Professional Background
25+ Years of creative explorations through all things design/dev and multimedia. I communicate clearly, work fast, organize and name my layers.
Public
Department of Defense (Physical & Logical Access Control) Big data global personnel systems infrastructure next gen product design.
Private
Education, Medical, Pharmaceutical, Financial, Agencies, Start Up and E-commerce Platforms - Design & Development
Human
I study, interact and love people.
Education & Certifications
Art Institute of
Portland
Media Arts/Animation
2 years of course
work.
Monterey Peninsula
College
Arts/Comp Sci
2 years of coursework
Del Monte School of
Design
Desktop Publishing & Graphic Design
R.O.P.
Program (1994)
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HCI (Alan Dix)
The Interaction Design Foundation
Issued Jan 2022 -
Mobile User Experience Design
The Interaction Design Foundation
Issued Jan 2022 -
Practical Guide to Usability
The Interaction Design Foundation
Issued Feb 2021 -
Design for the 21st Century (Don Norman)
The Interaction Design Foundation
Issued Feb 2021
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Design Sprint Master Class w/ John Zeratsky
The Interaction Design Foundation
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Design For the 21st Century Master Class w/ Don Norman
The Interaction Design Foundation
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CompTIA Security+ ce Certification
CompTIA
Issued Jun 2020 - Expires Jun 2023
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- Product Management, Engineering, Marketing, Insights, working with internal and external stakeholders to develop next generation products & services
- Research, interact and synergize with: managers, engineers, and designers to understand requirements and build out quality products. Sm-Lg teams.
- Shaping and leveraging company brand standards.
- Developing out a systematic approach to copy and content, creating consistency, harmony and predictability across all touch points.
- Taking complex concepts and translating them into easy-to-digest, human readable language.
- Passion and focus for every element of the user journey.
- Actively leading and participating in the design process, contributing to ideation sessions.
- Continually express the value of systems as a necessary part of the user journey and customer experience.
- Skilled with Microsoft Products and Confluence, GIT, Azure
- Experience with complete Adobe CC Suite - Figma, Sketch, XD + (OSX Preferred)
- Frontline communicator who inspires and influences with fervor and adaptive candor. Quick study of people that can read a room.
- Ability to develop a well-informed point of view while maintaining flexibility to changing requirements.
- Ability to work cross-functionality with multiple stakeholders, balancing changing priorities.
- Exhaustive attention to detail.
- Wicked fast learner.
- You really should get to know me better - I'm super fun. 🤪
