laying the groundwork for seamless UX/IT collaboration, pivotal for future enterprise-wide initiatives.
• Revolutionized Hiring Practices: Overhauled UX hiring processes, attracting top talent with a collective portfolio of over 100 well-known brands, doubling the design headcount.
• Next-Gen Design System: Led the development of a comprehensive design system, incorporating Atomic Design principles, which became a cornerstone for consistency across customer journeys.This era marked a significant.

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

• In my early years at Ally, I led the charge to revolutionize our approach to design, laying the groundwork for what would become a digital-first financial service leader. I built the UX design team from the ground up.
• Team Leadership: Assembled and led a pioneering UX design team, fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration.
• Digital Transformation: Launched an award-winning digital banking experience, significantly enhancing customer satisfaction and engagement.
• Industry Recognition: Garnered numerous awards, affirming Ally's leadership in online banking and design innovation.

Charlotte, North Carolina

• Before joining Ally, I played a pivotal role at Wachovia, where I established Standards Based Design for front-end development as an extension of our User-Centered Design practice, and was instrumental in earning.
• Drove adoption of best practices in front-end development, usability, and accessibility, setting standards for a team of developers and providing consultancy across the enterprise.
• Standardized front-end coding methods with an innovative CSS and HTML framework that optimized efficiency, accessibility, and scalability of production markup, while enhancing developer productivity and performance.
• Orchestrated a comprehensive suite of technical guidelines, development tools, and design patterns, generating broader consistency, reducing technical debt, and closing the gap between design and development.
• Conceived and implemented groundbreaking design patterns, setting new standards for web presentation layer adaptability, accessibility, and efficiency.
• Gained widespread visibility as a thought leader through involvement with UX Week, A List Apart, css Zen Garden, and numerous speaking engagements, advocating for the business benefits of accessibility and web standards.

Member of the.gone generation of internet start-ups.

Awarded the Navy Achievement Medal from the Secretary of the Navy for meritorious service during Operation Desert Storm.USMC Third Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Okinawa, Japan 1987-1989USMC Second Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Intelligence Group, Camp Lejeune, NC 1989-1991

Bachelors, Communication

Non-Commissioned Officer