Summary
Innovative and results-driven designer lead with over 10 years of experience in fintech and financial services, specializing in customer-centric transformation. Adept at service design methodologies, journey mapping, and service blueprinting to optimize client experiences and operational workflows. Passionate about creating seamless, scalable, and user-friendly solutions through strategic design thinking, qualitative and quantitative research, and cross-functional collaboration.
Core Strengths
UX Research & Strategy: User Testing | Behavioral Analysis | Data-Driven Design | Journey Mapping
Product & UI Design: Userflows | Wireframing | Information Architecture | WCAG Accessibility | UI Design
Tools & Technology: Figma | Miro | Design Systems | Adobe Creative Suite | HTML | CSS | JavaScript
Collaboration & Leadership: Workshop Facilitation | Stakeholder Engagement | Agile Methodologies
Experience
BillGO, Fort Collins, CO 06/2024 – 12/2024
Lead Product Designer
- Led the design team for the Bill Pay app, serving 32M users and 170K billers, in partnership with Capital One and FIS.
- Defined best-in-class user interfaces for technically complex systems, enhancing end-user trust.
- Optimized design handoff processes to development teams, ensuring high-quality final products.
- Leveraged qualitative and quantitative data to inform strategic design decisions.
- Established scalable design system guidelines to support both BillGO-branded and white-label implementations.
- Facilitated leadership workshops, defining the team’s role in product design strategy.
Freelance, Denver, CO 10/2023 – 06/2024
UX/UI Design Senior Consultant
- Provided strategic UX consulting to enterprise clients, enhancing platform usability.
- Facilitated workshops with executive leadership, defining product vision and team strategies.
- Delivered user flows, wireframes, and prototypes to support digital transformation initiatives.
KeyBank, Denver, CO 09/2022 – 09/2023
Lead UX/CX Designer
- Led a team of four in design innovation for a $171B enterprise banking platform.
- Conducted workshops with leadership, defining the B2B product vision and company-wide North Star.
- Developed and implemented KeyBank’s first design system, streamlining workflows and branding.
- Secured leadership buy-in for 75% of proposed UX enhancements, driving product transformation.
- Created journey maps, user flows, and prototypes, ensuring legal compliance for implementation.
- Partnered with the marketing team to align branding across user experiences.
- Mentored junior designers, fostering a collaborative and research-driven UX culture.
Transamerica Financial Services, Denver, CO 02/2021 – 09/2022
Senior Digital Experience Designer
- Redesigned the retirement app, generating an estimated $46M in revenue.
- Reduced call center volume by 30% by implementing self-service digital options.
- Led UX research efforts, achieving 85% of business objectives post-release.
- Established team communication frameworks and processes, building a high-performing UX team within 12 months.
- Provided key UX research insights, supporting digital product roadmap execution.
DaVita Kidney Care, Denver, CO 02/2020 – 02/2021
UI/UX Designer
- Designed a pharmaceutical app for a $16.9B international healthcare company.
- Secured 75% stakeholder approval for UX designs, leading to a successful 18-month launch timeline.
- Delivered wireframes, user flows, and high-resolution prototypes, ensuring legal compliance.
Power TakeOff, Denver, CO 03/2019 – 02/2020
Senior UX/UI Designer
- Led UX design for an energy advising platform, increasing advisor performance by 20% percent.
- Conducted end-to-end UX research, defining user personas and workflows.
- Translated 90% of stakeholder requests into actionable design solutions.
- Developed UI designs aligned with branding standards.
- Collaborated with offshore developers and QA teams to troubleshoot design implementation.
Summit Materials Inc., Denver, CO 11/2017 – 12/2018
Digital Analyst/UX Designer
- Designed the company’s first cloud-based platform to track productivity across 18 acquisitions.
- Led UX strategy for a $3.65B acquisition firm, aligning 75% of business goals with digital transformation efforts.
- Conducted system analysis and recommended design enhancements to improve business performance.
Fixters.com, Greenwood Village, CO 08/2016 – 02/2017
Product Designer
- Developed an MVP home renovation app in partnership with HomeAdvisor & Home Depot.
- Conducted user research, interviews, and testing to refine design decisions.
- Created persona-based user flows, optimizing app usability.
i3logix Software, Denver, CO 02/2015 – 02/2016
Front-End Developer & App Manager
- Developed the Mail Ballot Locator & Notification System for the U.S. government.
- Managed onboarding and training for government clients.
- Acted as a liaison between marketing and development teams, ensuring smooth project execution.
Education
Management Executive Certification Program, Mastering Design Thinking | MIT, Boston, MD, 2024
Focus – The latest on the design and usability engineering processes with business management in mind.
Certification in Design Thinking Workshop Facilitation -In progress| AJ&Smart, Berlin, Germany, Nov. 2024
Focus – Design and run any workshop for any problem for any team.
Graduate Studies in Digital Strategy and Design | The University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, August 2010
Focus- Digital Strategy, UX/UI design, and Development. Program partners and faculty included management from Google, Apple, Crispin Porter + Bogusky, and IDEO
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Political Science | The University of Colorado | Boulder, CO
Awards
2023 Bronze Award for 401k App Redesign | Transamerica
Aegon Parent Company Award
Pulitzer Prize (2013) | The Denver Post
Online News Producer on the award-winning news team