Experience
Microsoft
Senior Lead Product Designer
Jan 2023 - Present
Microsoft Teams Mobile
Leading the design strategy and vision for Microsoft Teams mobile & tables products, ensuring alignment with overall product goals and user needs.
Leading the design strategy and vision for Microsoft Teams mobile & tables products, ensuring alignment with overall product goals and user needs.
Meta (Facebook)
Senior Staff Product Designer
Oct 2014 - May 2022 · 7 yrs 8 mos
Reality Labs • Jan 2022 - May 2022
Building the next generation of computing devices, a critical area is how people communicate and get together. The Oculus Social System Design team focuses on how people communicate, coordinate, travel, and experience immersive destinations in the Metaverse.
Facebook Gaming • March 2018 - Jan 2022:
Senior Staff Product Designer on FB Games team. We are focused on building the largest community of engaged, participating gamers that is inclusive, non-toxic, and friendly to everyone. Launched multiple 0-1 products, created and maintained design systems, led design across product pillars and led and moderated team critiques and reviews.
Mesenger • March 2016 - March 2018:
Product design for FB Messenger focused on real-time communication features (Voice calls, Video, etc.).
Atlas • October 2014 - March 2016:
Worked as a product designer on Atlas, a people-based marketing solution.
Building the next generation of computing devices, a critical area is how people communicate and get together. The Oculus Social System Design team focuses on how people communicate, coordinate, travel, and experience immersive destinations in the Metaverse.
Facebook Gaming • March 2018 - Jan 2022:
Senior Staff Product Designer on FB Games team. We are focused on building the largest community of engaged, participating gamers that is inclusive, non-toxic, and friendly to everyone. Launched multiple 0-1 products, created and maintained design systems, led design across product pillars and led and moderated team critiques and reviews.
Mesenger • March 2016 - March 2018:
Product design for FB Messenger focused on real-time communication features (Voice calls, Video, etc.).
Atlas • October 2014 - March 2016:
Worked as a product designer on Atlas, a people-based marketing solution.
Intel Corporation
Senior Designer / Art Director
Feb 2013 - Sep 2014 · 1 yr 8 mos
Senior Interaction designer and Art Director on a broad range of mobile, wearables, and connected experiences for Intel's New Devices Group (NDG). My responsibilities include setting and overseeing visual language and direction for projects, from concept to product.
Zendesk
Sr. User Experience Designer
Oct 2012 - Feb 2013 · 5 mos
Making the Zendesk experience beautifully simple. Senior UX Designer focusing on designing various features for the Zendesk web app experience. I also conducted a multi-month user research project to understand medium to small businesses' customer support needs, which led to actionable insights to improve and plan future feature releases.
Artefact Group
User Experience Designer
Apr 2010 - Oct 2012 · 2 yr 6 mos
A creative consultancy focusing on strategic innovation and next-generation user experiences for consumer devices and environments. I worked on Concept Creation, Interaction Design, User Experience Design, Visual Design, RITE Studies, and Vision Concepts/Videos for clients like Microsoft, Google, Xbox, Sonosite, HP, RIM, Sandia National Labs, Samsung, etc.
Microsoft
User Interface / User Experience / Visual Experience Designer
Oct 2004 - Mar 2010 · 5 yrs 6 mos
Live Labs
Visual Experience Designer for the Live Labs group. Created a visual language for the Pivot application that was adapted to the web, print, and video applications. Worked side by side with developers to write and style WPF XAML resources. www.getpivot.com
Microsoft, Xbox Entertainment Experience
Worked as UI designer on multiple product releases/updates for Xbox, Zune, and Games for Windows Live. Acted as XUI tool team design production lead, overseeing a team of 5 members.
www.xbox.com | www.zune.net | www.gamesforwindows.com
Visual Experience Designer for the Live Labs group. Created a visual language for the Pivot application that was adapted to the web, print, and video applications. Worked side by side with developers to write and style WPF XAML resources. www.getpivot.com
Microsoft, Xbox Entertainment Experience
Worked as UI designer on multiple product releases/updates for Xbox, Zune, and Games for Windows Live. Acted as XUI tool team design production lead, overseeing a team of 5 members.
www.xbox.com | www.zune.net | www.gamesforwindows.com
Education
Western Washington University
BFA, Graphic Design & New media
Bellingham, WA, 2000 - 2004
Western Washington University
BFA, Graphic Design & New media
Bellingham, WA, 2000 - 2004