Employment

Palo Alto Networks, Senior Principal UX Designer

After the Palo Alto Networks acquired Expanse, I have continued to work on Expanse products as we integrated our offerings into the wider PANW platform. I designed a variety of flagship features including an executive command center, the Cortex Vulnerability Risk Score system, and the Vulnerability Management module interfaces.

Additional projects included design work on product features specifically targeted at the specialized needs of our US civilian and defense government customers representing ~$50m in annual recurring revenue.

I also focused on mentoring and developing mature critique and open feedback processes and teaching other designers on the team about the technical underpinnings of our products and how those details related to delivering an excellent user experience.

Expanse Inc, Senior Principal UX Designer

At Expanse I worked as a user experience designer and engineer. I joined the company as the second design hire and helped drive its growth from 40 people and 4 customers to 150+ people and 100s of customers, including major Fortune 500 enterprises in technology, banking, and retail, and US government agencies, both civilian and defense. I designed and shipped features including the Vulnerability Issues experiences and policy engine, search and filtering capabilites, asset management experiences, and internal tooling that powered the company's market-redefining ability to discover shadow IT and unknown-unknonw vulnerabilites. As an early employee of a startup I closely collaborated with both product managers and engineering teams, and acted as a defacto product manager for some of the areas I contributed to as the company grew.

Although focused primarily on product design and engineering, I also provided engineering and design support to sales and marketing to ensure company growth and help land large sales opportunities. The company doubled our annual recurring revenue year over year for four years and was acquired by Palo Alto Networks in December 2020 for $800 million.

Cloudmark, UX/UI Designer & Engineer

At Cloudmark I designed and developed euser interfaces for both customer-facing web applications and internal technical tools — taking them from business requirements, to mockups, to production ready code. I was the lead user experience designer and a senior web engineer working on Cloudmark Trident (cloud-based anti-spearphishing) and Cloudmark Security Platform (carrier-grade messaging infrastructure protection). I contributed to the design of and review internal and customer-facing REST APIs, and have completed lead capture tool integration and major corporate website redesign projects on behalf of the marketing team. I worked closely with product managers, back-end, test, and ops engineers on all of these projects during all phases of our planning/development/testing/deployment sprints.

Technologies utilized: backbone.js, require.js, node.js, d3.js, docker, nginx, SASS/SCSS, SVG, JSON REST APIs, RAML, Redis, git/gitlab, svn, Confluence, JIRA, Symfony2 framework, YAML, PHP, jQuery, Google Analytics, vSphere

Product feedback and recognition for my work on Cloudmark Trident

• “One of the best dashboards I’ve seen” — Andrew Walls, Gartner Research Vice President
• “Exactly what enterprises need & it now allows them to be smart with training” —Deb Kish, Gartner Security Analyst
• Trident qualified for inclusion in Gartner’s “Cool Vendor” award in 2016.

Apigee, UI Engineer

At Apigee I paired closely with the User Experience and PM teams to implement their designs as html5/css3/Backbone.js web apps. Contributions include a JS management app for Apigee’s cloud-based API services platform, evaluating designs for technical feasibility and functionality, an internal dev portal site, illustrating platform systems, customizing Twitter Bootstrap for company branding, creating a set of Illustrator resources to allow the team to design quickly.

Technologies included: Backbone.js, require.js, jQuery, jQuery UI, Twitter Bootstrap, LESS, SVG, Play framework, RESTful JSON and XML based APIs, Drupal, Github, SVN, JIRA, Google Analytics

dotBlu Inc. | BluLabel.com, Lead User Interface Designer

Responsibilities included designing product features from initial conception to technical execution including creating wireframes, workflow diagrams, visual mock-ups, and front-end code for BluLabel’s desktop and mobile e-commerce websites and apps. Working closely with project managers and engineers to ensure an intuitive product with a great user experience. Meeting with corporate clients including CBS, OpenTable, and Cumulus Media to assess and execute their branding and feature goals for white-label websites. Designing marketing materials, corporate identity system, and branding.

Technologies utilized: HTML5 & CSS3, Media Queries, progressive enhancement, jQuery, customization of open source Ruby on Rails tools, YAML, XML, SVN, GIT, ASP.net (C#), Visual Studio, TRAC, JIRA, Redmine, LAMP stack servers, Google Analytics, HyperV, IIS Server Manager

KYMC Design, Principal and Proprietor

Providing freelance design services—website design and coding, branding and corporate identity, commissioned photography, and printed collateral—to a wide variety of clients in industries including architecture, historic preservation, government, museums, education, and entertainment.

Technologies utilized: HTML5 & CSS3, XML, XSLT, streaming video (HTML5 & Flash), jQuery, Media Queries, progressive enhancement, mobile optimization, SVG, Symphony CMS, JIT, PayPal APIs, GIT & GIT based deployment scripts, LAMP stack servers, SSH, SFTP, Google Analytics, phpMyAdmin, MVC design patterns

Skills and Qualifications

Design Skills

• 14 years+ experience with designing complex enterprise and cybersecurity software
• Dedication to creating user-focused and exquisitely elegant visuals, UI/UX, code, and communication.
• Knowledge of current best practices in web design and engineering, including mobile optimization, progressive enhancement, data-visualization techniques, semantic structuring, and accessibility concerns.
• Strong conceptual idea generation skills, and eye for fine typography, organizational hierarchy, and emotional resonance.
• Easy going attitude and ability to work quickly and independently on multiple projects and priorities.
• Enjoys learning new technical skills.

Digital Tools & Technologies

• Figma
• Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign
• React and Angular
• node.js, d3.js
• HTML5 & CSS3 standards and best practices
• REST API-centric web application development
• MVC design patterns
• Progressive enhancement & responsive design
• JSON, XML, XSLT, xPath
• git & svn
• Symphony CMS, Symfony framework
• Redis, nginx, docker, PHP, MySQL
• IntelliJ, WebStorm

Client List

Education

California College of the Arts

San Francisco, CA

Graduated with High Distinction receiving a BFA in Graphic Design with elective focus on web technology.