Resume
Senior UI/UX Design Engineer
Richmond, Texas (Remote) | February 2022 – present
- Design interfaces for medical devices ranging from mobile patient apps to complex hospital equipment
- Participate in interface design at all stages, including research, initial sketches, wireframes, and final assets
- Conduct user interviews with doctors, nurses, and other stakeholders to inform medical device design
- Work with clients to translate user needs into user-friendly medical devices
- Review design implementation (iOS, Android, embedded) and provide feedback to developers
- Balance multiple projects with competing timelines
- Implement user interface designs for Android using Jetpack Compose
- Wrote a Figma plugin to improve the PDF export process and streamline design documentation
- Wrote a python script to simplify PDF compression for design documentation
Principal User Experience Designer
Previous positions: Sr. User Experience Designer, User Experience Designer
Salem, New Hampshire | September 2009 – February 2022
- Designed app interfaces for mobile devices including iPhone and Android
- Designed app interfaces for mobile devices including iPhone and Android
- Created user-friendly interfaces for blood glucose meters sold around the world
- Designed a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) app for iOS and Android from initial sketches to commercial release
- Worked closely with software and firmware engineers to bring designs to life
- Facilitated localization and translation activities for apps and blood glucose meters
- Employed creative techniques to prototype and communicate design concepts
- Wrote and maintained technical and design documentation for multiple product lines within a regulated system (e.g. FDA)
- Maintained and updated corporate websites (United States and United Kingdom)
- Created photorealistic product renders for packaging and marketing materials
Interaction Design Intern
Burbank, California | Summer 2009
- Brainstormed and prototyped interactions for 3D modeling
- Sketched and prototyped ideas to improve the usability of render queuing software
- Worked on interface designs for animation and production software
- Conducted user interviews to drive interface design
Associate Instructor for Designing and Developing an Information System
Bloomington, Indiana | Fall 2007 – Spring 2009
- Led technical seminars to teach undergraduates a variety of programming and design technologies
- Provided feedback and guidance to students in the School of Informatics working on senior design projects
Human Factors Intern
Mechanical Product Development Intern
St. Paul, Minnesota | Summer 2007 & 2008
- Conducted usability analysis of intra-oral dental scanner, recommended and prototyped improvements
- Developed testing protocol to compare performance of RFID and bar code express checkout library kiosks
- Performed competitive product analysis, compiled data, presented results to project leaders
- Conducted usability tests for content management system
- Created 3D models in Pro/Engineer for rapid prototyping
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team to design, model, and prototype a circuit cover for semi-conductor wafers
- Mentored a technical aide
Mechanical Engineering Intern
Arlington Heights, Illinois | Summer 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