Professional Experience
Evernote – Director, Product Design
August 2016 - April 2023
Remote (Redwood City, CA)
Oversaw all work produced by Evernote's 18-person product design team. Directly managed eight lead product designers. Completed a redesign of all clients across iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, Linux and web. Established a cross-platform design system. Released flagship features such as collaborative editing, task management and calendar integration. As a design leader, I took great pride in fostering an engaged creative culture for a team that transitioned to fully remote during my tenure.
Independent Design Consultant
April 2007 - August 2016
San Francisco, California
User interface, website, identity and print design for a broad spectrum of clients ranging from Jamba Juice to Bank of America.
Motorola Moblity – Principal Visual Designer
May 2011 – October 2015
Sunnyvale, California
Lead visual designer for wearables, most notably the Moto 360 smart watches. Provided visual design and implementation guidance for hero Android software experiences. Worked with Motorola's brand team to extend the company's visual language for new product lines.
Razorfish – Senior Art Director
March 2003 - March 2007
San Francisco, California
Website, software and identity design for corporate clients, including Fortune 500 companies.
Designed and developed marketing/communication campaigns and materials. Clients include
Visa, Genentech, Sun Microsystems, AT&T and Hitachi.
Cooper – Senior Visual Designer
March 2002 - March 2003
San Francisco, California
Designed and developed software interfaces for industry-leading clients. Work ranges from
user interface solutions for major software developers to visual aspects of conceptual research
projects. Also implemented a refresh to the Cooper identity, including a complete redesign of
the firm's website.
iXL, Inc. – Art Director
December 1997 - January 2002
Washington, D.C. and San Francisco, California
Art directed and designed customer acquisition sites, digital marketing campaigns, industry
portals, extranets, intranets and e-commerce sites for such clients as Virgin Atlantic, Disney,
Lockheed Martin and PBS. Developed marketing campaigns for iXL and contributed creative
strategy to business development projects.
Education
Bradley University – Peoria, Illinois
Bachelor of Science, May 1997
Major: Graphic Design
Minor: Art History
In addition to core curriculum, designed two online digital photography exhibits which garnered multi-year sponsorship from Adobe and Hewlett Packard. Assisted in the development and operation of a state-of-the-art multimedia lab. Founded a student-published e-zine with a staff of more than twenty.
recognition
Webby People's Voice Winner - Work & Productivity Software, Evernote, April 2021
Patent, Displaying Notifications on a Watchface (US 9,377,762), June 2016
W3 Gold Award Winner, Adobe Marketplace Web Site, October 2009
Profiled in Package & Design Magazine (China), May 2008
Sichuan Designer's Association, Earthquake Relief Poster Exhibition
Print Magazine Regional Design Annual, Logo Design
American Corporate Identity - Award of Excellence, Logo Design
AIGA 50: 6th Biennial Design Exhibition, Web Site Design
The Net Magazine - Site of the Year Award