7/09-Present User Experience, User Interface & Product Development Consultant

• led User Experience (UX) at a stealth group within Pearson Education on a web based educational application, creating wireframes and strategy documents
• worked with established and early stage startups on UX, design and product strategy for mobile and web applications

6/09-7/10 Director of Technology/UX, Tippingpoint Labs, Newton MA

• worked collaboratively with all clients including Breville, Kambrook Australia and Long’s Jewelers on UX, development and design
• deployed open source solutions Magento & WordPress for ecommerce and content rich sites
• created a new web application to meet the customer support need of large corporations

6/08-Present Co-Founder, Drync LLC, Cambridge MA

• led experience and design for iPhone application and supporting website
• worked extensively on product roadmap and defining product requirements; reassessing product updates based on usage patterns and user feedback

11/08-6/09 UX and Visual Design Consultant, Boston MA

• designed and coded mobile, mobile-web and web based sites for a variety of clients including uLocate, PRX (Public Radio Exchange) and Swift Mobile
• led User Experience for “Public Radio Tuner” that steams ~300 public radio stations and provides on-demand content to ~2 million iPhone users.

11/05-11/08 Director of User Experience, uLocate Communications, Boston MA 

• played a lead role in the team that conceptualized and created WHERE, a mobile Location Based Services (LBS) widget platform launched on AT&T, Alltel, Boost, Helio, Sprint, Virgin
• led user experience and visual design for high visibility consumer facing initiatives including the WHERE iPhone app (~500k users) and XOHM (WiMax) map portal
• created wireframes, design, iconography, illustration and presentation layer code (CSS, XHTML) for all uLocate products

6/04-11/05 Freelance Designer/Owner, Blogudio Custom Blogs, Boston MA 

• designed, coded and launched over 60 new blogs and content management systems from concept to completion
• worked with clients to establish or extend their brand on the web and with printed material
• successfully managed client relationships growing business through referrals

7/03-6/04 Senior Designer, Focalex/Intermix/Fox Interactive, Watertown, MA

• designed and coded company websites for new products; redesigned existing properties to be more useable 
• created banner ads and branded lead generation forms for companies such as Adidas, Harris Interactive and University of Phoenix
• worked with team to better integrate core product experience into partner sites

11/00-6/04 Freelance Designer, oneguyshead, Boston, MA

• designed web and print projects for companies including Microsoft, Boston Beer Company and Bicon Dental.
• developed and created e-commerce, business to business and business to consumer websites concentrating on intuitive navigation and quick loading pages
• created original illustrations and Flash animations; one named “USA Today Site of the Day”

8/98-11/00 Custom Services Manager, Boston Beer Company, Boston, MA

• managed and directed a budget of $1,000,000 and 6 full-time graphic designers
• designed, created specifications and brought to market new custom POS products
• led product development of industry first online custom POS ordering system to streamline internal and external orders and tracking

7/97-8/98 Assistant Account Executive, PBK Advertising, Portland, ME

• provided day-to-day coordination of agency accounts serving as a liaison between account executives and creative team
• wrote copy, press releases and bought media for agency accounts
• assisted in all facets of advertising from preliminary creative to national roll-outs