Work Experience
UX Manager at Littera Education
UX Manager | October 2023 – Present
Develop research processes from scratch
Use research to inform and drive business decisions
UX Manager at PowerSchool
UX Manager | October 2021 – Present
Lead Product Designer | March 2020 – October 2021
Senior Product Designer | January 2018 – March 2020
Led, mentored, and supported 5 designers across 6 products
Defined 40+ designer competencies for each level to guide professional development and team structure
Led cross-functional workshops to define project scope and requirements
Implemented 360 reviews and competency self-assessments across the 50 person UX Team
Lead strategy, design, and user research on a critical project to save 15 million ARR
Increased demo requests by 450% - the most of any Schoology campaign
Senior UX Designer at athenahealth
Senior UX Designer | July 2016 – Oct. 2017 | Austin, TX
UX Associate | May 2015 – July 2016 | Austin, TX
Led design for the last piece in a critical solution for athenahealth’s end-to-end hospital solution which allowed us to sell to the 6,146 in-patient hospitals and the 9,280 outpatient surgical centers in the US
Designed from sketches to hi-fi mock ups to fill product gaps for the healthcare industry while working with product managers and developers to ensure the correct implementation.
UX and Visual Designer at IBM
July 2013 – May 2015 | Austin, TX
Conducted interviews, synthesized findings, and used insights to guide thoughtful wireframes and high fidelity visuals on projects like Watson for Social Media and developerWorks.
Worked with developers and product management to solidify strategies and designs.
Guided stakeholders through the design thinking process to spread IBM’s design culture.