About
Highly accomplished Product Design Lead with a passion for crafting accessible, inclusive, and user-centric digital experiences. I specialize in optimizing design processes to create high-quality, efficient products, leveraging a research-driven approach to advocate for users and foster meaningful connections in the digital world. My expertise spans strategic design leadership, full-spectrum UX, and product development across diverse industries, positioning me to drive significant impact in a target Product Design Lead role.
Skills
User Experience (UX/UI) Design
UI/UX Design, Interaction Design, Wireframing, User Testing, Figma, Adobe CC, User Research, Accessibility / WCAG, Prototyping, Usability Testing, Information Architecture.
Web Technologies
HTML, CSS/SCSS, JavaScript, React, WordPress.
Product & Leadership
Leadership, Communication, Product Management, Product Strategy.
Work
Loveland, Colorado, United States
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Full-time
Summary
At Hypergiant, I shaped key workflows and interface patterns for mission-focused defense and aerospace products. My work centered on improving operator clarity, reducing friction in complex tasks, and building UI systems that teams could rely on across multiple programs.
Highlights
Led UX direction across multiple defense and aerospace projects, shaping core workflows, interaction patterns, and visual systems for mission-critical interfaces.
Partnered closely with program managers, engineers, and operators to translate complex requirements into clear design decisions that improved operator awareness and reduced cognitive load.
Created end-to-end design assets including user flows, prototypes, dashboards, and system-level UI components used across several internal and external products.
Guided the refinement of key features such as track management, identity panels, control workflows, and quick-action systems, ensuring they supported real operational tasks.
Worked with stakeholders to define acceptance criteria, break down work into actionable stories, and support smooth handoff to development teams.
Advocated for accessibility and human-centered design, bringing a structured research practice into teams that previously lacked formal UX processes.
Introduced design reviews, design documentation standards, and cross-team alignment methods that improved communication and reduced rework.
Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA)
|Lead User Experience Designer and Researcher
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Summary
Led UX Design and Research for a critical web application for NWS forecasters, driving development with human-centered and inclusive methodologies to deliver best-in-class weather data analysis.
Highlights
Led the full lifecycle development of a critical web application for NWS forecasters, integrating research-based, human-centered, and inclusive design methodologies to enhance meteorological data analysis.
Instituted an iterative design process, leveraging continuous user feedback and usability testing to refine application functionality and user experience, ensuring optimal performance and user adoption.
Developed and maintained comprehensive design documentation, including wireframes, prototypes, and user flows, to guide development and ensure alignment with core UX objectives.
Presented project progress and milestones to diverse stakeholders, effectively addressing concerns and providing strategic recommendations for continuous improvement of a best-in-class weather data analysis application.
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Summary
Provided comprehensive UX and Product Design consultancy, delivering modern digital experiences and strategic guidance to diverse clients across various business verticals.
Highlights
Designed and delivered modern web-based products and digital experiences, significantly enhancing client business growth and customer engagement.
Developed robust websites and native digital experiences utilizing modern front-end frameworks and Content Management Systems (CMS), including React, WordPress, and Shopify.
Consulted across diverse business verticals, advocating for UX design, user inclusivity, and web accessibility, while advising teams on design operations and Agile best practices.
Created, implemented, and maintained scalable design systems and libraries, enabling product teams to develop consistent and versatile digital products efficiently.
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Summary
Collaborated with cross-functional teams to mature agile execution practices and define digital strategies, driving outcome-focused product development.
Highlights
Partnered with engineering, UX, and business experts to mature agile execution practices, enhancing delivery of intended outcomes.
Defined and cataloged digital blueprints, roadmaps, and success criteria by applying an outcome-focused discipline to product and platform strategy.
Supported digital strategy development by synthesizing input from research, testing, MVP results, and partnerships, effectively communicating key findings and recommendations to stakeholders.
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Designed user interactions and product features across a large ecosystem of micro-products within multidisciplinary, cross-functional teams in the healthcare industry.
Highlights
Designed critical user interactions, interfaces, and product features across a large ecosystem of micro-products within multidisciplinary, cross-functional teams.
Applied full-spectrum UX design, collaborating with stakeholders and users, and advising on best practices to develop impactful healthcare products.
Mentored junior designers, fostering a culture of inclusive, engaging, and human-centered user experience design.
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Summary
Advised clients on product design strategy, product management, and process improvement, ensuring user-centric solutions.
Highlights
Advised diverse clients on product design strategy, product management, and process improvement, strengthening design and development relationships.
Collaborated with users and stakeholders to design and build user interactions and interfaces, ensuring solutions met customer expectations and business goals through full-spectrum UX design.
Enabled clients and C-suite executives to connect with users, demonstrating significant Return on Investment (ROI) through strategic design initiatives.
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Summary
Led the redesign of B2B automation software, creating captivating user interfaces and driving user research initiatives.
Highlights
Orchestrated the complete redesign of B2B automation software, crafting unique and captivating user interfaces, visuals, and user journeys.
Directed and conducted user research initiatives with over 856 users, translating findings into impactful user experiences and interfaces, and advising CEO and COO on strategic design decisions.
Collaborated cross-functionally with users and stakeholders throughout the product lifecycle to deliver tailored web applications and experiences.
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Summary
Piloted advanced aircraft and led diverse teams in tactical operations, managing multi-million dollar programs and ensuring effective program implementation.
Highlights
Led diverse teams and managed multi-million dollar programs, contributing to the successful deployment of cutting-edge P-8A Poseidon and MQ-4C Triton platforms.
Piloted advanced aircraft in global tactical operations, ensuring effective program implementation and mission success.
Oversaw complex project requirements and logistics for the deployment of advanced naval aviation platforms.
Managed operational readiness and training for personnel, ensuring peak performance in high-stakes environments.