EXPERIENCE

UX Designer | IBM
Seattle, WA | Jan. 2019 - May 2023

Squad lead for DataStage, a SaaS data integration product on Cloud Pak for Data (CPD), IBM’s data and artificial intelligence (AI) platform. Partnered with 10+ product teams to drive projects that promoted consistent and functional experiences across products, the CPD platform, and all of IBM design.

• Led the UX, UI, and interaction design to modernize DataStage’s canvas experience from conceptual designs to general availability, contributing to IBM being named a leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Data Integration Tools from 2019-2023

• Spearheaded initiatives for IBM’s Carbon design system, resulting in the publishing of multiple design patterns, 20+ components, and dozens of icons

• Fostered collaboration between design, development, and product management, improving communication by initiating regular project planning sessions that resulted in a 33% reduction of design backlog

UX/UI Designer | University of Washington
Seattle, WA | Mar. 2018 - Jun. 2018

Led team to design a website combining the health-related services of six independent campus units to make resources more accessible to the school’s 45,000+ students. 

• Established design patterns, guidelines, and style guide which maximized design consistency and speed of production

• Implemented project management tools and techniques that streamlined project work and improved team communication

• Unified the six key stakeholders’ differing business needs through workshops and presentations of competitive analysis, user research, and testing results

UX Researcher | University of Washington
Seattle, WA | Sept. 2016 - Mar. 2017

Explored pivotal experiences that catalyze behavior change to inform the design of technologies that improve personal well-being.

• Synthesized research into article published in the Journal of Biomedical Informatics (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29337132)

• Discovered four factors that lead to pivotal experiences and formulated design recommendations through detailed analysis of survey and interview data

Design Technology Specialist | Sound Transit
Seattle, WA | May 2009 - Sept. 2015

Technical project lead for the design and construction of transportation infrastructure in the Puget Sound region, including two $1.9 billion light rail projects.

• Instrumental in revamping the agency’s design environment, creating and refining design specifications, patterns, guidelines, and processes to adapt to a 500% increase in project activity from 2011-2015

• Launched efficiency measures and developed tools and procedural documents that contributed to the $1.9 billion University Link project finishing six months early

• Worked collaboratively with numerous internal and external project stakeholders to produce critical design documents precisely, quickly, and efficiently

SKILLS OVERVIEW

EDUCATION

BS in Human Centered Design and Engineering (Human-Computer Interaction) | 2018
University of Washington | Seattle, WA
Honors: magna cum laude

AAS in Architectural Graphics | 2005
Lake Washington Technical College | Kirkland, WA
Honors: magna cum laude