Resume
Senior UI/UX Design Engineer
Richmond, Texas (Remote) | February 2022 – present
- Participate in design at all stages, including research, initial sketches, wireframes, and final assets
- Design interfaces for medical devices ranging from mobile patient apps to complex hospital equipment
- Create prototypes for rapid testing and formative usability studies as part of an iterative design process
- Conduct interviews with doctors, nurses, and other stakeholders to inform medical device design
- Implement user interface designs for Android using Jetpack Compose
- Work with clients to translate user needs into user-friendly products
- Collaborate with software and firmware engineers to bring designs to life
- Balance and prioritize multiple projects with competing timelines
- Wrote a Figma plugin to decrease the file size of exported design documentation PDFs by 84%
Principal User Experience Designer
Previous positions: Sr. User Experience Designer, User Experience Designer
Salem, New Hampshire | September 2009 – February 2022
- Designed a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) app for iOS and Android released in 13 languages and 15 countries
- Created intuitive interfaces for four blood glucose meters sold around the world, including the first FDA-cleared blood glucose meter to connect directly to the iPhone (iBGStar)
- Created HTML/CSS/JavaScript prototypes for apps and blood glucose meters to assist with formative usability studies
- Produced animated videos for display at international diabetes conferences
- Maintained and updated corporate websites (United States and United Kingdom)
- Authored and updated technical and design documentation for multiple product lines within a regulated system (e.g., FDA)
- Facilitated localization and translation activities for apps and blood glucose meters
- Collaborated with technical team to develop a blood glucose tagging and insulin dose recommendation algorithm described in U.S. Patent 11,854,681: Data Management Unit for Supporting Health Control (issued December 26, 2023)
Interaction Design Intern
Burbank, California | June 2009 – August 2009
- Brainstormed and prototyped interactions for 3D modeling and animation
- Sketched and prototyped ideas to improve the usability of render queuing software
- Worked on interface designs for animation and production software
- Conducted user interviews with animators and technical staff to drive interface design
Associate Instructor for “Designing and Developing an Information System”
Bloomington, Indiana | September 2007 – May 2009
- Guided students working on senior design projects as part of the “Designing and Developing an Information System” course
- Led a series of technical seminars to teach undergraduate students various programming and design technologies
Human Factors Intern
St. Paul, Minnesota | May 2008 – July 2008
- Developed a testing protocol to compare performance of RFID and bar code express checkout library kiosks
- Analyzed an intra-oral dental scanner and prototyped recommended improvements
- Performed competitive product analysis, compiled data, presented results to project leaders
- Conducted usability tests for content management system
- Mentored a technical aid
Mechanical Product Development Intern
St. Paul, Minnesota | May 2007 – July 2007
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team to design, model, and prototype a circuit cover for semi-conductor wafers
- Created a user manual for an ultrasonic welder
Mechanical Engineering Intern
Arlington Heights, Illinois | May 2006 – July 2006
- Assisted senior engineers with certification and environmental testing
- Performed thermal tests from set-up to post-test data compilation
- Utilized Pro/Engineer to create 3D models and 2D drawings for injection molded part
Tools & Skills
Part of the fun of design is getting to learn new technology, but these are some of the standards I like to use.
Figma
Photoshop
Illustrator
After Effects
Jetpack Compose
Blender
HTML/CSS
JQuery
Programming
I may not be a programmer, but I’m comfortable diving into a new language if there’s a need. I’ve worked in JavaScript, Kotlin, Python, TypeScript, Ruby, SQL, and Java to name a few.
Platforms
Medical Devices
iOS/Android
Web
Desktop
Tablet
Phone