Experience
Education
University of Cincinnati DAAP
Cincinnati OH
B.S. in Industrial Design
Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft
Berlin DE
Exchange Semester Fall/Winter 2018-19
Key Skills
User Research
Interviews
Analytical Focus
Lateral Thinking
UX Design
Digital Mockups
UI Prototyping
Agile & Scrum
Tools
Adobe Suite (XD, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, etc.)
Sketch
Figma
Miro
Slack
Google G-Suite
Microsoft Teams
Fusion 360
Blender
Extracurriculars
Design in Mind
Helped plan and execute design and art classes/after school programs in at-risk schools in the City of Cincinnati school district.
GE Aerospace - UX Researcher
Summer 2021-Present - Cincinnati OH
GE Aerospace is a premier global aircraft engine supplier that not only designs and manufactures engines but provides B2B service and diagnostic software for airlines worldwide.
- Lead research while embedded in an integrated product team that creates GE's engine diagnostics software.
- Conducted all research activities for diagnostics, including interviews, literature reviews, fly on the wall observation, usability testing and more.
- Collaborated with both GE employees and customers across the globe, including the UK, India, China, Brazil and more.
- Established research best practices and operations with other researchers across teams within GE.
Livewell Collaborative - UX/VR Research Fellow
Fall 2020-Summer 2021 - Cincinnati OH
Livewell is a non-profit student-focused design research collaborative founded by University of Cincinnati in partnership with several Cincinnati-based Fortune 500 companies, Hospitals and more. The collaborative is almost entirely staffed and run by recent graduates and student interns.
- Lead projects and managed student designers, including setting schedules, deliverables, planning with clients, etc.
- Ran research on multiple projects, including interviews, literature reviews, fly on the wall observation, usability testing and more.
- Designed and built rough draft wireframes and clickable prototypes.
- Collaborated on design and development of VR educational experiences in Unreal Engine.
Enerpac - UX Intern
Fall 2019 - Milwaukee WI
Enerpac is an industrial tools company who recently formed an Industrial Design department. Hired as the first UX designer in order to execute short-term “proof of concept” designs, illustrate the value of UX for management and help create buy-in for building out the department.
- Drafted and executed research and survey plans including interviews, shadowing, and wireframing.
- Created medium-fidelity mockups as proof-of-concept interfaces.
- Helped establish design workflows, processes and project management techniques with colleagues including industrial designers, developers, executives and more.
Datameer - UX Intern
Winter 2018-2019 - Berlin DE
Datameer designs enterprise grade big-data-analysis software to help large companies unify fragmented datasets. Clients include Deutsche Bank, BMO, Siemens and more.
- Created wireframes and prototypes for a new cloud-based software aimed at distributed teams who share many fragmented data sets.
- Collaborated with UI styling designers to establish a design system and translate wireframes into production-ready mockups.
- Worked with a remote team distributed throughout Germany and the northeast US.
Chamberlain Group - UX Intern
Summer 2018 - Chicago IL
Chamberlain is a garage door manufacturer expanding into related IOT home devices.
- Worked on a team of advanced engineering interns to create a speculative product for Chamberlain that was pitched to C-level executives.
- Conducted design research, including competitive analysis and stakeholder interviews.
- Created and tested prototypes and wireframes in Sketch, Adobe XD and Axure.
- Collaborated with computer and electrical engineers and industrial designers on working prototypes of hybrid digital/physical experiences.
Andculture - UX Research Intern
Spring and Fall 2017 - Harrisburg PA
Andculture is a boutique design, UX, technology and strategy consultancy.
- Helped design a learning management system for a cyber school, starting at exploration and discovery through beta launch.
- Conducted user research in interviews, meetings, co-creation sessions and beta feedback sessions.
- Synthesized takeaways, requirements and user stories from research into actionable insight.
- Wireframed analog and digitally, and collected resulting feedback.
- Collaborated with graphic design and front-end developers to ensure solid implementation of designs.
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