Design Leader & Strategist
In my practice I expand the definition of “design” beyond traditional boundaries and depending on what role(s) my client needs me to play. I have practiced human-centered design since 2004 and bring design to bear on small and large scale human or societal problems such as hunger, health financing or technology awareness.
When not designing experiences, you can find me haltingly practicing my French, traveling, eating lots of runny cheese and photographing or making art.
Design Strategy & Thinking
+ User experience design
+ Service design
+ Design sprints
+ User research
+ Listening tours
+ Storytelling
+ Civic innovation
+ Participatory design workshops
+ Event Programming & Design
Design Execution
+ Rapid or paper prototyping
+ Product design
+ Hackathons and innovation festivals
+ Product feature prioritization
+ Building MVPs
+ Web application design
+ Build plans
My ultimate goal is to collaboratively design programs and systems that equip others so we can work effectively as a team to carry out design research.
This can look like design sprints and innovation workshops that are focused on discovery or prototyping. I’ve used these techniques with various clients ranging from governmental social benefits companies to NGOs, innovation events/hackathons, and design agencies.