About · Professional deep dive

Building and mentoring innovative UX teams.

Managing the lo-fi vision phases of product design, and the strategic scaling that follows.

I'm a hybrid qualitative researcher, principal UX designer, independent contributor (IC), and project manager (PM) with two decades of experience. I help companies improve their user experiences and scale strategically.

I'm adept in a range of UX research methods, including ethnographic studies and remote testing, with a focus on voice user experience, assisted AI and generative AI (GenAI), and comprehensive design systems. I use Claude, ChatGPT, Midjourney, and Perplexity as AI assistants, with a particular focus on prompting for automation with Make.com.

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High-impact team leadership

Adaptive Biotechnologies

$41.9M Quarterly orders supported, YoY
$135M Clinical diagnostic deliverables & revenue

Oversaw the rebuild of a lean UXD/UXR team, managing a team that generated and supported quarterly orders exceeding $41.9M YoY, while leading the redesign of Customer TRF Reports crucial to $135M in clinical diagnostic deliverables and revenues.

Budget efficiency & rapid market deployment

Banknote of America

1.5 yrs Go-to-market, down from a typical 5
$500K Lean program budget

Spearheaded a strategic initiative that condensed a typical five-year go-to-market strategy into just 1.5 years, hitting key milestones on a lean $500K budget and setting a new standard for rapid deployment of digital trust services.

Revenue generation & retention

OpSec Security

$210M Revenue contributed
90% Customer retention
95% Recurring revenue
$426M Enterprise asset value

Managed UX strategies and software ecosystems that contributed to $210M in revenue with a 90% customer retention rate and 95% recurring revenue, equating to an enterprise asset value of $426M.

Selected companies

  • Adaptive Biotechnologies
  • Microsoft
  • OpSec Security
  • Deloitte
  • Yahoo!
  • SAP
  • Ogilvy
  • Amazon
  • Cartoon Network

Education & training

  • Savannah College of Art and Design
  • Kent State University Stark
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • IDEO.org

Research focus

  • Ethnographic studies
  • Remote testing
  • Voice user experience
  • Assisted AI & GenAI
  • Design systems

AI toolkit

  • Claude
  • ChatGPT
  • Midjourney
  • Perplexity
  • Make.com automation

"Usability is about people and how they understand and use things, not about technology."

Steve Krug

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