Microsoft, Seattle, WA 2017--Present
Partner, Director of Design  
Leading the Fluent Design System and Inclusive Design teams that shape the experiences people have with Microsoft products and services. Helping people get things done, and along the way shaping perceptions about our brand. Scaling design to work horizontally across the company at the intersection of creativity, business, and inclusion. Considering every relationship, from pixels to people, and creating the vision for the next shift in computing for phones, tablets, PCs, mixed reality and gaming.

Wolff Olins, New York, NY 2016--2017
President, North America
Guiding Wolff Olins’ strategic vision as a global creative consultancy. Partnering with senior clients to ensure that WO’s wide range of capabilities are equally grounded in creativity, innovation and human empathy. Designing impactful and transformative brands/products/services on behalf of Google, The Met, Zocdoc and some of the world’s most ambitious leaders.

Amazon, Seattle, WA 2014--2016
Executive Creative Director - Product Experience Design
Managing, inspiring and growing Amazon's Product Design Studios. Setting the vision for digital products and other strategic design initiatives such as Echo, FireTV and Kindle Tablets. Focusing the staff of world-class designers, researchers and technologists on creating human-centered, compelling experiences that influence behaviors and add value to people’s lives.

School of Visual Arts, New York, NY 2012--Present
Adjunct Professor, MFA Interaction Design
Teaching graduate-level Interaction Design thesis research & development as well as undergraduate Experience Design. Advising students on thesis strategy and training students to research, analyze, prototype, and design concepts at one of the only graduate-level degree programs dedicated to Interaction Design in the United States.

R/GA, New York, NY 2012---2014
SVP, Global Executive Creative Director
Head of Experience DesignHead of R/GA’s world-class experience design staff of 100+ designers global- ly. Providing vision and thought leadership across 40 Fortune 500 clients to foster ground breaking, high quality work rooted in customer insight. Invent- ing powerful new approaches to solutions that help customers accomplish goals while experiencing the essence of a brand. Leading design research, strategy and execution for clients such as Nike, Samsung, Equinox, Master- Card and many others.

Recognized with several of the industry’s most esteemed awards, including Cannes Cyber Lion, D&AD, an International ANDY Gold and several One Show awards. Named in Creativity Magazine’s ‘Creativity 50’ - Creativity Magazine’s annual list of the year’s most inspiring and influential creative figures. Also named One Club | ADCOLOR Creative of the year, a tribute honoring and celebrating excellence in advertising.

R/GA, New York, NY 2008---2011
Creative Director, Nike Global
Creative Lead at the helm of Nike’s global brand categories, responsible for innovative and world class creative work across several multi-disciplinary teams. A key player in redesigning the Nike+ platform which was named Campaign of the Decade by AdWeek magazine. Chosen as the best interactive design of the year and was featured in the 2010 Communication Arts Interactive Annual for work on the Nike Women’s Training Club. Also featured by Steve Jobs at the 2009 Apple Macworld keynote for designing Nike+ Active. Winner of over 30 industry awards for innovative digital platforms spanning mobile, social and retail. 

Adobe Corporation, San Francisco, CA 2004---2008
Sr. Experience Design Lead, Adobe Creative Suite
Responsible for product design and 360 customer experience for key products within the Adobe product suite. Directed the user experience team to conceptualize, design and prototype product features and interaction. Used methods such as persona creation, scenario development, participatory design and cognitive modeling to validate design decisions. Conducted extensive user research and engaged with potential and existing customers translating client business requirements and user needs into functional design specifications. Coordinated with development, marketing, and executive teams around the globe to produce award winning creative software.

IBM Corporation, Research Triangle Park, NC 1999---2004
Design Team Lead, Software Product Research & Design
Led staff of designers, human factors engineers, and user
researchers. Actively directed and participated in creative team efforts
from concept to delivery in order to produce simultaneous releases of multiple software solutions on a variety of devices and platforms. Conceived and implemented new multimedia-based process to present visionary and strategic approaches for new products to executive, marketing, and development staff.

North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 2002 – 2003
Visiting Design Professor
Defined and delivered course curriculum addressing design theory, research principles, animation, and interaction design.

Interactive Magic, Morrisville, NC 1998---1999
Game Designer
Created interface design, web-page design, sound-effects, and video manipulation for internal and external game development. Established portfolio of intuitive, highly engaging, and entertaining games by coordinating with development and marketing executives --LZ, Theocracy, Warbirds II, and Shadow Company. 

US PATENT - US 2009/0299874 A1
Automatic Bid Solicitation During Transaction Process
Red Hat, 2012

US PATENT - 8004540
Displaying And Managing Screen Resolution During Collaborative Screen Document Sharing
Adobe Systems Inc, 2011

US PATENT - 7830814
Displaying And Managing Network Latency During Collaborative Screen Document Sharing
Adobe Systems Inc, 2011

US PATENT - 7661070
Providing Information Associated With Network Latency
Adobe Systems Inc, 2010

US PATENT - 12/040,109
Generating Electronic Upsell Directory
Red Hat, 2008

US PATENT - 12/114,586
Generating A Synchronous Sales Stack For Customer Dialog
Red Hat, 2008

US PATENT - US7509388
Method Of Calendar Comparison Initiated From Chat Window
IBM, 2003