Lead Interaction Designer – Salesforce.coma
2012 - Now, San Francisco
Focused on improving the user experience for Salesforce's Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Partners.
Senior Design Manager – Lybba
2011 - 2012, San Francisco
Non-profit design consultancy focused on supporting healthcare related non-profits and foundations through goal-directed design.
Principal Interaction Designer – Mindjet
2010 - 2011, San Francisco
Design of Windows and Mac desktop information mapping software as well as iOS and Android apps.
Principal Interaction Designer – Cooper
2005 - 2010, San Francisco
Design consulting for a broad range of clients including Fortune 100 companies and early stage startups.
Lead User Interface Designer – Epicentric (acquired by Vignette in January 2003)
2000 - 2004, San Francisco
Design of multiple releases of Epicentric Application Portal; an enterprise-class, web application for developing and deploying custom portals.
Senior User Interface Designer – KIWI Consulting
1999 - 2000, San Francisco, CA
First employee of an e-commerce consulting startup. Designed multiple e-commerce sites in less than a year.
Interface Designer – MAYA Design Group
1994 - 1999, Pittsburgh, PA
Design consulting with multidisciplinary teams of designers, software engineers and human factors specialists developing easy to use high technology products.
Adjunct Professor – Carnegie Mellon University
Fall 1998, Pittsburgh, PA
Taught Industrial Design Fundamentals class for non-design majors that explored the fundamental design principles.
Freelance Designer – Various
1993 - present
Design projects including print, interface and interaction design.
BFA, Industrial Design – Carnegie Mellon University
1990 - 1994, Pittsburgh, PA
University and college honors and a minor in Architecture.
Escuela Michoacana de Diseño
1989 - 1990, Morelia, Mexico
One year 2D and 3D design program while a Rotary Exchange Student in Mexico.