WORK EXPERIENCE
ConsenSys
Lead Design Strategist // April 2018 - Present
Utilizing design strategy to grow and advise startups within the blockchain space. Workshop and research facilitation so startups can define and understand. Prototyping and testing for rapid iterative evaluation and validation.
EchoUser
Director - EchoUser Rockies // Denver, CO // November 2012 - March 2018
UX Director for projects in mobile, web, and software. Clients span large corporate enterprise entities to small growing startups. Responsibilities include workshop facilitation, wireframing, concept design, brainstorming, user research, usability testing, managing client/designer relationships, and delivering polished design specs. Eight Inc.
Industrial Designer // San Francisco, CA // May 2012 - November 2012
Created fixture design concepts from sketch to fully detailed final build drawings of everything from furniture to full-functioning kitchens for large scale retail clients including Apple and Martha Stewart.
Gallagher and Associates
Exhibit Designer // San Francisco, CA // March 2011 - May 2012
Designed exhibits and exhibit space plans for clients including John Deere, the Mormon Museum, and the Judicial Learning Center. Generated assets from concept sketches to AutoCAD final build drawings.
West Office Exhibition Design
Junior Designer // Oakland, CA // July 2008 - June 2010
Teamed with other designers for the development of museum exhibits. Clients include the Henry Ford Museum, SF's MIS Japanese Internment Museum, and other projects in the US and abroad.
NASA; Johnson Space Center
Habitation Design Center Intern // Houston, TX // Winter 2007
Collaborated with a team of designers, engineers, and astronauts to create human-centered designs of the lunar ascent module for the upcoming moon missions.
EDUCATION
Rhode Island School of Design
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Industrial Design // Providence, RI // Graduated 2008
Partnered with the MIT Sloan School of Business in Spring 2008 for Design + Business Studio. Internships at NASA / Johnson Space Center, Martha Stewart / NYC. Explored & developed skills in many mediums including wood, metal, glass, illustration,
model making, CAD, sketching, product design, & more.
SKILLS
Design
Wireframing, storyboarding, user-research, illustration, design ideation, creative problem solving, industrial design, prototyping, product strategy, workshop facilitation
Computer
Adobe Suite (PS, AI, FW, ID, AE, DW), Sketchup, AutoCAD, Solidworks, Vectorworks, Axure, Invision, Figma, SketchUp.
Personal
Organized, team leader & team player, adaptable, efficient/productive, client- facing/presentation ready.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Devoted outdoorswoman in skiing, rock climbing, hunting, fishing surfing, and ice hockey. AIARE Avy 1 Certified, NAUI SCUBA Certified, WFR Certified Draw & write webcomic, www.sketchfervor.com