Career

I design B2C and B2B product experiences for digital retailing and marketing in the recreational, commercial, and automotive vehicle industries, with 15+ years of leadership experience collaborating with product teams and leadership.

Currently, serving as a Senior UX expert and designer at CarGurus.com, the leading US automotive shopping site. My expertise spans user experience design, user research, and product development, aimed at crafting simple experiences with a data-driven and problem-solving mindset.

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experience

I have experience contributing to high-level strategic decisions with product and executive teams. I’m familiar with working closely with product managers and engineers to oversee the user experience of a product from conception until launch and continued iteration.

If I’m not working on a specific project you’ll find me producing or improving an in-house design system. A good design system foundation directly contributes to high-performing and professional user experiences. 

I’m going on 15+ years in my career as a designer and have enjoyed how this role has evolved. 

Note: I previously spent 5 years as a Front-end developer

leadership

Over the years I have been responsible for interviewing, onboarding, and training new team members. I’m comfortable mentoring junior designers.  I have conducted educational design presentations, comfortable in executive and director-level presentations and discussions. I have assisted and coached a team of designers to utilize a formal design system and design thinking. I practice an inspiring, inclusive, and collaborative leadership style.

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education

 

I have a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Graphic Design from Old Dominion University.

I’ve started several of my own businesses throughout the years but I find myself more focused on my design career and family in recent years. 

communication Style

My favorite way to share my work is via presentations or Figma prototypes, where I walk the audience through the design or wireframe while narrating the experience including design choices, data insights, and features.

My narration style is inclusive and explanatory in nature. 

skills

A list of things I can bring to the table:

  • High fidelity design

  • Wireframes

  • Design systems

  • Iconography

  • Vector Illustration

  • UX research techniques

Tools I use:

  • Figma

  • Adobe CS

  • HTML5/CSS3

  • Hotjar

  • Google Optimize

  • UserTesting.com

  • Storybook, Zeplin

  • Whimsical, Lucid, FigJam

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