Welcome to my portfolio! This site highlights a few of the projects I've worked on while pursuing a career in application development. My expertise is in UX and interaction design for web and mobile. I grew up making sites and remain interested in convenience using technology.

Interface Design

Interface design kicked off my involvement online and some projects are passing a decade old. Constraints such as function, audience, medium, and conversion form challenges to create solutions for. Less is always more! 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, countless ideas sitting in .psd.
  • Branding and visual guidelines implementation for Fortune 500, small business, and startup.
  • Rapid prototyping for desktop and mobile.

User Experience

UX Design considers patterns of interaction to improve experience.

  • 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.

Product Management

Product management outlines strategy for UX and and frames the scope for next steps.

  • Choosing one out of several solutions to solve a problem.
  • Maintaining a roadmap of what's possible within a time/budget.
  • Building consensus for objectives with other teams.
  • Understanding competition without affecting progress.

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  • 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.
  • Created Inbahx, a mass-market consumer communication platform.
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For any parting words, I appreciate you paging to the back of this short book. This is a work in progress and some parts may end up better than others. Feel free to say hello on twitter or send me an old-fashioned email. Thanks and take care.