Thursday, April 8, 2021

About Me

I am an experienced and skilled human-centered design leader who builds teams, advocates for users, and transforms insights into meaningful experiences. I am a problem solver who exchanges ideas across multi-disciplinary teams to create innovative solutions. I take pride in delivering results and helping users accomplish their goals. I love learning, and supporting those with a passion for learning as they grow in their careers.

I have led UX strategy, planning, research and interaction design efforts for B2B and B2C software products, e-commerce platforms, websites and apps in retail, financial and manufacturing industries.

I have built a large Product Design team at a Fortune 20 retailer. I deliver modernized experiences to millions of customers and more than 400,000 internal users through the web and native channels. I partner with Product Management, Engineering and Business partners to drive discovery and delivery of best-in-class solutions that meet the company’s goals and delight users. I hire, coach and develop talent. 

Skills and Experience

  • Design management
  • UX planning and strategy
  • Design thinking
  • Service design
  • User research
  • Persona development
  • Workshop design/facilitation 
  • Usability testing
  • User journey mapping
  • Interaction design
  • Information architecture 


Take a look at some of my work

Employment and Education

Employment

The Kroger Co. 2018 to present
Group Manager, Product Design

Independent Consultant, 2015 to 2017
UX, Research and Experience Strategy Consultant

Vantiv (FIS) 2013 to 2015
User Experience Lead 

POSSIBLE  2008 to 2013
User Experience Lead

LexisNexis 1998 to 2007 
Senior Visual Designer, Discipline Lead 

Education

University of Cincinnati
College of Design, Architecture, Art & Planning 
BS, Industrial Design

Northwestern University
College of Engineering
Major: Biomedical Engineering