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

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