Putting the Human at the Center of Design Solutions

20 years in managing design teams, leading design thinking, and transforming business objectives into human-centered digital products and experiences. I have worked in medium and large organizations to drive human centered transformation by embracing lean practices and design research methods & frameworks. I believe in a human-centered approach to problem-solving that builds upon the strengths of human empathy to drive innovation and out-of-box thinking.​

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20+ Years Building Teams & New Practices

20+ Years Building Teams & New Practices

15 new teams, departments and divisions built from the ground up. Over 150 employees and teammates standing up new practices to bring product design closer the customer.

Grainger: New Design Research practice to overhaul the entire 1.6 million product line. Increased new product acquisition by 12% over 2 years.

Interverz AVS: New company with a human-centered approach to develop digital products for the local marketing industry. Drove 20% utilization increase over 8 months.

Design Research Inspiring Change

25 new digital products, 32 existing product updates representing $34 million in revenue.

Grainger: Generative research lead to a reimagining of phone support and sales for 3.5 million customers.

Interverz AVS: Generative and Evaluative research inspired 2 new products and 15 new features to meet local marketing production needs.

Ergon Asphalt & Emulations: Generative research discovered unmet needs in the road management industry. These insights inspired new management tools and feature sets representing $1.2 million in revenue.

Design Research Inspiring Change
Human-Centered Transformation

Human-Centered Transformation

4 company transformations into human-centered product design ushering in new ideation and revenue streams.

Pizza Hut: In 1998, leveraged human-centered methodologies to shift executive and board member perspectives on customer ordering. These efforts lead to Pizza Hut migrating 70% of orders from phone to digital over 5 years.

Life Line Screening: A series of human-centered efforts transformed executive and senior managers understanding of how at risk customers over 65 approach wellness and preventative care. This transformation lead to overhauling remote screening locations to in-home care solutions.

Over 25 Years Partnering with Big Brands


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