Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
As a user experience UX professional with 20+ years in finance, health & wellness, and retail marketing, I use my expertise to solve business problems and improve product experiences. I’m a highly self-directed leader who thrives on cross-functional collaboration and high-level strategy. I also bring deep technical proficiency with industry-standard knowledge and methodologies, enabling me to guide businesses by translating complex high-level initiatives into intuitive digital products that drive user engagement and measurable business growth. In my free time, I enjoy staying active, learning new skills, and spending time with my wife and our dog, Bentley. SKILLS, TOOLS, & CORE COMPETENCIES Design & Prototyping: End-to-end product UX, Figma (design systems, components, auto-layout, design tokens), user architecture, Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator), interaction design & prototyping Research Methods: Usability testing, user interviews, journey mapping, heuristic evaluation, A/B testing Process & Collaboration: Agile/scrum, sprint design, stakeholder alignment, design thinking facilitation, Jira, Confluence Technical: HTML, CSS fundamentals, working knowledge of front-end constraints Platforms: iOS, Android, responsive websites
• Drive end-to-end UX for multiple high-visibility initiatives for the U.S. Bureau of Fiscal Service, from discovery through delivery in an agile environment • Lead the direction for managing and scaling centralized component libraries (using Figma and design tokens) to ensure cross-platform consistency • Design and execute usability test plans for moderated and unmoderated tests and synthesize insights by translating qualitative findings into prioritized, actionable design requirements • Collaborate across teams during sprint cycles, maintaining documentation standards within Jira and Confluence • Ability to navigate the unique hierarchy of a regulatory institution to build consensus across diverse departments
• Served as UX subject-matter expert across the digital product portfolio, influencing design strategy and release launches • Defined project scope and timing by working with cross-functional teams, product owners, engineers, and business development around a unified design direction and strategy for Project Evergreen • Developed design system artifacts to adhere to governance standards by establishing repeatable UX processes and frameworks that improved design quality and team velocity across sprint cycles
• Designed individualized client programs grounded in assessment data, balancing safety, goal alignment, and measurable progress, a methodology directly transferable to user-centered design • Built trusted, long-term client relationships through consistent communication and empathy; maintained detailed documentation for each client • Drove program enrollment through consultative selling, consistently exceeding personal training revenue target
• Designed the full UI pattern library for the Snap Fitness mobile application, establishing reusable components that ensured visual consistency across iOS and Android • Delivered wireframes, interactive prototypes, and creative direction to stakeholders, earning buy-in at the executive level • Partnered with the engineering team during UX design reviews to ensure product owner requirements aligned with final product deliverables
• Developed the corporate brand standards guide, unifying visual identity across marketing channels and digital touchpoints