I’m a digital UX Architect and systems thinker who is seen as an essential member of any team. My diverse background spans design, strategy and technology, allowing me to tackle complex problems using complementary perspectives. I’m a natural leader and can interact easily across all levels of distributed cross-functional teams. Download resume
  • Breadth of design experience
  • The System of Design Systems
    Systems thinking
  • Digital strategy
  • User-centered design process
  • Complex web-application design
  • Web technology
  • Product UX design
  • Content-driven web sites

Digital ecosystems

[A system is] … a set of elements or parts that is coherently organized and inter-connected in a pattern or structure that produces a characteristic set of behaviors, often classified as its function or purpose. Donella Meadows, Thinking in Systems

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Information architecture

Good information architecture is one of three pillars of findability, but it’s an abstraction by itself. Usable navigation and clear nomenclature, driven by user-centered design and solid content strategy, respectively, are the two other pillars required to complete the trinity.

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Strategy and systems thinking

Business strategy is a murky endeavor; the only constant is relentless change. Uncertainty is especially prevalent in the world of digital business, products and services. Products succeed and flop. Companies thrive and struggle. Customer expectations are constantly shifting. Strategic planning

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Product design

Product design has become an umbrella term encompassing many facets of user experience design: Overall application user experience (what it feels like to use an application in its entirety) Individual screen design (how things are laid out and function within

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For more than 20 years, I’ve been driving great business and professional outcomes – for project teams, individuals, and organizations. My experience spans a range of contexts, from facilitating large collaborative workshops to leading product design efforts to one-on-one mentoring.

Workshop design and facilitation

Workshops can be incredibly powerful tools if done properly. Too often, however, the term workshop in the consulting world means “a collective waste of time and money.”

I have extensive experience designing and leading effective workshops.

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Leadership

Whether it’s providing leadership within a company, offering mentorship and career support to others, or helping lead project teams to success, I’ve always found leadership to be both rewarding and educational. The act of leading not only provides clear benefit to others, but it also helps refine character.

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People management

I consider it a great responsibility, honor and true pleasure when I am able to manage and mentor others, either in the context of a formal HR relationship (as direct reports), or as friends and colleagues. Whether it’s more junior team members, or senior practitioners needing to delve into a new area, it’s incredibly rewarding for me to be given the chance to directly impact someone in a positive way.

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Medium article on Design Systems for the Real World
A new post from our own @bitstrategist about the value of a community-based approach to closing the "gap of interpretation" with our Predix design system.
GE Design Twitter post, November 2017