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Professional Experience
SENIOR DIRECTOR OF USER EXPERIENCE
May 2007 - present
Hangout Industries (hangout.net) - Boston, MA
Fourth employee in a startup geared at delivering an immersive, media and brand rich 3D social network for teens and college aged users. Responsible for the ownership and direction of the product, artistic and creative style and managing the beta and live users to incorporate feedback into the product.
  • Management the team of artists, designers, customer support and product management to meet core objectives of the product
  • Responsible for providing product roadmaps, strategy documents and generating team buy-in
  • Reporting on usage data and statistics and responsible for delivering an easy to use product that is both viral and sticky
  • Responsible for producing quality 3D assets and room environments and managing the product teams' budget for producing quality content including sounds and animations
  • Responsible for maintaining a consistent logo, brand and marketing message
VICE PRESIDENT OF PRODUCTS AND DESIGN
July 2005 - April 2007
Preclick - virtual office, Canton, MA
Key member of the executive team along with co-founders for 15+ person company. Product developments lead for business-to-business and direct to consumer digital photography software.
  • Responsible for leading projects and teams from innovation through production
  • Responsible for product definitions, marketing strategy & market intelligence
  • Responsible to the product management team for the joint P&L results as driven by market strategy, design, product definitions, and plug-ins
  • Responsible for all visual communications and design direction for Preclick and its clients

DIGITAL PHOTO SOFTWARE CONSULTANT                                          
Oct 2003 - July 2005
Sixth Sense Studio - proprietor

Full time contractor to Hewlett-Packard helping them design a small web distributable version of Image Zone as well as working with 4 different departments in the redesign of Image Zone which ships with all printers, scanners, cameras and devices in over 20 countries.
  • Creation of prototypes and specification documents for communicating design requirements
  • Successfully lead usability studies to ensure the easiest printability of photos and small projects to hit the goals of measurable increase of paper and ink usage from printing.
  • Taught 2-day course onsite to 12 developers to broaden their abilities to prototype.
  • Redesigned HP’s applications including adopting their new brand strategies and guidelines.
PRODUCER / PRODUCT MANAGER
October 2001 - July 2003
Idealab - Boston, MA
Key team player in creating, verifying and executing on new business ideas. Responsibilities included prototype development, product specification, user interface design and managing projects through development. Primary focus was on building Lifescape, Inc. and Picasa 1.0 Software for digital camera users.
  • Responsible for management of a cross-continental team
  • Lead strategy, product management, user testing, and marketing initiatives
  • Responsible for software release to market for online and CD distribution
  • Creative direction on logo, naming and identity, and online marketing campaigns
  • Managed goals and purchasing for $100k monthly budget for online marketing
  • Helped build a real-time test bed and reporting system for online marketing
DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT DESIGN
August 1999 - July 2001
Radio Active Media Partners - Boston, MA
Streaming audio online tuner products geared at increasing online minutes and monetizing through revenue share for click-thru purchases and audio advertising.
  • Responsible for all aspects of product design and art direction
  • Project manager to all partners including Barnes and Noble, AltaVista, Snap, etc.
  • Execution of business objectives through proof-of-concept prototypes
  • Extensive research and competitive analysis
  • Designed corporate Internet and intranet sites content and identity
  • Designed real-time reporting system for partner sites to measure and track usage 
CREATIVE MANAGER
July 1997 - July 1999
Custom Clothing Technology Corp. Levi Strauss - Newton, MA
Consumer experience manager for the ikhakis project a direct to consumer web-based product for Levis Dockers. Turned around the development team to a new process of prototyping and testing after spending 3 months implementing something that failed miserably. Created a compelling experience around a patented (2004) technology for mass customized clothing, which would have lead Levis to lifelong purchasers. Program was cancelled due to cessation of all direct to consumer initiatives within Levis. Early work also included experience design for a Custom Fit Bra kiosk-in-store project.
  • Designed web and out of box experiences
  • Worked with Ars Digita for database back-end integration and ecommerce
  • Worked with in-house developers for manufacturing integration
  • Extensive marketing research and competitive analysis
  • Worked on professional product photo shoots
  • Initiated, designed and created Flash prototypes for usability studies
  • Built technology around the made-to-measure process of manufacturing
ART DIRECTOR
November 1993 - August 1995
OPA Graphics - New Orleans, LA
Coordinated design and production of sign graphics including four-color process screen-printing, vinyl graphics, and large format digital printing for the New Orleans tourist industry including the short-lived casino boom.

Teaching Experience
OVER 350 HOURS IN THE CLASSROOM
Courses in web design taught at Mass Art, School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, The Art Institute of New England, Wentworth College and Hewlett-Packard. Including: three-credit courses, intensive weekend workshops and private lessons in Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, PhotoShop, HTML, and design and strategy for the web.

Education
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
May 1993
Major in Design / Minor in Art
Keene State College
Keene, NH 		MASTER OF FINE ART
May 1997
Interactive Design
Massachusetts College of Art
Boston, MA

Skill Summary
  • Extraordinary product manager
  • Phenomenal UI designer and human factors expert
  • Level headed strategist and manager
  • Quick study for new ideas
  • Master over the art of juggling many projects
  • Not afraid to make key decisions
  • Self motivated and organized
  • Contributor of the abstract through to the details
  • Highly creative and energetic
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