Currently | Self · Freelance Designer · Portland, OR |
Mar 2016—Sep 2018 | Microsoft · Principal Designer · Redmond, WA · Intrapeneurship with an emphasis on user research, iterative prototyping, and product-market fit. |
Jan 2015—Feb 2016 | FiftyThree · Principal Designer · Seattle, WA |
Jan 2011—Apr 2012 | FiftyThree · Freelance · Seattle, WA · Co-wrote the ink engine of the drawing app, Paper V1. Impact: 1.5M downloads within 3 days of launch. |
Oct 2010—Mar 2012 | Microsoft · Senior UX Designer · Bellevue, WA · Developed demos that impacted the prototyping workflows of Bing Maps, Bing Mobile, and Windows Phone. Helped incubate Edibly, an app that helps buyers and sellers at ephemeral markets connect. Impact: pilot launched at Pike Place Market. |
Jan—Apr 2010 | Microsoft · Freelance · Seattle, WA · Iteratively prototyped core features of Courier, a then next-generation pen tablet. |
2008 | Various · Freelance · Various cities, US · Prototyped a working e-reader with the UX team at Teague. Wrote generative architecture tools that helped MOS build a pavillion at MOMA PS1. Implemented an award winning, branded Google Maps installation at NYC Visitor Information Center. |
Sep 2005—Feb 2007 | Microsoft · UX Designer · Redmond, WA · Ideation, research, and storyboarding for future vision videos. |
Feb—July 2005 | Frog · Freelance · New York, NY · Led information display effort for trading floor tools, with a 65% first year adoption rate (compared to industry standard of 15%) and $36M in first quarter sales. |
Sep—Oct 2004 | IDEO · Design Intern · Palo Alto, CA · UX Research in the Software Experiences practice. |
Jun 2003—Aug 2004 | Pentagram · Design Intern, then freelance · New York, NY · Kinetic typography and dynamic signage prototyping. |