About
A product designer based out of Columbus, Ohio. Currently working at Aware, building intelligence tools to help companies discover insights in their digital collaboration data.
Work Experience
I joined Aware as the first product design hire early into their Series A funding stage. I helped evolve an MVP product concept into a suite of applications that achieved product-market fit, created exceptional growth, and helped grow the company to over 120 employees and a Series C investment round led by Goldman Sachs.
Partial customer list: Starbucks, T-Mobile, Wal-Mart, McDonalds, Chevron, Astra Zeneca, Mercado Libre
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Worked closely with company leadership and product team to define high-level company strategy and product roadmaps.
Lead end-to-end design of features in collaboration with Product Managers and Engineering leads. Through a design-led process, shaped requirements and experience flows, built prototypes, and evolved features from conceptual phase to production ready release.
Frequently collaborated with customers and sales prospects to better understand user needs and to improve product experience. Worked closely with a customer advisory board to iterate on future feature releases and concepts, and to gather continuous product feedback.
Worked with Chief Product Officer to conceptualize and create future-state visions for our products.
Worked with data science team to understand and translate complex data models and visualizations into a simple and intuitive experience. Helped design new methods of showcasing customer data insights within the product.
Managed and mentored design interns through 1:1 meetings, regular reviews, and creative direction.
Oversaw and provided creative direction to contract designers, guiding them through numerous smaller features on a dedicated roadmap.
At Dynamit, I was able to lead the design of many different products and experiences that people used every day to book hotels, order dinner, or build a home. I worked with clients at the top of their industries to help improve product experiences and delight users.
Partial client list: Hilton, Applebees, M/I Homes, Sumitomo Tire, Quest Nutrition.
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Led strategy and design for large-scale web products and experiences. Worked collaboratively with architects, product managers, and engineering leads from initial concepts to production-ready implementation.
Created end-to-end design materials including wireframes, prototypes, and visual design across desktop, responsive-mobile, and mobile app experiences.
Worked closely with client leadership to thoroughly align on overall strategy, company and end-user opportunities, and to assess and create design hypotheses to meet these needs.
Worked closely with client engineering teams to develop deep understanding of their unique data structures to create seamless solutions that worked within their constraints. Translated complicated data concepts into simple UI experiences.