About me...

In 2001 I earned a Master's in Interaction Design at Carnegie Mellon after completing a BFA in Industrial Design at Michigan. I was interviewed by Innovations magazine as an "up and coming designer". I also wrote a chapter for the book Thoughts on Interaction Design, and published an article about rich experiences for Boxes and Arrows. Most recently, last fall I taught a class on interface design at San Jose State University and spoke at the IDSA World Design Congress, where I proposed a new framework for digital aesthetics.

Specialties

An ambitious, motivated personality driven by a passion for Design.
End-to-end problem solving, from flows to pixels. Mastery of UCD processes.
Prolific and rapid idea generation, from hand sketches to pixel production, using Fireworks, Visio, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat, and Dreamweaver (as needed).
Extensive experience designing with remote teams and off-shore developers. Strong advocate for online collaborative tools like wiki, IM, e-room, and web conferencing.

Interests

Product innovation
Aesthetics/Style
Design theory

Activities

Concept sketching
Flow modeling
Design spec'ing

Artifacts

Concept maps
Flow diagrams
Interface comps