Principal Designer / Motion Graphics (Freelance)

Plastic 2 Green | May 2024 - April 2025

Plastic2Green transforms plastic pollution into valuable materials like “Emerald” ammonia and graphene-grade carbon black at scale.
• Designed and animated an educational 2-minute motion graphics video explaining the chemical transformation process, including sound design and scripting.
• Created workflow diagrams and visual storytelling assets used across pitch decks and presentations.
• The video was featured at several major science conventions and directly contributed to securing $5 million in funding, elevating brand visibility and investor engagement.

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Product Designer (Freelance)

GetZeals | December 2023 - May 2024

GetZeals is a fundraising platform that connects restaurants with local schools and organizations, boosting sales while supporting community-driven causes.
• Designed the end-to-end “First Experience” user flow across native mobile, desktop, and web platforms, ensuring a seamless and intuitive onboarding journey.
• Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams to align product design with user needs and business goals, improving user engagement and conversion potential.
• Delivered high-fidelity prototypes and interaction designs that enhanced clarity and usability across devices.

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Product Designer II (contract/remote)

One Medical (Member Security & Services) | April - Aug 2022

One Medical is a tech-forward primary care platform focused on accessible and user-friendly healthcare.
• Designed intelligent patient scheduling and triage experiences powered by AI-driven decision support and automated routing logic, reducing friction in care access.
• Created conversational flows and guided experiences to streamline appointment booking and insurance navigation through predictive UX and context-aware interfaces.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify pain points using data insights, and implemented scalable design systems to support AI-enhanced workflows.
• Defined UX metrics to track patient engagement and efficiency gains across digital touchpoints. 

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UX Lead (contract/remote)

Pathway Labs | January - March 2022

Pathway Labs aims to modernize online and specialty trade education through innovative digital tools.
• Led UX design for web applications tailored to students and administrators in the trade school space.
• Translated business requirements into intuitive, user-friendly interfaces that improved task efficiency and engagement.
• Collaborated with stakeholders to identify core user problems and deliver elegant, scalable design solutions.

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Sr.UX Designer (contract/remote)

ExpediaGroup (CPCE-XD) | June - Dec 2021

Expedia Group is a global travel technology leader, building intelligent experiences across digital touchpoints.
• Designed conversational UI and integrated AI-driven chat interfaces to enhance self-service support and reduce friction in the booking process.
• Applied UX heuristics, intent modeling, and natural language flow mapping to support AI-assisted user journeys.
• Developed user flows, wireframes, and interactive prototypes for both web and native platforms, ensuring consistency across devices.
• Collaborated cross-functionally with product managers, machine learning engineers, and UX researchers to align design with behavioral data and user intent.

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UX Lead (contract/remote)

GreenSpark | April - June 2021

Leader of GreenSpark's new, modern, and easy-to-use workflow software designed specifically for scrap yards.

• Led product design for GreenSpark’s AI-powered asset traceability platform, enabling full lifecycle visibility of recyclable materials—from junkyard intake to mill processing.
• Created easy-to-use tools for scale operators and mill teams.
• Used AI-driven insights to improve payout accuracy and trace materials in real time.
• Designed clean, efficient workflows for end-to-end material tracking and reporting.

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UX Lead (contract/remote)

Go Ship | February - April 2021

GoShip.com is a one-stop shop for logistics shipping needs.  

• Streamlined the user journey, leading to a 35% increase in adoption rate.

• Redesigned booking flow and results page for GoShip’s logistics platform across desktop and mobile.

• Focused on usability and conversion, applying responsive design best practices to improve engagement and simplify account registration.

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Product Design Lead (contract/remote)

AQAD | September 2020 - January 2021

• Improved the end-to-end booking flow for House of Aia, enhancing usability across desktop and mobile.

• Translated business goals into clean, user-centered interfaces.

• Delivered wireframes and high-fidelity prototypes to support seamless user journeys.

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Product Design (contract/remote)

CLIPr | May - September 2020

• Designed AI-powered UIs to surface video intelligence by processing content through ML pipelines.

• Integrated speech-to-text, translation, NLP for topic detection, and voice-based speaker ID. 

• Designed SaaS dashboards and embeddable widgets to present indexed insights, with analytics to track engagement and highlight key moments.

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Visual Design | Wall Mural (contract/remote)

Instacart | December 2019 - August 2020

A mural project displaying all the interworkings of the engineering team and inspiration wall.     

• Display complex hierarchy of team structure, inspire growth and prepare files for large-scale printing on 18ft x 8ft wall.     

• Methods include, sketching, rendering files in Illustrator, Photoshop and Indesign.

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UX Lead | Creative Direction - Product (contract/remote)

Questel | October 2019 - April 2020 

Contract assignment creating a new tool that will give a competitive advantage in the patent industry. This tool is providing a single place to obtain all patent services.     

• Streamlining complex data sources and workflows into dashboards that provide valuable insights into the intellectual property process and project management.

• Manage UX projects and create UX statement of work (SOW).  

• Designed purchase flow for subscription and additional products and services. 

• Collaborate with product owner and stakeholders to implement portal requirements.     

• Deliverables included visual design, style guide and component library.

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Design Lead | Creative Direction - Product (contract)

Roofstock | September - Dec 2018

Contract assignment with The Six.co (Strategic & Business Design Consultants) as in-house design agency for Roofstock. 

• Led UX design for new B2C channel and achieved an increased of 126% in the number of investors on the Roofstock Marketplace in 2018.     

• Market Segment Acquisition: Captured new audience segment (SFR investment properties) by developing UX strategy and correlating content for Roofstock.

• Evolved and maintained Roofstock’s brand and user experience.     

• Leveraged research data, design principles and objective information to support design decisions. 

• Designed purchase flow for subscription and additional products and services. 

• Actively involved in defining product strategy and thinking in terms of design systems.   

• Developed UX strategies in collaboration with product managers and design peers.

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UX|Lead Visual Designer - Product

PagerDuty | ​August 2016 - March 2018

Accepted full-time position within the Product Team after successful contract assignment. Implemented user-centered design of $1.8 billion Digital Operations Management site, contributing to the following results:

• 2017 Gold Winner - Stevie Awards | New Product or Service of the Year - Software/IT Service Solutions.

• Multimillion-Dollar Sales Growth: Credited with driving sales growth of $3.5M following Operation Command Console launch.

• Alert Notification Improvement: Reduced redundant notifications by 18% after implementing site improvements to functionality, design and navigation based on results of user research. 

• Leader of the visual language for a new centerpiece for the company's web and mobile experience. 

• Redefined the product's experience. 

• Produced high-quality mock-ups and final assets in various formats as needed by the UX and development team. 

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UX|UI Designer - Mobile (contract)

SmartEar | ​May - August 2016

• Led design explorations, evolutions and pixel-perfect delivery of wearable mobile products for Android.

• Involved in every phase of a project including creative direction, styleframes, storyboards, and animation.

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UX|UI Designer - Mobile (contract)

U-Me | May - August 2016

• Designed native mobile app for iOS aimed at college students.

• Translated conceptual ideas into design solutions, while supporting visual design development.

• Created wireframes, mockups, prototypes, and other deliverables according to device resolution.

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Principal Designer - Mobile (contract)

Nightingale | ​April 2016 - June 2016

• Lead user experience/interface designer of the IoT product.

• First Experience, animation, UI design, and interaction prototyping. 

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Visual Lead / User Experience

Autodesk | ​March 2007 - June 2015

• Led UX and UI for Autodesk Account’s new launch in a fast-paced agile environment. Additional role as UX lead for Autodesk App Store.     

• Increased Autodesk’s ARR(Annualized Recurring Revenue by  31% (constant currency basis) since the rollout of Autodesk  Account Cloud Subscription Service.     

• Subscription plans increased 252,000 - 3.12 million at the end of the third quarter.   

• Autodesk App Store Site and Mobile improvements led to 1 million downloads by second quarter of 2015.   

• Designed purchase flow for subscription and additional products and services. 

• Leader in design strategy and planning.     

• Collaborated with the product manager and developers through concepts, wireframing, user flows, prototyping, spec development, asset development and QA.

• Created a responsive framework to ensure a cohesive and fluid user experience across multiple platforms.   

• Developed and drove adoption of design and visual standards for web services.

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Art Director (contract)

SocialMoms | ​2009 - 2014

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• Creative ideation and design implementation of custom ads for multiple campaigns.

• Concept to completion of rich media ads and page designs within tight time restraints.  

• Collaborated with marketing to ensure brand consistency across signage, rich media ads and online presence.

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Art Director (contract)

GameCrush | ​2010 - 6 months

 

• Start-up game site in agile environment, site redesign concepts, art direction and designs.

• Collaborated with development team effectively delivering and executing business requirements at the highest level.

 

Principal Visual/UI Designer (contract)

Cisco | 2010 - ​6 months

 

• Created visual designs and storyboards of the customer end-to-end experience with support application.

• Production tasks included image processing and improving UI designs based on User Research findings.

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Principal Visual/UI Designer (contract)

EcoSynergy | 2008 - ​2009

 

• Determined the creative vision of their company by working closely with co-founders.

• Defined product scope and developed all product requirements by redesigning company website using current identity logo from concept to completion including IA, page flow and navigation.

 

Principal Visual/UI Designer (contract)

Alchemy Labs | 2008 - 3 months

 

• User Interface design, custom graphics, and icons.

• Developed prototypes of the user interface for a 3D software product.

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Principal Visual/UI Designer (contract)

Organic | 2008 - 1 month

 

• Created effective web banners of various sizes for Bank of America and trouble shooting data restrictions under tight deadlines.

 

Art Director (contract)

Liftopia | 2008 - 5 months

 

• Redesigned company website using current identity logo.

• Re-branded entire client website from concept to completion including UX, IA, page flow and navigation.

• Developed information architecture strategy and application interface design.

 

Art Director (contract)

MB Investments | 2003 - 2008

 

• Extensive branding and identity package for a San Francisco realty investment company.

• Art direction of press kit, letterhead, envelopes and business cards.

 

Motion Graphics/Animator (contract)

Carat Fusion | 2007 - 2008

 

• Animated 2 bumper series for Adidas campaign.

• Approximately 2 million viewers in Times Square, NY.

 

Sr. Visual Designer (contract)

Arup | 2006 - 4  months

 

• Prepared dynamic PowerPoint presentations for executives.

• Converted complex maps to simple, comprehensible graphics.

 

Sr. Visual Designer (contract)

First American Title | 2005 - 2006

 

• Redesigned web site and banners for new Latino site.

• Created banners that reported to be viewed 140,000 times in December and clicked on 3,300 for a click through rate of almost 2.5%.

 

Motion Graphics/Animator (contract)

Spark Alley | 2004 - 2006

 

• Provided dynamic concepts and animation series to be displayed in Palm, Inc. kiosks.

• Worked closely with lead designer for animation transitions, style and concepts for Palm, Inc. Air Canada airport signage.

• Redesigned Power Point presentation for executives at Palm, Inc. trade show in Spain.

 

Motion Graphics/Animator (contract)

UPN 44 Network | 2005 - 2 months

 

• Prepared winning storyboard and concepts for animation that aired December 2004.

• Successfully executed a four second network spot in collaboration with team members.

 

Patent Illustrator

Beyer & Weaver, LLC | 1999 - 2002

 

• Illustrated technical drawings, electrical schematics, flow charts, and process charts for patent application.

• Delivered utility, design, and trademark drawings for the United States Patent Office.

• Created drawings for hearings, exhibits for jury presentation and for litigation proceedings.