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Castle Rock, CO / (PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLE EMAIL AVAILABLEhttps://LINKEDIN LINK AVAILABLE https://creativeleep.com/SUMMARY AND PROFILEI am seeking a Director of Innovation role where I can leverage my varied background and strength as a Design Strategist and former Amazon Innovation Co-Founder to lead transformative designs and change management which allow for new innovations to meet the demand of todays market using User Centered Design approaches.PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEIGM TV Denver, CO and Dubai, United Arab EmiratesFounder, Product Innovator, EntrepreneurApril 2023 PresentIGM TV is a sustainable glass and metal transparent touchscreen OLED TV, set-top-box and AI-driven streaming content app that is designed to increase engagement with elderly, youth, and people of determination. Its purpose is to enable greater accessibility of media across Apps, Metaverses and streaming content using larger user interfaces, voice and touch interaction, and engage users with a hologram-like AI virtual assistant.Facilitated an AI Talk to over 40 students at Heriot-Watt University DubaiLed a Sustainability/Innovation Hackathon workshop on Design Thinking at RTA (Dubai Road and Transit Authority) with over 50 studentsInnovated, tested, and launched a sustainable transparent OLED TV at GESS (Global Educational Supplies and Solutions) Dubai World Trade Center with over 5,000 attendeesDesigned campaign branding and marketing materials for a Big5 Conference and COP28UAE, consisting of logos, marketing materials and social media advertisingLed group design meetings in FigmaDesigned, developed, and launched IGMNews.com with Google Analytics and SEO implementation to monitor and track global audience engagementAwarded Sustainable Branding & Marketing CEO of the Year 2023Awarded MEA Markets Business Advisory Innovation Award 2023 for technological innovations in CleanTechAmazon Web Services Seattle, WAInnovation Practice Co-Founder and ConsultantMarch 2015 April 2023The Innovation Practice of AWS Professional Services was the User Experience driven consultancy that discovered, designed, and produced Proof-of-Concepts for enterprise customers across the globe.Consulted for AWS global enterprise customers on process improvements, data analysis, strategic planning, and digital transformations in highly collaborative team structuresManaged a team of 15 global cross-functional Designers and Cloud DevelopersConducted over 100 interviews for prospective Amazon candidatesFacilitated and co-led workshops, executive briefing sessions, business development meetings and UX research across the globeFacilitated Design Thinking workshops and managed end-to-end design deliverables using Miro and other digital collaboration toolsLed User Research for ExxonMobil, MAN Trucks, StateAuto Insurance, and moreDesigned Amazon Customers Product Innovations from concept to implementationDeveloped front-end React code for 5 AWS ServicesDeveloped the Design System for AWS IoT category of services and contributed to AWS broader Design SystemDesigned Emirates Groups Immersive Experience leading to a $17M USD project deal signingReviewed Partner Figma files for Emirates project and led advisory discussion on experience designsCreated AWS Professional Services Innovation Practices Product Design and Development process offeringProvided innovation process and creative design support around the globe for various AWS teamsDesigned process automation for large enterprise customersDesigned and developed pre-sales functional proof-of-concept prototypes2lemetry Denver, COSenior Front-end DeveloperNovember 2014 March 20152lemetry was a Denver-based Internet of Things platform that was built on the MQTT protocol to allow devices to access cloud data with low latency to transmit real-time data.Responsivized MQTT IOT platform tool in under 1 monthDesigned and developed prototypes and Marketing websiteConducted user studiesDeveloped front-end Angular code base and conducted daily code reviewsSports Labs Boulder, COWeb EngineerAugust 2013 November 2014Sports Labs was a Jerry Reinsdorf owned startup that was focused on providing American College athletic websites and streaming content, often behind a subscription paywall across mobile and desktop platforms.Architected front-end Angular framework for over 15 College athletic websites and mobile appsPrototyped Design Teams new designs to ensure successful UI implementation in codeLed Agile development process updates for front-end production across all productsCreated the Design System for scalable implementation of a newly designed cross-platform web applicationConducted daily code reviews on checked in repository codeZen Planner Highlands Ranch, COCreative Director/DeveloperSeptember 2012 August 2013Zen Planner was a scheduling and payment platform that was used to enable yoga, CrossFit, and kick-boxing studios the ability to bill and schedule their users online.Designed and developed WordPress marketing websites for customers without a web presenceDesigned CrossFit leaderboards for customer gymsDesigned all marketing and promotional materials for Zen PlannerRe-branded existing brand identity upon arrival in 1 weekEDUCATION AND OTHERSUniversity of Maryland College Park, MD - May 2002Bachelor of ArtsArt Studio with a concentration in Graphic DesignCertificationsAWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, April 2023Certified Through Pearson VueNielsen Norman Group UX Management, March 2020Certified Through Nielsen Norman GroupTechnology SkillsApps: Photoshop, Illustrator, Adobe XD, MS Office, Figma, Sketch, Miro, Mural, Freehand, WordPress, Drupal, JoomlaDevelopment: HTML5, CSS3 (SASS/LESS), BEM, Atomic Design, Material Design System, Carbon Design System,JavaScript, Typescript, Git, NodeJS, AJAX, JQuery, React, Angular, VueJS, Flutter, React Native, AWS Amplify, AgileTechnical: Responsive/Adaptive Web Design, User Centered Design, Design Thinking, Business Model CanvasCertifications: Nielsen Norman Group UX Certificate and UX Management Specialty Certificate, AWS Cloud Practitioner |
