Skills
I’m an experienced user interaction and visual designer. I have more than ten years of experience creating complex web sites. I’ve worked in leadership roles and supporting roles, and I’ve developed entire sites on my own and in collaboration with large teams. I have a wide breadth of skills pertaining to the web, among them UI design, information architecture and visual design.

Education
Graduated in May of 1997 with a BFA in Design from the University of Texas at Austin.

Professional Experience
April 2010 – present
Adometry, User Experience Architect
My duties at Adometry include working with product managers, data analysts and developers to design the web based interface for the company’s online advertising analytics software. Working at Adometry means working in an Internet start-up environment. Often my concepts for user interfaces are based on little more than bullet points a sketches whiteboard.

September 2007 – April 2010
Hoover’s Inc., Senior User Interaction Designer
Duties included balancing user requirements with business requirements to create intuitive interfaces for the Hoover’s subscription based web site. I worked with Hoover’s internal creative and development team, and their in house usability tester, on a complete redesign of the company’s site. Deliverables largely included wire-frames, but also included visual design comps and HTML/CSS mock-ups.

September 2006 – September 2007
Web Designer and Consultant
Worked in roles including information architect, visual designer and front end developer.

May 2005 – September 2006
Avenue A | Razorfish, Senior Information Architect
Duties included using competitive data, user research and business requirements to create concepts for innovative online experiences. Deliverables included process flows, site maps, wire frames, and heuristic analyses.

January 2001 – May 2005
Web Designer and Consultant
Operating under the company name of Coded Notions Design, working as an information architect, visual designer and front end developer.

July 2000 – December 2000
SmartPrice.com, Lead Designer
SmartPrice.com’s goals include helping consumers and small businesses make smart choices about choosing calling plans. Responsibilities included working with the head of marketing, the brand manager, and the web site manager to establish, architect and implement creative strategies for the company. This included creating print pieces as well as serving as information architect, designer and front end developer for the SmartPrice.com web site.

June 1999 – July 2000
Powered Inc. (formerly notHarvard.com), Lead Designer
Duties included working with a small team of developers and designers to, concept, design and implement the system by which the Powered Inc. provides online educational environments for it’s clients. Acted as lead and manager for an eleven member design team which created everything from trade show booths to the visual design of Powered’s client sites. Other duties included working with the various departments within the company to create the company’s brand (which included designing the notHarvard.com logo, business cards and corporate site).

August 1998 – June 1999
frog design, Designer, Level II
frog design is a thirty year old multidisciplinary design firm with offices in the United States and Germany. Duties at frog included being involved at various stages of designing and building web sites for frog’s clients. Sites worked on include Hoovers Online, a site which hosts information on both public and private companies, and MicronPC, a direct sales computer manufacturer. Involvement in the Hoovers included conceptualizing of the features of the site, as well as working with the design lead to create comps for the look and feel. The MicronPC redesign project involved rethinking much of their site, implementing a new visual design, and assisting MicronPC in the maintenance of the site.

November 1997 – August 1998
Freelance Web Designer
Worked freelance doing web site design and programming for companies such as Dell, frog design and Cornerstone Securities along with working on a bid to redo the Austin Convention Center’s web site.

May 1997 – November 1997
Power Computing, Web Designer
Power Computing was the first and best known Macintosh computer clone manufacturer and seller. Employed by Power Computing as the in-house designer for the Power Computing web site. Duties included working with developers and marketing executives to design, maintain and further develop the site. During my employment at Power Computing the web site routinely generated more than million dollars a week in sales.
URL: http://www.codednotions.com/powerweb/