I’m an award-winning User Experience Director, Designer, and Consultant with 14 years' experience creating richly branded, interactive experiences that range from mobile applications, next-gen prototypes, products and software for agencies, startups, and Fortune 500 companies.

I combine creativity and innovation with a methodological rigor founded in the best practices of user-centered design and a deep understanding of users' needs, motivations, and behaviors. This approach has resulted in 30% year-over-year business growth, 25 million monthly visitors, and lasting education to early age school kids.

As a leader, I’m a dedicated and enthusiastic champion and mentor for my team. As Director of User Experience at ModCloth, the UX team had a 100% retention rate. The designers I’ve mentored there have gone on to hold leadership roles at Google, Twitter, and innovative startups.

Outside of work I play a 100-year-old violin I’ve owned since I was a kid, I sail competitively, throw pottery, and travel for wildlife photography.

Trulia
Role: Director of User Experience
• Apple App Store: Featured Top New App, February 2016, Trulia Mortgage
• Google Play Store: Best Apps of 2015, Trulia for Android

ModCloth
Role: Director of User Experience
100% Retention Rate of User Experience Design Team, 2012 - 2014

Urban Decay Naked Skin
Role: User Experience Designer, LiveAreaLabs, 2013
• Communication Arts Award: Webpick
• Communicator Awards: Award of Excellence
• Communicator Awards: Award of Distinction
• W3 Gold Awards

Brooks Running Shoe Advisor
Role: User Experience Designer, LiveAreaLabs, 2013
• Awwwards SOTD
• Communication Arts Award: Webpick
• Communicator Awards: Shopping
• Communicator Awards: Visual Appeal
• CSS Awards
• Davey Awards
• HOW Interactive Design Awards
• W3 Gold Awards

Bing Maps for Samsung SUR40 with Microsoft® PixelSense™
Role: Interaction Designer, Stimulant, 2012
How Interactive Design Awards, 2013, Merit Award, App Design, Bing for Surface v2