• Digital product design lead with expertise in functional design around complex user needs, workflows and data. UX generalist with a track record of successful product design implementations in B2B, industrial IoT, medical informatics and academia. Hands-on front-end coder specializing in geospatial and exploratory data visualization. Bringing human-centered design expertise to traditional or AI-powered products to solve real user problems.
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
Key Strengths
  • Functional design around complex workflows and data
  • Data analytics UIs and data visualization
  • Keen eye for aesthetics
  • Meticulous focus on end-product quality
  • Hands-on, technical, technology agnostic
SKILLS, TOOLS & EXPERTISE
  • Management: 4+ years leading a UX design team in a supervisory role.
  • Design: UX strategy. Applied user research. Design thinking sprints with cross-functional teams. Visual, interaction, information design. Design systems. UX tooling: Figma [primary], Adobe CS, Axure RP, Sketch and alike. Responsive design, web standards, accessibility.
  • Development: [Current] HTML, CSS, JavaScript. D3.js data visualization library, Leaflet JS web mapping library. Python, Git. [Past] PHP, MySQL, ClojureScript + ReactJS.
  • AI Tooling: Claude Sonnet 4.5 for daily workflows. Actively exploring Agentic UI tools.
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