My Strengths
I produce my best work when I leverage these personality traits
Adaptability
I respond willingly to the inevitably unplanned demands of the moment
Belief
I value responsibility and high ethics, both in myself and others
Connectedness
I see how we are all part of something bigger and value relationships as such
Developer
I see potential in others, alive with possibilities, and want to help them realize it
Intellection
I am introspective, often deep in thought, and enjoy mental activity
My Recent history
Where I've worked and where I was educated
2003 - 2007
Bachelor of Arts
University of Michigan
Anthropology
Classical Archaeology
Sci. & Tech. Studies
2007 - 2009
Masters Degree
University of Michigan
2009 - 2010
Usability Auditor
Foresee Results
2010 - 2012
2010 - 2012
UX Designer
GM Contract
Design for Six Sigma Green Belt
GM Contract
Design for Six Sigma Green Belt
2012 - 2018
UX Lead
General Motors
Design for Six Sigma Black Belt
2018 - 2020
Manager
Audiosocket
Product & Design
2020
Interim Director
Traverse City Whiskey
Digital Products
2020
Experience Design Director
Perficient
2021 - Present
UX Senior Manager
CVS Health
Currently @
I lead our Design Enablement team (within the Design Systems group) driving scalable design efficiency, tooling, generative AI and quality initiatives through data-driven decision-making across UX, Content, Accessibility and Visual design disciplines.
Notable Initiatives
Prior to That
Fast Cars + UX
The story behind the
Performance Data Recorder
See my UX approach to this product→
Other Projects
I've brought eight products through the four year automotive development cycle. These are a few you can see out on the road today.
C8 Corvette
Project Period: 2014 - 2018
2019+ Corvettes have this gauge cluster. I led the end-to-end interaction design and documentation.
North American 2020 "Car of the Year"
Motor Trend's 2020 "Car of the Year"
C7 Corvette
Project Period: 2010 - 2014
2014 - 2019 Chevy Corvettes have this gauge cluster. I led the multi-functional and geographically-distributed design team responsible for the UX of this product.
PDR 1
Project Period: 2010 - 2014
2014+ Corvettes as well as 2017+ Camaro and V-Series Cadillac vehicles have this product. I did the end-to-end interaction design and documentation.
Camaro
Project Period: 2010 - 2014
2016+ Chevy Camaros have this gauge cluster. The same hardware and a variant of the software was later used in a number of other GM vehicles. I led the multi-functional and geographically-distributed design team responsible for the UX of this product.
These are
some other projects
I worked on that came out a few years after those above
Performance
12'' Cluster
UX Lead and PM for a future high performance vehicle
Luxury
12'' Cluster
UX Lead and PM for a future high performance luxury vehicle
Revamped
8'' Cluster
UX Lead and PM for near future mass production vehicles
Performance
features
End-to-end interaction design and documentation of "performance" HMI
Real Quotes
Excerpts from LinkedIn recommendations and performance reviews
More About Me
Personality-wise I'm an Enneagram 6, and outside of work I'm passionate about...
Faith
Family
Minimalism
Music
And I'll leave you with a few photos from my 3 year adventure with my family traveling in our our '79 Airstream
