Hands-on UX leader with 20+ years designing and building innovative products in B2B, industrial IoT, and higher education – from vision to production. Making complexity simple: translating multi-variant data, demanding workflows, and complex business requirements into intuitive experiences for technical users. Bringing human-centered design expertise and technical depth to traditional and AI-powered products.
Recent: Led UX and team for industrial IoT platform at Molex, designing flagship emissions visualization (published patents), building design systems, and stepping into PM roles when needed. Earlier: 13 years at Purdue as #3 code contributor to HUBzero platform (40+ research communities), led REMEDI redesign (tripled to 400+ hospitals).
SKILLS, TOOLS & EXPERTISE
- Leadership & Strategy: 4+ years managing cross-functional creative teams (design + development) • End-to-end product design • UX strategy & roadmap planning • Design systems • Product management & PRD ownership • Stakeholder alignment • Team mentoring
- Design & Research User research & field studies • Information architecture • Data visualization (D3.js, Leaflet) • Interaction design • Visual design • Accessibility (WCAG 2.2) • Design thinking facilitation
- Technical: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript • API integration (REST, OAuth) • Responsive design • Git • Figma, Adobe CS • Analytics (GA4) • Claude AI for workflows and prototyping
EXPERIENCE
- Molex LLC, Chicago, IL / Remote 2019 - 2026
UX Manager / Sr. UX Designer - Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 2015 - 2019
UX Architect - Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 2010 - 2015
Senior Web Application Programmer - Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 2006-2010
Web/Multimedia Management Specialist - Ensemble Travel Group, Vancouver, BC, Canada 2004-2006
Web Designer - Air Canada, Montreal, QC, Canada 2003-2004
Web Designer - CE Network Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada 2001-2003
Graphic Artist - Freelance artist & web designer 2001-2006
EDUCATION
- M.S. in Technology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 2009
- Diploma in Web Design, Institute for Computer Graphics Research (ICARI), Montreal, QC, 2003
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & VOLUNTEERING
- Interaction Design Foundation (IDF) member, Since 2018
- UX Management: Strategy and Tactics Certificate, Interaction Design Foundation (IDF), 2018
- Mozilla Foundation Open Leadership Program Subject Expert (UX), 2018-2019
- Mozilla Foundation Open Leadership program mentor, 2017
- Mozilla Foundation Open Leadership certificate, 12-Week Certificate Program, 2016
- Technical Management Institute Certificate, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University, 2014
Patents
- Computer systems and methods for estimating changes in fugitive emissions. Patent number 11994503, with Molex LLC. Published May 28, 2024. 3rd inventor.
- Smart digital computer platform to display fugitive emissions of a facility. Patent number 11928304, with Molex LLC. Published March 12, 2024. 2nd inventor.
AWARDS
- REMEDI Team Awards: 2017 AAMI Foundation Health Care's Clinical Solution Award; 2017 Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) Cheers Award; 2018 IHI/NPSF Lucian Leape Institute Medtronic Safety Culture & Technology Innovator Award.
- Purdue Bravo Award, Purdue IT, 2015
- Purdue Special Merit Award, Purdue Discovery Park, 2007