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Director of UX
Salt Lake City, UT
Sep 2019 - Present (5 years 2 months)
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Creative Director of User Experience
Lehi, UT
Oct 2016 - Sep 2019 (2 years 11 months)
Leading the re-design effort for the next generation of DG's enterprise data-loss prevention product suite.
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Director of Product Design
RockSpoon
São Paulo, Brazil
Apr 2016 - Oct 2016 (6 months)
Leading UX design efforts on a restaurant management platform that is set to transform the dining experience for restaurant goers and streamline the daily operations for restaurant owners.
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Senior User Experience Designer
Needle
Dec 2013 - Apr 2016 (2 years 4 months)
- Drive all user experience design activity for the Product Development team
- Build prototypes when necessary to demonstrate interaction design and flow
- Collaborate to build and stylize the product front-ends in HTML, LESS/CSS, Angular
- Create and implement style guides that adhere to design standards
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Project/UX Manager for CitizenTV
Metamedia.com
Jun 2013 - Nov 2013 (5 months)
* Drive the design of the user experience of the company's new media products across all devices in collaboration with a company-wide team
* Work with upper management to ensure delivery of product initiatives on time
* Install process improvements on the development and design teams to ensure project is released on time, in scope and on budget
• Write detailed descriptions of UX behavior and business rules for new product features
• Lead collaborative UX review meetings to gather feedback for product improvements
* Managed the implementation of a crowd-funding feature on CitizenTv's social video platform
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Principal User Experience Designer
Ellucian
Apr 2010 - Jun 2013 (3 years 2 months)
* Provide UX direction on Ellucian's software platform for higher ed institutions
* Create wireframes, high-fidelity visual concepts, and front-end designs in HTML5 and CSS3 for phones, tablets, and desktop environments
* Lead the cross-department effort to define, develop and build Ellucian's new product branding
* Run user testing on developing products to ensure usefulness, usability and a positive customer experience. Compile reports with statistical analysis of end-user experience of product use
* Develop roadmaps of initiatives and provide leadership and creative direction for suites of products
* Determine work priorities, methods, procedures and independently arrive at solutions for new, complex assignments
* Interacts with employees and key stakeholders on an advisory basis
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Senior User Experience Designer
Symantec
Feb 2009 - Apr 2010 (1 year 2 months)
* Work closely with product development and our global engineering team to develop user-centric designs and implement a unified product experience for the Backup Exec (BE) 2010 product line
* Backup Exec’s representative on Symantec’s Global User Centered Design team, an organization responsible for defining the corporate layout and interaction guidelines for all Symantec enterprise products
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Flex Developer
mediaRAIN
Dec 2008 - Jan 2009 (1 month)
Skinned Flex components from Illustrator mock-ups of a digital scrap booking application.
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Storyboard Engineer / Web Developer
aVinci Media Corporation
Jun 2007 - Nov 2008 (1 year 5 months)
* Write code and create digital assets (videos, sound clips, animations) for photo movie storyboards that display customer's photos in personalized photo books, movies, posters and more
* Write XHTML, CSS, and PHP for our corporate and product web sites for clients including HP, Costco, Walmart, Meijer, and Walgreens
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User Interface Designer
Novell
Oct 1999 - Jun 2007 (7 years 8 months)
* Assist development teams in deploying consistent and effective UI. Iteratively refine designs through usability testing and product reviews
* Research and interview customers to capture the tasks and goals of the end-user and the contexts in which they use our product. Utilize various techniques (e.g., customer visits, interviews, surveys, & focus groups) to derive initial user experience requirements
* Develop mockups and prototype to describe a precise picture of the form and behavior of our product to the engineers; Displayed working knowledge of prototyping tools, such as Flash, HTML and PowerPoint.
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Web Designer
Home Financial Network
Aug 1999 - Oct 1999 (2 months)
* Write HTML and provide graphics for online banking systems sold to financial institutions
* Design and create storyboards and graphics for online advertising campaigns
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Web Programmer
Galaxy Mall, Inc.
Jan 1999 - Aug 1999 (7 months)
* Design layouts and code the HTML and CGI scripts for e-commerce sites hosted in Galaxy Mall