About Me

I am a developer turned UX Designer. As a developer, I discovered my passion lay not in implementing solutions but in creating them—and especially creating them to be easy to use. So I left my development job to pursue UX Design, and I’ve been doing it ever since.

Experience

  1. UX Designer Samtec

    October 2016 – present

  2. UX Consultant Blackstone Media

    April 2016

    Single project contract

  3. Software Development Advisor Dell

    March 2010 – June 2011

Talks

  1. UX is not a Buzzword

    Louisville IXDA

    September 2019

    One of three lightning talks for Louisville’s Interaction Design Day. Discussed the nature of UX and how that may bring to light some patterns to be improved in UX.

  2. The UX of Usability Testing

    Louisville IXDA

    September 2017

    A deep dive into usability and how it informs the design of and approaches to usability testing.

  3. Meet the Neighbors: Samtec

    Louisville IXDA

    June 2017

    Samtec designers met with the local UX community to discuss Samtec’s UX process, the problems and challenges we face as enterprise designers, and some of the projects on which we work.

Education

  1. Master of Science

    Human–Computer Interaction

    DePaul University

    June 2015

    Graduated with distinction

  2. Bachelor of Science

    Psychology, Computer Science

    Centre College

    May 2009

    Single degree, double major