Most Recent Roles
09.2019 - present
Freelance
Independent Product + Design Specialist
- Partnering with Director + C-levels for strategy, org changes, product operations, and design
- Supporting larger teams with strategic insight, technical decisions, and product assets
- Advising in team health, collaboration, research, user research, and critique techniques
Currently serving: SFMOMA (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art) across 3 projects
09.2019 - 01.2022
Spudnik Press
Vice President Board of Directors (current role) // Board Treasurer (previous year)
- Developing short-term and long-term strategic plans through collaboration
- Leading Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion conversations as a POC
- Managing disruption of finances due to COVID-19 and directing/implementing recovery plan
03.2016 - 08.2019
Tandem (formerly known as DevMynd)
Head of Design + Innovation
- Directing the renaming & rebranding of company to reflect new positioning in market (Transforming from engineering centered to holistic services)
- Directing and managing product lifecycle for various clients
- Building a diverse team of product designers centered around Human Centered Design (HCD)
- Implementing HCD process throughout organization focused on Innovation
- Created Design Apprenticeship Program for Tandem (scalable)
- Expanding clientele to satisfy strategic initiative to grow beyond engineering centered clients
- Initiating, developing, and solidifying Sexual Harassment Policy (non-existent before)
10.2012 - 07.2015
Underwriter’s Laboratories (UL)
Innovation Think Tank Member // Senior Experience Designer
- 1st internal team formed for innovation + experimentation (I was #3)
- Evangelizing for Design in a large organization with strategy and execution
- Managing vendors for production
- Designing and developing 2 major products for internal workflows and clients - Building UX team to support future initiatives for larger organization
For a full history of work experience, download my resume in PDF format.
Education
2010 - 2012
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Arts Administration + Policy (M.A.)
Human Centered Design Interventions: Analysis of Business Structures and Environments for Cultivating Innovation
2002 - 2007
University of California, San Diego
Human Development + Visual Arts (B.A.)
The Condition and Interaction of Toy Design in Occupational Therapy Regarding Children with Behavioral Disorders
Semester in Sienna, Italy: Art History, History of Opera, & Language immersion