OVERVIEW
Staff level UX/UI designer, team leader, and technical strategist focused on weaving user-centered design principles with Agile development processes to deliver polished applications and systems. Proven track record of delivering actionable insights, strategic recommendations, and technical documentation.
Possess top secret level security clearance, ensuring the secure handling of sensitive data for government clients.
Experience in B2B, B2C, and DOD application development, digital marketing, advertising, and brand building. Work with clients in diverse industries – including software and hardware development, e-commerce, e-learning, hospitality, retail, healthcare, and government consulting.
EXPERIENCE
AUG 2020 - PRESENT
Rocket Communications – Denver, CO
Staff UX Designer, Project Design Lead (Jan 2022 - Present)
Lead design efforts to deliver polished UX solutions for both external client-facing and internal projects.
Define UX design system strategy to meet product and client objectives.
Provide detailed feature definition, direction, and guidance to design and development teams in Agile environments.
Collaborate with external design agents and operators in working groups and at UX/UI forums, listening to customer needs to determine future product direction.
Coordinate team pairing to ensure UI designs and implemented product features are developed in sync with each other.
Test and release Figma components and libraries to the Astro UXDS community.
Released a major update to the Astro UX Design System, incorporating new color and spacing systems, components, and implementing design tokens.
Sr. UX Designer (Aug 2020 - Jan 2022)
Built user walkthroughs, journey maps, product wireframes, high-fidelity designs, and interactive prototypes for large scale government applications.
Conducted UI audits and usability studies with SMEs and operators, delivering findings reports and design recommendations.
Delivered design specifications and artifacts to client development teams.
NOV 2016 - AUG 2020
Exclusive Resorts – Denver, CO
Sr. UX Designer, Product Lead
Lead design efforts for customer-facing web application, focused on increasing vacation booking and improving usability. Built product journey maps, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs, then provided detailed story definition and direction to development teams.
Proposed, designed, and directed development of the company’s first-ever native iOS app, designed to improve customer travel experiences.
MAY 2016 - OCT 2016
Composite Apps – Denver, CO
Sr. UX Designer
Created engaging mobile and desktop experiences for large-scale enterprise clients in the healthcare, entertainment, and safety spaces. Worked with teams to define product goals, develop user personas, prototype workflows, design mockups, deliver development assets, and test application functionality.
JAN 2009 - APR 2016
Impactive Design – Arvada, CO and Austin, TX
Owner, Director, Designer, Developer
Provided clients end-to-end creative strategy, direction, and production for online and traditional media projects. Built websites and applications using modern development techniques. Designed cohesive marketing materials – including campaign emails, online and magazine ads, print collateral, and tradeshow graphics.
MAY 2007 - DEC 2008
Inquisite – Austin, TX
Creative Manager
Lead creative direction and user experience for the company’s enterprise-level SaaS-based Survey and EPM applications and marketing materials, integrating tightly with marketing, sales, and software development teams.
MAY 2006 - MAY 2007
Fusion Learning Systems – Austin, TX
Senior Experience Designer
Directed the user experience for corporate-focused e-learning courses, blending the instructional design requirements with client branding and technical specifications to create engaging and entertaining training modules.
FEB 2000 - MAY 2006
e-MDs – Cedar Park, TX
Senior Graphic Designer, Marketing Coordinator
Developed web-based software applications, produced web sites and multimedia demos, designed integrated ads and marketing materials, and coordinated advertising budgets and schedules with print and electronic media vendors.
MAY 1994 - AUG 1999
National Instruments – Austin, TX
Design Team Manager, Art Director, Senior Designer
Created award-winning ad campaigns, annual reports, and product catalogs to build consistent brand identity and strengthen corporate image.
EDUCATION
The University of Texas at Austin
Graduated 1992 – Bachelor of Science, Advertising
TECHNICAL
Design Systems
Astro Space UXDS, Apple Human Interface Guidelines, Google Material, Salesforce Lightning
Design
Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite
Prototyping
Figma, InVision, Adobe XD, Bootstrap
Development
HTML, CSS, SaSS, JavaScript
Business
Apple Developer Platform, Google Analytics, Salesforce, Microsoft SharePoint
Project Tracking
JIRA, VersionOne, Wrike
CMS
WordPress, Drupal, Squarespace, C1 CMS
Constant Contact, MailChimp, ExactTarget, Litmus
AWARDS
SACHEM Interactive Simulation
Gold Award, Hermes Creative Competition 2008
Bronze Award, Summit Creative Awards 2008
University of Houston Interactive Simulation
Silver Award, Summit Creative Awards 2007
National Instruments Annual Report
Best in Industry, NAIC Nicholson Awards 1998
INDUSTRIES
Technology
Hospitality
Healthcare
Education
Entertainment
Government
Marketing
Real Estate
Safety