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Welcome to last year's project portfolio. This site covers a few examples that have gone into a growing career online. My expertise is in UX and interaction design for desktop and mobile. I grew up finding reasons to create websites and work at solving increasingly larger challenges using technology.

Visual Comps

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.

Interaction Design

Defining use cases and patterns of interaction to match audience expectations and site goals.

  • Thinking beyond user flows and A/B testing to increase conversion.
  • User testing via sketches, wireframes, prototyped mockups, and existing code.
  • Improving the outcome through subtle interaction and thoughtful design.

Product Management

Being accountable for outcomes with a clear understanding of next steps.

  • Identifying multiple solutions to solve product challenges. Not stopping after something works.
  • Maintaining detailed roadmaps of scope within time/budget. Able to see beyond short-term problems and at overall outcomes.
  • Building consensus for objectives with other teams. Motivation through excellent work.

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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.
  • Founded Inbahx, an aggregate consumer communication platform.
  • Interaction design for RadMatter, a talent and gaming community for aspiring professionals.
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