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• 20 years of experience as a UI Designer and Information Architect/Interaction Designer
• A facility for conceiving experiences in new ways
• Some mobile design experience for iPhone, BlackBerry and mobile web
• A thorough understanding of visual hierarchy for usability
• An absolute comfort creating and proposing a design strategy to meet business requirements
• Extensive collaborative experience with researchers to evaluate testing requirements, create user testing flows and create testing prototypes
• A knack at collaboration with Engineering, Design, Writing and Business Teams
• A passionate drive to keep work fun

SAP Labs, August 2010 to December 2011

• Designed for the iPad
• Designed for the iPhone
• Designed desktop and stand-alone applications
• Designed applications for executives, consumers, and industry specialists
• Created detailed wireframes
• Worked with concept leads to identify use cases and relevant research available
• Provided leadership to outside agencies, guiding them toward ideal solutions

Rearden Commerce, 2008 to 2010

• Reimagined key flows and pages of flagship travel commerce product
• Designed experiences for iPhone, BlackBerry and mobile web products
• Designed new methods of buying travel, adding new and complex functionality
• Created test plans for user testing
• Tackled internationalization issues
• A habit of crafting first-rate wireframes, functional specifications and interaction flows
• A proficiency at creating excellent logic flowcharts and use cases
• An ability to perform proficient heuristic evaluation, comparative analysis, content audit and content inventory
• Added functionality to administrative tool, keeping in harmony with existing experience

Walmart.com, Brisbane, CA, 2001 to 2008

• Solved critical navigation issues during 2006 site redesign
• Redefined CMS module setup process to optimize for ease of use and efficiency
• Defined experiences for development projects, creating use cases, logic flows and detailed wireframes to meet business objectives
• Collaborated with business partners, engineers, UI writers, UI designers and marketing designers
• Presented proposals to executives
• A habit of crafting first-rate functional wireframes and interaction flows
• Specified modules which conform to ADA compliance guidelines
• An ability to perform proficient heuristic evaluation, comparative analysis, content audit and content inventory
• A proficiency at creating excellent logic flowcharts and use cases
• Comfortable and successful public speaking skills

• Redesigned product page
• Defined new UI design standards for Checkout
• Proposed new file management standards for online assets
• Designed and oversaw design on development projects
• Insured seemless rollout of marketing campaigns across the site

Petopia.com, San Francisco, CA, 1999 to 2001

• Redesigned look and feel of site as part of brainstorming team
• Solved user experience problems in search process
• Designed navigation systems
• Created UI schematics
• Art directed production artists

Women.com Networks, San Mateo, CA, 1998 to 1999

• Designed visual presentation of navigation
• Designed iconography system
• Designed featured imagery across site
• Managed and art directed Production Artist

Barbary Coast Interactive, San Francisco, CA, 1997 to 1998

• Designed user interfaces for CD-ROM project
• Produced mockup screens
• Designed look, feel and interface for prototype educational website

Simply Interactive, San Jose, CA, 1996 to 1997

• Designed corporate web site and collateral brochure
• Designed interface for CD-ROM product "Internet The City"
• Modeled, textured and lighted 3D objects for "Internet The City"

Learning in Motion, Santa Cruz, CA, 1993

• Designed interactive press release
• Created company logo and business materials

WINGS for learning, Scotts Valley, CA, 1991 to 1993

• Designed user interface for "The Incredible Laboratory"
• Designed and produced mail-order catalogs and textbooks

Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA
B.F.A., With Distinction, Computer Art, 1997

UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
General education studies

Proficient Use: HTML, Illustrator, Lightroom, Omnigraffle, Photoshop, Visio
Moderate Use: Acrobat, CSS, Dreamweaver, Excel, PowerPoint, Word
Some Use: Axure, iRise
Things I used to be pretty darn good at, but haven't touched in years: After Effects, Electric Image, Form*Z, JavaScript

• Publication in The Illustrator 7 Wow! Book (1997)
• Publication in Illustrator Complete (1997)
• Featured artist in the Adobe Gallery (July 1997)
• Designed and animated NBC peacock sweeper which showed primetime throughout 1997