My resume

Lead Product Designer

Matterport | May 2022 to July 2023

Lead UX for Matterport’s Capture Services platform, a $30M+ annual revenue product.

• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to define and scope products, from individual features to cross-platform user workflows
• Provide design leadership for high-profile initiatives
• Mentor and manage designers; spent six months as acting manager
• Work with developers to understand what documentation they need to understand a design and incorporate that into my deliverables to ensure smooth handoff
• Leverage the design thinking of other product designers to help solve problems for my product so that user experiences are consistent across the platform

Accomplishments

• Created catalog of design files, bringing order to an array of unusable, disorganized materials
• Built an entire flexible, user-friendly design system based on existing brand styling libraries, including core colors, type scale, icons, components, and patterns
• Implemented a new process for project management: Gathered the features, bugs, and desired improvements that were scattered throughout various documents, spreadsheets, presentations, or in the product owner’s head; wrote user stories, problem statements, acceptance criteria, and success metrics to convey clear understanding of the work to the rest of the team and stakeholders; and deployed a project management tool.

Senior Product Designer

ESRI | 2016 to April 2022

Lead designer of multiple web applications and the ArcGIS Smart Forms initiative.

• Led system process development for the web design team, including design discovery, ideation, high-resolution design production, detailed specifications delivery, code-based design reviews, and robust design documentation
• Partnered with development team to create, refine, and implement a robust design systemCollaborated with other designs to guide and influence design system development for company’s web applications; worked with development team on integration into applications
• Led effort to maintain team’s design tooling, constantly evaluating how to use new features to improve design processes and deliverables
• Collaborated with product and development teams to define and scope products, from individual features to application-wide patterns
• Conducted user research and interviews throughout all product development stages
• Mentored, coached, and onboarded new designers

Senior UX & UI Designer

ESRI | 2014 to 2016

Designed features and workflows for ArcGIS Open Data, collaborating with product and development teams. Created wireframes, prototyped in code, and implemented production code.

• Led design of an application enabling customers to build custom website to publish their data
• Instrumental in moving the application from a custom styling implementation to a CSS framework, bringing a common language to the UI design and giving customers a higher level of site customization

Senior Web Designer & Developer

Eye Street Solutions | 2005 to 2014

Contributed design/technical expertise for government and private sector clients.

Designed and developed UI, site architecture, and page templates using a CSS framework for FEMA's digital asset management system. Created compliant HTML/CSS templates for DHS.gov, TSA.gov, and FEMA.gov. Implemented citizencorps.gov, ensuring 508 accessibility. Managed design, development, and user support for DHS/TSA/FEMA CMS.

President & Senior Web Consultant

Downey Mill Group | 2001 to 2006

Founded and managed a business that developed web products ranging from simple online brochures to large, database-driven sites with content management systems.

Senior Web Developer & Project Manager

Michelangelo.com | 1997 to 2001

Designed and developed the majority of the company's portfolio of 50+ web sites.

Managed client relationships and project development, including creating estimates, project timelines, and organizing tasks into milestones.

Senior Graphic Designer & Webmaster

Intersolv, Inc. | 1993 to 1997

Established the software company's internet presence in the infancy of the World Wide Web as their firstever Webmaster.

Produced a wide range of printed materials as a graphic designer, including packaging, user manuals, media labels, marketing materials, and more.