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Summary

I'm a minimalist design enthusiast with a passion of surpassing users expectations, consistently elevating product excellence and overall brand experience. 

 

Through principles of human centered design, I’m able to innovatively strategize, conceptualize, and deliver engaging experiences through a product’s life cycle.

Experienced in leading and influencing cross functional and product areas stakeholders to quickly grasp and distill highly ambiguous problems into simple and clear solutions.

B.A. Arts & Technology

University of Texas at Dallas

Cum laude honors

Phi Theta Kappa

Scaled Agile, Inc. & Scrum, inc.

Agile & SCRUM Certified

Design & Prototype

Figma, Sketch, Principle & more…

Aug 2018 — Present

Google
Senior Interaction Designer

Defined and communicated product design strategy, vision, and guiding principles to team members, cross-functional peers, and stakeholders.

May 2017 — Jul 2018

Toyota
Senior Interaction Designer

Introduced design philosophies for flexible design architecture and contributed to the launch of 3 major enterprise system module.

May 2015 — Apr 2017

JCPenney
UX Designer

Worked across research, UX and visual design on multi-team initiatives to define user experience strategies and prioritize product roadmaps.

Dec 2014 — Apr 2015

Southwest Airlines
Interaction Designer

Delivered customer-focused design solutions, informed by research insights, enhancing key user flows and evolving the design system.

Oct 2013 — Nov 2014

Advocare
UX Designer

Partnered with product, engineering and business leads to deliver experience consistency and cohesion across the product suite.

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