My mission is to create products that solve the right problems and are a pleasure to use.
I’m a full-cycle product design lead, taking on everything from early exploratory research and conceptual design, to testable interactive prototypes and development-ready design artifacts.
I’m known for quickly absorbing information, holistic systems thinking, and exceptionally comprehensive design communication that works especially well for remote distributed teams.
I’ve enjoyed working on challenging problems in a variety of domains including: enterprise communication and collaboration; environmental conservation planning and management; construction project management workflows; and data monitoring, evaluation, and learning for international humanitarian development.
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Strengths
Human-centered design methodology
Interviewing and contextual inquiry
Participatory design facilitation
Translating UX research into design strategy
Translating product vision into design strategy
Interaction design
User interface design
Interactive prototyping
Clear visual and written explanations
Development-ready design artifacts
What Else?
I grew up in the Midwest, went to college on the East Coast, and have lived most of my adult life in Portland, Oregon.
I read a lot — mostly fiction and historical fiction — and collect autobiographical graphic novels with a strong sense of time and place.
I love exploring and recording places, new and familiar, and blogging about my explorations.
I’m an urban design geek, and my design heroes tend to come from that realm, including Lawrence Halprin, Jane Jacobs, and Kevin Lynch.
My popcorn bush, popping
I enjoy visiting public gardens and ornamental gardening around my home. My favorite plant is the fragrant winter-blooming Edgeworthia papyrifera that I prefer to call, “popcorn bush”.