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.

- Why Did Zynga's Stock Drop After Facebook Went Public? (Matthew O'Brien/The Atlantic Online)
- Motorola Droid RAZR and RAZR Maxx getting Android 4.0 in Q2, Bionic in Q3 (Andrew Webster/The Verge)
- Apple files for immediate Galaxy Tab 10.1 ban in the United States after partially successful appeal (Florian Mueller/FOSS Patents)
- The story of the 'secret' room at Pixar, frequented by Steve Jobs and many other celebrities (Matthew Panzarino/The Next Web)
- Facebook IPO: Here is the best of the web (GigaOM)
- GameStop To Sell SIM Cards (John Biggs/TechCrunch)
- Computer Programming for All: A New Standard of Literacy (Dan Rowinski/ReadWriteWeb)
- Steve Jobs TV movie to film at the original Apple garage (Josh Lowensohn/CNET)
- Facebook's IPO Sputters (Wall Street Journal)
- Closure in Disappearance of Computer Scientist (Nick Wingfield/Bits)
- Windows 8's desktop UI changes unveiled (Alex Wilhelm/The Next Web)
- BitTorrent Piracy Boosts Music Sales, Study Finds (Ernesto/TorrentFreak)
- SceneTap Interview: San Francisco's Least Welcome Start-Up Explains Itself (Video) (Liz Gannes/AllThingsD)
- Dish won't launch its LTE Advanced network until 2016 - or later (Sue Marek/FierceWireless)
- The Imagination Engine: Why Next-Gen Videogames Will Rock Your World (Stu Horvath/Wired)



