PowerSchool

July 2017 - Current (4+ 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

I manage a team of UX Designers and UX Managers. Part of my team’s responsibility is to build and maintain our design system. PowerSchool design system is used by multiple products (latest count at 36). This requires careful and meticulous scrutiny for every aspect of a design pattern to be flexible, yet maintain an aesthetic standard that is identifiable as part of our design system. I am also in charge of product solutions that tackle the school district administration system and college preparation for high school kids.

I have been involved in organizing our Agile process championing the use of Aha! for establishing roadmaps as well as JIRA integrations that keep our entire design organization in sync with product development.

Accolades:

• 2018 SIAA CODiE Awards “Best Classroom Management Solution”

Aha! Labs

May 2015 - June 2017 (2+ years)

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

Lead UX Designer

I designed and managed all creative responsibilities at Aha! Labs. I oversaw the User Experience development of the Aha! SAAS Application. I led and designed the website for Marketing which included aha.io, product portals and the Aha! blog. I designed the logo and user interface of Roadmap.com which is a community-driven website for Product Managers and Software Developers. I also designed and illustrated the book Lovability written by Aha! CEO Brian de Haaff.

Pearson Education

Jan. 2008 - May 2015 (7+ years)

Pearson Education is a British education publishing and assessment service to schools and corporations, as well for students directly.

Lead UX Designer

I managed a team of UX designers and front-end developers. We developed adaptive, responsive, multi-device websites and apps for English education. We adopted the agile methodology to manage complex projects across 4 time zones. I worked on wire-frame schematics, content architecture and visual design. Our products were used by multi-national corporations like Deloitte, Boeing, Nikkei, Dupont and more.

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

Galang Design

Jan. 2004 - Jan. 2008 (4 years)

Galang Design was a multi-disciplinary design agency that helped companies with their online presence, product marketing, tradeshows and corporate branding.

Chief Creative Officer

I wore many hats running my own Creative Agency. Galang Design focused on user experience, branding, and creative direction. Client roster included MacWorld, Yahoo!, Synopsis, Magellan GPS, Hayes Bicycle Group, Sharp Technology Ventures, Ventana Mountain Bikes, Spansion, Jet Lites, DeFeet Intl., DMNA Advertising, and Wilderness Trail Bikes

Accolades:

• 2008 Addy Awards, Gold Medal Winner. Red Ink Studios Web Site.

ConsumerREVIEW, Inc.

Nov. 1998 - Jan. 2004 (5+ years)

ConsumerREVIEW, Inc. was one of the first online companies to crowd-source product reviews. Reviews were drawn from a portfolio of 18 passionate communities of mountain bikers, golfers, photographers and more.

Co-founder, Creative Director

As Creative Director and Co-founder, my partner and I launched a 2-person company and grew our staff to over 80 people at it’s peak. I led the creative direction of the brand and site user experience of all our properties. We partnered with eBay, Amazon and helped launch the success of early stage bike manufacturers like Santa Cruz Mountain Bikes. ConsumerREVIEW was eventually acquired by Invenda in 2002.

Accolades:

• Yahoo! Cool Site Award

• Featured in Time Magazine, Nov. 2002

• Featured in Communication Arts website, Sept. 2002, Jan. 2003.

DMNA, Inc.

Nov. 1996 - Nov. 1998 (2 years)

Diamond Morgan Northend Albers Inc. was an Advertising Agency that focused on technology companies.

Art Director

I designed advertising campaigns, web sites, micro-sites, trade show graphics and brand development. Client roster included NEC Electronics, International Data Group (IDG), Concentric Networks, BackWeb, Network Associates, Rambus, Whistle Communications, and MIPS Technology

Accolades:

• Addy Awards, Silver Medal Winner. “CyberCop”

• Addy Awards, Bronze Medal Winner. “See Things”

San Jose State University

Fine Arts, Photography emphasis

I lived and breathed art during college. I immersed myself in Photography, Oil Painting and Figure Drawing.

UX Design

• Sketch

• Figma

• Adobe Creative Suite

• Abstract

• InVision

• Omnigraffle

• Miro Board

Product Management

• Aha!

• JIRA, Confluence

• Trello

• Microsoft Team (Office Suite)

• Pivotal Tracker

CMS

• WordPress

• Squarespace

• Shopify

• Drupal

Other

• Optimal Workshop (UX Research)

• Microsoft Office Suite

• Apple Keynote, Pages, Numbers

• Slack