Oct 2015 – Sep 2019 · 3 yrs 11 mos · San Francisco

• Lead Product Design across multiple products in the AppDirect suite, including marketplaces, dashboard tools, productivity tools, billing flows, and more.
• Own the design for end-to-end features by working closely with leadership, engineering, and
• product management.
• Own research and early process to vet feature direction and new product lines
• Partner with junior designers to provide assistance and mentorship for large, complex features
• Integrate UX into Agile development processes, significantly improving the team’s velocity and overall collaboration while placing the user at the core of the lifecycle.
• Improve velocity of design and engineering teams through new tooling, component and pattern documentation, and prototyping methods.

Mar 2014 – Sep 2015 · 1 yr 6 mos · San Francisco

• Designed analytics dashboard from the ground up to increase engagement, and conversion. Dashboard serves millions of users.
• Created interfaces to serve multiple types of personas at once, from Enterprise multi-tenant needs, to SMB, down to free tier customers.
• Integrate user experience and design research methodologies into development heavy Agile development process. Used this research to inform product decisions.

May 2013 – Mar 2014 · 10 mos

• Spearheaded all research and design for Bluetrain.io CMS platform, a natively responsive visual
• website builder.
• Conducted user research to develop requirements, features, and user goals for platform. Designed user experience to meet these needs. Implemented the front-end of the CMS in HTML/CSS/JS.

Aug 2011 – Mar 2013 · 1 yr 7 mos

• Designed and implemented client web solutions on mobile, tablet, and desktop.
• Redesigned marketing website to increase lead conversion and better sell the product
• Designed and implemented the front end for the marketing website, and other websites to advertise our main product, such as mobliegrader.com

Aug 2012 – Mar 2014 · 1 yr 7 mos

• Founded and launched GLHF Magazine (www.glhfmag.com), an online magazine and blog for gamers reaching over a quarter of a million readers over the course of its 7 issue lifespan.
• Branded, and oversaw the continuing brand of GLHF Magazine. Coded from scratch the responsive online reading platform for the magazine’s web articles.
• Managed the GLHF Creative workflow, managing a team of
• designers and assisting content production, directing the design of the issues and web platform.
• Worked remotely with an international staff of designers,
• writers, and developers

May 2011 – Aug 2011 · 3 mos

• Concepted and rendered full website redesigns for a variety
• of clients, including healthcare and finance to improve lead conversion and click through.
• Rendered frontend website designs in HTML / CSS.
• Wireframed application concepts, and assisted in layout.

Jul 2010 – Jan 2011 · 6 mos

• Design and Develop a new look and feel for the CSPU brand
• Strong understanding of UX, and effective web design to improve lead conversion for clients.