curious
curious
playfully fascinated by the world, learns ideas new and old.
radical
radical
leans into the corners, finds change is the constant.
driven
driven
full of grit, discovers wisdom in failure.
About
About
I work at the intersection of design, context and action. I focus on creating experiences which reflect our interaction with the everyday world. With a background in phenomenology and pragmatism as a Philosophy student at Concordia University combined with a decade of teaching and performing as a professional dancer my work reflects the embodied human experience.
I learn from every project and draw upon many disciplines. That keeps me constantly curious about diving deeper. My current fascination is how design can guide behavior by encouraging better choices, facilitating the learning experience and shaping experiences that encourage deep real world connection.
I co-founded the award-winning email newsletter, NOLAlicious. I maintain a strategy and design consultancy that is virtually located with clients in the U.S. and Canada called Pardon My Content.
I live in San Francisco, CA where I am currently a Senior UI Designer at Salesforce.com. I'm involved in the design community through IxDA, SDN, and local UX and designer meetups. I also teach about UX & Interaction design through Skillshare.
Read my clippings from around the web here. I am also a professional dance instructor and performer.
Resume
Resume
I am a philosopher with a designer’s toolkit and an entrepreneur’s grit. I strive to create experiences that influence people’s lives and choices for the better. My work extends beyond the edges of the page, beyond the pixels on a screen, and past the objects that we use every day into our interactions and experiences with the world and each other.
the person
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Disciplined and driven worker.
- Constantly curious learner and experimenter.
- Multi-disciplined creative.
the experience
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Senior User Interface Designer at Salesforce.com 2012 to Present
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Interaction Designer at Viscira 2011 to Present
Designed interaction patterns and developed functional specifications for multiple iPad applications. Created sitemaps, wireframes, user flows and logic systems for both iPad and web. Designed pixel-perfect UI mockups for web and iPad. Helped develop a consistent design pattern library.
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Design Consultant & Entrepreneur 2007 to Present
Designed and hand-coded client-facing websites for non-profits and small businesses. Consulted with startups on UX. Sketched and created wireframes and user flows for web and mobile applications. Designed pixel-perfect UI mockups for web, mobile and iPad applications. Developed an eCommerce platform for streaming web-video. I have worked within agencies as a contractor, externally as a consultant to startups and small businesses, and launched my own products.
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Professional Dancer & Instructor 2004 to Present
Choreographed performance and competition pieces for solo, couple and group dances. Designed and developed syllabi and curriculum for studios and instructors. Directed artistic vision for a dance studio. Managed and marketed studios, classes and personal brand. Created one of the pioneering blogs and news resource in the Lindy Hop community.
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UX Designer at Grub.ly 2011
Grub.ly is a startup that is creating a platform to bring the underground dining experience to everyone. Designed a mobile context focused web platform in a small fast paced startup environment. Made product level decisions that influenced the core features and functionalities of the application. Led branding and identity discussions. Created user flows, sketched and wireframed the application interface, designed pixel-perfect mockups for production.
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Co-founder at NOLAlicious 2009 to 2011
NOLAlicious is an award-winning email newsletter that served the New Orleans native and expat community with weekly highlights on local businesses, restaurants, events and activities. Designed and concepted an award-winning email newsletter. Sketched, designed and coded the design of the website. Tracked funnel analytics to improve conversion. Managed a production team of writers. Created, edited, and wrote content. Implemented social media and email marketing strategies.
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UX/UI Designer at faberNovel 2011
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Principal at Pardon My Content 2010 to 2011
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Co-founder at LindyHopVideo.com 2009 to 2010
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IT Support & Mac Specialist at Cossette Communications 2008
the skills
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Design: Interaction design, experience design, user interfaces, information architecture, wireframing, user workflows, storyboarding, sketching, prototyping, user research, identity & branding, user personas, user testing.
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Development: HTML & HTML 5, CSS & CSS 3, jQuery, Javascript, PHP, WordPress, git.
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Software: Adobe CS 5 (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Fireworks), OmniGraffle, Office Suite, Keynote.
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Entrepreneurial: Product ideation, design & management, market testing, sales funnel, project management, client & stakeholder interviews, proposal and brief creation.
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Content: Content strategy, storyboarding and messaging, copywriting, content inventories & matrices, page tables.
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Marketing: Google AdWords, Facebook Ads, Email, Social Media, SEO/SEM.
the education
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B.A. in Philosophy at Concordia University 2004-2007
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Mechanical Engineering & Physics at Rochester Institute of Technology 2001-2003
the extras
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UX Design Teacher via Skillshare2012
Organized, developed curriculum and taught multiple classes on UX design.
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Volunteer @ Service Design Network Conference 2011
Organized and ran the Unconference section of the conference.
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Panelist @ TribeCon 2009
Portfolio
Portfolio
- Ideation
- Research
- Planning
- Design
- Development
These are concept sketches, wireframes, and interaction ideas created on paper and occasionally in Omnigraffle or Keynote.
Due to confidentiality policies, information-sensitive projects are not displayed. Private requests for general information about projects I have worked on for Orange, Genentech, and other clients are accepted.
These are best practice benchmarks, strategy reports and audits, and critiques.
Due to confidentiality policies, information-sensitive projects are not displayed. Private requests for general information about projects I have worked on for Orange, Genentech, and other clients are accepted.
These are workflows, sitemaps, user task flows, and wireframes created in Omnigraffle and Keynote.
Due to confidentiality policies, information-sensitive projects are not displayed. Private requests for general information about projects I have worked on for Orange, Genentech, and other clients are accepted.
These are mockups for websites, web and mobile applications, logos & banners created in Photoshop and Illustrator.
Due to confidentiality policies, information-sensitive projects are not displayed. Private requests for general information about projects I have worked on for Orange, Genentech, and other clients are accepted.
These are websites and experiments I've hand-coded with HTML, CSS, PHP, javascript and jQuery.
Due to confidentiality policies, information-sensitive projects are not displayed. Private requests for general information about projects I have worked on for Orange, Genentech, and other clients are accepted.
Projects
Projects
These are projects which I've been a founder or co-creator of.
Contact
Contact
Find me on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Tumblr, and LinkedIn.