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

Education

M.S. in Human-Computer Interaction/design

Bloomington, Indiana | 2007-2009

B.S.E. in Mechanical Engineering

Iowa City, Iowa | 2003-2007

Animation Bootcamp

Character Animation Bootcamp