I’m an entrepreneurial experience designer with 9 years of Burning Man under my belt and over 20 years experience in design for both small and large companies. My focus is on UX and interaction design that keeps the user's journey at the center and delivers elegant and simple experiences.

Experience

MicrosoftUX & Interaction Design Lead at Xbox | Microsoft

2013 — Now

Xbox Design | Customer Experience Team | Bluehawk Consulting

Managed Service & Design Lead, responsible for disseminating and managing team workload

Tracking performance, utilization, capacity and project planning. Reporting and presenting MBRs, QBRs

Ensuring holistic UX, cohesive design process and design consistency, reviews, critiques and training

Global Xbox innovation projects, UX spec, wireframing, app design, prototyping, redlines, UI design & spec, style guidelines, and formal documentation

Led design on numerous original audience engagement campaigns for the Xbox One and Xbox 360 console dashboards in the Latin American market including World Cup 2014, Carnaval, and Gamer’s Day

Engaging stakeholders to ensure project alignment

Mentoring and training design professionals

Walking Fish Studios LLCCreative Director

2010 — 2013

Led design direction and web development standards across multiple website projects

Ensured cohesive visual design, modern development standards and cross-browser compatibility

efusDesignPrincipal

2007 — 2013

Managed acquiring clients, maintaining accounts, meeting deadlines, and delivering pertinent product

Accomplished forward thinking designs with complex functionality within specified budgets

Exceeded client expectations across all projects in the areas of web design / development and maintenance, conceptual product design / ideation, graphic design, logo / branding design, product rendering, eMarketing / promotions, fabrication, and packaging design & mock-ups

Key clients included: Screenlife Games / Paramount Pictures (Scene It?), SmartPlug, Kendall Ross Brand Development, Full Speed Ahead, Tovolo (ICI USA), Rob Roy Seattle, Bikini Thief, Pike St Press, Bigger Picture

Burning Man, Mant FarmCo-Designer / Co-Manager

2009 — 2010

Greater Seattle Area

Co-designed and managed MANT FARM, a large scale art installation, for the Burning Man festival

Prepared proposal, pitched project and secured funding

Coordinated and tracked progress from concept design to finish of project resulting in an on time, on budget completion with a track record for safety

Received public recognition for the project in The Seattle Times (8/29/10) and Seattle Magazine (August, 2010)

US Art AllianceCreative & Technical Consultant / Webmaster

2010 — 2010

Research & Development. Web design, wire-frames and prototyping, logos, branding, etc.

Business model development