Portland, Oregon, United States
Greetings! 🌟 I'm a UX & Design Operations leader with a passion for pushing the boundaries of innovation in UX design using a strong professional background. 🔍 My journey involves leading design operations, steering exceptional user experiences, and fostering a culture of constant innovation. I thrive in navigating complex projects, ensuring they not only work seamlessly but also make a real impact. 🛤️ My commitment revolves around user-centric designs that not only meet but exceed business and customer needs. I'm all about the details, what fuels my leadership style is empowering teams to consistently deliver high-performing and visually engaging user experiences. I love leveraging data and customer feedback to guide our UX design decisions, striking that perfect balance between functionality and aesthetics. 🔍 Always staying ahead of the curve, I'm on a perpetual quest to explore the latest tech and design trends. 🔄 My knack for translating complex technical requirements into impactful visuals is one of my standout skills. Key Career Highlights: 🚀 Led diverse B2C/B2B user experiences in mobile systems, apps, VR, AR, games, and more. 📐 Managed agency work, ensuring alignment with business objectives, branding, and style guides. 🎮 Directed game industry and visual effects talent, delivering interactive experiences for diverse clients. 🌐 Headed producers implementing Agile for Fortune 100 corporations. 🎶 Championed the successful launch of AI music app, Pocket Operator™ for Pixel™ 🛠️ Developed UX design framework, drawing from diverse experience in agency and 3D film production. 🌐 Contributed to adept product design management at Nike (ETW) and Inhance Digital. 📚 Holds a Nanodegree in Design Sprint Foundations and a Master of Business Administration. 🎓 Let's connect and explore the exciting intersection of UX, design operations, and innovation! 🤝🚀✨
In my current role, I lead Google-wide UX programs, guiding them from planning to product launch. I excel in developing teams, fostering a positive team culture, organizing workshops and events, and managing stakeholders. Additionally, I streamline workflows for multiple design teams using custom Google applications. I also volunteer on the "Building Next Level Leaders" steering committee to enhance UX leader retention. My Key Accomplishments: • Launched a groundbreaking AI music app, Pocket Operator(TM) for Pixel(TM), through innovative partnership with teenage engineering, featured in Google's Feature Drop, June 2022. • Led UX quality initiatives for Android products, ensuring bug-free cross-device launches with cross-functional collaboration. • Directed multi-phase program on "Why Creativity Matters, " delivering impactful data on creatives' mobile device use. • Crafted result-driven UX framework for Better Together UX team, aligning UX, product management, and engineering with organizational OKRs.
• Managed Google's Search Ads Reviews where Google executives approved all Ads product launches on Google.com generating billions in revenue. • Led complex Search Ads UX projects, achieving 2.4x increase in product delivery velocity through coaching on UX best practices. • Developed and scaled successful new hire UX onboarding program globally. • Coded UX team's website and newsletter in HTML, CSS, and Javascript, effectively communicating achievements.
Led teams and consulting engagements with large and small clients alike. Led the program to design, develop and deploy innovative digital solutions for GRAYBOX clients as their advocate working as a tightly integrated partner leading the overall consultative process.
Led design projects at EMOIC, delivering spectrum of design services from websites to marketing materials and branding. Coded After Effects, Nuke, and Shotgun plug-ins, significantly enhancing 3D production process for feature film Piranha 3D.
In my role as a Senior UX Producer, I spearheaded collaboration among design, development, and product teams, ensuring that user experience strategies were seamlessly integrated. With a keen eye on project timelines, resource allocation, and budget management, I drove the successful delivery of user-centric design solutions. My Key Accomplishments: • Directed multiple product design work streams for successful NikeID mobile & tablet app launch, collaborating seamlessly across internal teams and external agencies for B2C products. • Contracted through Filter Digital, ensured cohesive execution of design initiatives, contributing to app's impactful introduction to market.
Engaged with product development teams as a servant-leader to build team cohesion, facilitate team interactions, and cultivate continuous improvement. Interact with strategists, information architects, designers, development and interaction engineers, client product managers, brand strategists, and other stakeholders to sustainably deliver exceptional products for clients. Primarily focused on agile project management for LA Metro client's digital properties including mobile, website, kiosk and open data initiatives.