Independent project, Jan 2011 to May 2011

I wanted to have a project backed with user research and roughly mapped out with wireframes and mocks that I could pursue after graduation. I was originally interested in learning how to improve team dynamics. The fundamental problem was to build teams in the first place. One challenge was finding out users' complimentary interests and a strong core of values while maintaining a platonic feel of the site.

Team member of 5, four weeks in Jan to Feb 2011

The challenge was to design, prototype, manufacture, market, and sell a physical product in four weeks in a team of five. We decided to collapse user research due to time constraints and focus on putting something to market. We did create a product and put it for sale in the time allotted. Here are a few slides on what I've learned.

Project Manager, Sep 2010 to May 2011

Collaboratively designed and created a few prototypes under budget and on time. Project still under NDA. View poster.

UX/UI design intern, Jul 2010 to Aug 2010

Created rough redesigns and preliminary recommendations focused on usability using field observations and interviews. Due to time limitations, I mostly focused on paper prototypes and tested using those. View more

UX/UI design intern, Jun 2010 to Jul 2010

I created a set of fairly high-fidelity mockups and recommendations from some usability testing, which made the most sense for the company and its structure. Learned about the company and its products, and did a few tests with the current site with potential users. I increased fidelity to communicate with internal stakeholders, and iterated on feedback. View more or a few slides on the process.

Project Manager (rotated), Feb 2010 to Jun 2010

Designed and prototyped a headlamp system with others in Mexico, Switzerland, and the United States for a corporate sponsor. The main problem I encountered was individual attachment to ideas, as distributed, collaborative ideation is difficult to do. We did end up selecting an idea rationally and maintained team cohesion throughout the process.

Co-founder, Sep 2008 to Jan 2010

Founded Alight Learning with other students during a year off from college. We hired interns and created a beta prototype over the summer and introduced it to a few nearby schools. We had a substantial list waiting for the next beta, and our user base was extraordinarily open. I focused mostly on front-end development to get a prototype in the hands of users.

Team member, Sep 2009 to Dec 2009

Identified a need that could be met with a web application, and iterated over our looks-like and works-like prototypes from user testing and heuristic evaluations. We started with paper prototypes to iterate quickly, and we collaboratively designed until the prototyping stage, and I worked mostly on coding our works-like prototype. View our final presentation (warning- it is a Prezi presentation).