Hello!

I’m a UX practitioner motivated by elevating experiences, educating, and increasing productivity of people through software and digital applications.

Work Experience

PowerSchool

Folsom, CA
Jul. 2017 - Aug. 2024 (7+ years)

PowerSchool is the leading K-12 Education Technology Company serving 88 out of the 100 top school districts to over 45 million students.

Director, UX Design

  • Created and maintained PowerSchool's design system 

  • Strategized and designed PowerSchool's premiere product, My PowerHub 

  • Oversaw identity and designs for PowerBuddy, PowerSchool's new Artificial Intelligence Chatbot 

  • Defined product roadmaps with Directors and V.P. of Product and Engineering 

  • Established processes for the UX team of designers, writers, and researchers 

  • Advocated and evangelized user-centered design 

  • Championed Figma and transitioned team out of Sketch/ Invision 

Accolades:

  • Jun 2023 Global recognition - Learning Impact Award given by 1EdTech Consortium

  • 2018 SIAA CODiE Awards “Best Classroom Management Solution”

  • Experienced fast growth from 300+ employees to 4,000+ and celebrated an IPO in 2021

Aha! Labs

Menlo Park, CA
May 2015 - Jun. 2017 (2+ years)

Aha! is the world’s #1 product roadmap software.

Lead UX Designer

  • Created and maintained Aha!’s design system 

  • Designed key features from concept to completion (Roadmap builder, Whiteboard, Roadmap.com) 

  • Designed and strategized Aha!’s marketing website, branding and advertising 

  • Designed graphics for book “Lovability” written by Aha! CEO Brian de Haaff

Pearson Education

San Francisco, CA
Jun. 2008 - May 2015 (6+ years)

Pearson Education provides educational services, including publishing and distributing textbooks, digital materials, and professional development courses

Lead UX Designer

  • Launched an innovative English learning platform using social media applications and early online audio/ video communication apps like Skype

  • Designed a mobile application assistant for English Learners 

  • After acquisition of Pearson and merging with Wall Street English, my team was tasked to standardize a design system under Pearson English

Accolades:

  • Patent on a ‘Web-based Tool for Collaborative, Social Learning’ Aug. 2009. United States 20110113320

  • Best Corporate Learning/Workforce Development Solution, SIIA CODiE Awards, May 2013

Education

San Jose State University

Coursera

Fine Arts

I studied Fine Arts at SJSU with an emphasis in photography

Google UX Design Professional Certificate

7 Course Series on Design Process, User-centered Design, UX Research and A.I. Skills

Software & Tools

UX Design

  • Figma

  • Figjam

  • Adobe Creative Suite

  • Sketch

  • Miro

Product Management

  • Aha!

  • JIRA, Confluence

  • Trello

  • Microsoft Teams

  • UX Design 

  • UX Leadership 

  • UX Research 

  • Design Systems 

  • Design Workshops 

CMS

  • WordPress

  • Squarespace

  • Shopify

  • Information Architecture 

  • Wireframing 

  • Interactive Prototype 

  • Service Design 

  • Mobile Design 

  • San Francisco/ Marin Food Bank  
    Volunteer food packer 

  • Friends of Stafford Lake Bike Park 
    Pro-bono logo design 

Other

  • Useberry

  • Optimal Workshop

  • Gainsight

  • Microsoft Office Suite

Top Skills

  • Accessibility 

  • Agile Methodology 

  • Product Marketing 

  • Illustration  

  • Photography 

Volunteer Work

  • NICA Certified Mountain Bike Coach 
    Assistant coach for local high school team 

  • Cycling Development
    pro-bono UX Designer for non-profit cycling organization for high school kids