Principal - Design Ops

April 2022 - Present

Leadership

• Founder of design ops practice and Astro Design system
• Set vision, manage, over see team work tracks, and communicate priorities with leadership / supported product team stakeholders
• Advise on process efficiencies and optimization for how teams work together across design, engineering, and brand
• Provide consultation, guidance, and education to design department how to apply best practices with regard to accessibility, ux patterns, and design system tools

  Hands on contribution

• Create and maintain asset product standards, naming conventions, design tokens, and ui component libraries in collaboration with engineers
• Design, maintain and publish ux patterns, usage guidelines, and other documentation for design system to our internal website
• Organize Figma workspaces, workflows, and templates

Senior Director

March 2019 - Present

Design Language

• Partner with brand identity to implement digital first guidance
• Develop and maintain visual identity as it applies to product experiences such as: color scale, typography, imagery, & iconography systems
• Extend brand identity into physical, digital, and sensory product experience through collaboration and thought leadership

Design System

• Own and maintain taxonomy, organization, and process standards to create efficiencies across design and engineering organization
• Support and contribute towards executing accessibility, syndication, and personalization strategies
• Advise on visual and technical direction of design system
• Maintain UI kits, asset libraries and custom tooling to create efficiencies across vertical teams and disciplines

Support

• Drive adoption of design system / language across teams and disciplines
• Provide guidance and direction on implementation of design language / system
• Maintain governance processes and feedback with product teams

Design Director

Apr 2015 – Mar 2019

Design Language

• Create and maintain product design guidelines, UI kits, and tools for product design teams across tv, native, and web experiences
• Facilitate design workshops to educate and evolve design language
• Engage with executive teams during design reviews to provide rationale and input as it applies to product execution

Emerging platforms

• Director of emerging platforms hybrid team
• Deliver insights, strategy, and tangible prototypes to provide experience thought leadership regarding emerging technology, customer expectations, and design trends
• Facilitate innovation process and presentation to executive leadership

Focus areas

Virtual Reality, Wearables, Next Generation TV

Director

Jul 2013 - Mar 2015

X1 Platform - TV, iOS, Android, Web

• Director of the design team that launched X1 Platform across all platforms, Comcast's first product ecosystem
• Create and maintain company first design standards documentation for entertainment features and UI
• Collaborate and facilitate design reviews and meetings with executive leadership to define strategy and get buy in

Features released:

Core experience, Cloud DVR, KidZone, Voice UI, Common Sense Media integration

Design Lead

Mar 2011 - Jul 2013

X1 Platform - TV, iOS

• Collaborate, facilitate workshops, and design X1 platform with executive leadership team
• Participate in user research to improve usability
• Facilitate workshops, presentations, and roadshows across the company and board of directors

X1 Remote app - iOS

• Concept, design, and iOS development support

Features released: Gesture control for 10', Voice UI (later used in physical voice remote)

Senior Designer

July 2008 - Mar 2011

Xfinity.com

• Design lead and manager for video and entertainment consumption on website
• Development support

Design Lead

May 2007 - Jul 2008

Independent design lead for multiple agencies

Brands

Target, Microsoft, T3 Micro, SAP, AOL

Senior Designer

Apr 2006 - May 2007

Interactive designer for digital agency

Brands

Microsoft, NBA, Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania