Welcome to my project portfolio. This site covers a few examples that have gone into a growing career online (some more relevant than others).
My expertise is in UX and interaction design for desktop and mobile. I grew up finding reasons to create websites and remain interested in convenience through technology.

Interface design started my experience online with some projects passing a decade old. Constraints such as function, audience, and medium form challenges to find solutions for. Less is always more, despite a few dated examples. When UI design isn't a primary role, it remains a useful supplement.
- BS Purdue University, Computer Graphics Technology.
- 10+ years web design, 120+ sites launched, innumerable ideas in .psd.
- Branding and visual guidelines implementation for Fortune 500, small business, and startup.
- Iterative prototyping for desktop and mobile.

Defining patterns of information architecture to match audience expectations and site goals.
- Simplifying a path (purchase, search, signup, etc) to increase conversion.
- Implementing a/b testing via sketches, wireframes, or prototyped mockups.
- Upholding a responsibility for what types of visitors encounter.

User experience accountability with a clear reference for next steps.
- Identifying multiple solutions to solve product challenges.
- Maintaining detailed roadmaps of project scope within time/budget.
- Building consensus for objectives with other teams.
- Understanding competition without affecting progress.

- Created Wrestlecell, an entertainment sports community that would grow to become the second largest site of its kind.
- Corporate branding and redesign of the Great American Bagel, a privately held company with over 50 locations across 12 states.
- Branding and redesign of the Krannert School of Management, a top 20 international MBA program at Purdue University.
- Grant awarded for development of the multiview drawing tutorial, an interactive 3D modeling system used to teach students orthographic perspective.
- Created PvP-RP, a niche gaming community that grew to over 40,000 registered users and 400,000 posts over 2 years.
- Awarded Computer Graphics Technology best product, senior class of 2006, for an enterprise communication platform, Heavy Feather.
- Developed edihub, saving client 39% on product publishing time, a 40 hr/month improvement.
- Lead front-end development for first standards based redesign at CDW, a $3bil/year eCommerce retailer.
- Re-architected over 3000 pages for Discovery Park, a $300mil research facility.
- Sponsored Computer Graphics Technology Best Project, senior class 2010, prototyping experimental email visualization.
- Founded Inbahx, an aggregate consumer communication platform.
- Interaction design for RadMatter, a talent and gaming community for aspiring professionals.

- Even as Settlement Hopes Appear, Facebook Blames Shoddy Checking in Answer to Yahoo Patent Fraud Claim (Kara Swisher/AllThingsD)
- Google's bots learn to read interactive webpages more like humans (Sean Gallagher/Ars Technica)
- Say hello to the real real-time Web (Matthew Braga/Ars Technica)
- US-citizenship renouncing Facebook cofounder Saverin may be effectively banned from the country (Alex Wilhelm/The Next Web)
- Met Police uses 'quick' mobile data extraction system against suspects (Antony Savvas/Computerworld UK ...)
- Banned PlayStation Hacker Sees Hope of Return in Jailbreaking Deliberations (David Kravets/Wired)
- Confirmed: Pinterest raises $100 million from Japan's Rakuten, previous backers (Robin Wauters/The Next Web)
- Ahead of Facebook I.P.O., a Skeptical Madison Ave. (DealBook)
- The Rise of Europe's Private Internet Police (Rebecca Mackinnon/Foreign Policy)
- Fotolia scores $300m in equity, debt financing from PE firm KKR in exchange for 50% stake (Robin Wauters/The Next Web)
- Palantir Technologies Nabs $56M In New Funding, SEC Filing Shows (Colleen Taylor/TechCrunch)
- Move things with your mind: BrainGate robotic arm is controlled by brain waves (Meghan Kelly/VentureBeat)
- Exclusive: Japan's Rakuten Wins the Heart of Pinterest in $100M Funding Race With $1.5B Valuation (AllThingsD)
- Bloglovin, a prettier take on RSS and Tumblr, gets Betaworks investment (Ki Mae Heussner/GigaOM)
- Path CEO Dave Morin Joins Eventbrite Board (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)



