About Myself
School Days
I fell in love with storytelling as movie projectionist as a teenager at Oberlin's single-screen movie theater. I studied Art History at the college and developed editorial photo skills in the dark rooms of the student union where I got a taste of life after public school.
Fine Art Education
The School of The Art Institute of Chicago was my introduction to the critical examination of Art. I learned to be perceptive and eschew defensiveness for curiosity. I embraced interdisciplinary study. My attention was held by visual communication (design), photography, printmaking, and filmmaking courses. I was a intern at the Museum of Contemporary Art. I was a founding partner at the Foresight Design Initiative, a great organization, where I created the original branding and helped define objectives.
Newspaper Magazine Design
I moved to Seattle and soon became involved with Tablet newspaper and then Tablet magazine as Art Director where I met many great artists and editors who sharpened my critical eye and gave me a taste for inclusive collaboration. The diverse contributors created an incredible product that, unfortunately I took for granted. I reveled in the equity of the final product and culture generated at the editorial meetings and on the pages.
Mobile Focus
Early on I worked as a interactive designer with UIEvolution on exciting projects for very, very, tiny screens with low bit depth. I liked those limiting challenges. I worked on complex sports data casting apps for ESPN and Consumer Reports as well as TVs and automotive applications. Here is where I began to prototype designs and learned the value of an interactive design concept. Later, I learned to take prototyping to the research stage at Blink Interactive working for Microsoft on Bing and MSN and at Amazon while working on Kindle reader for Android.
Digital Aviation
I have worked in many industries since the early days of mobile tech. Now I solve complex data problems on a completely different scale with much higher stakes. I draw out user feedback with research, interviews, and engaging brainstorming techniques then integrate it with sophisticated interface guidelines from Apple and global regulators. My evolved skill at managing disorganized information for situational awareness is what I'm most proud of.