I design and develop beautiful yet functional interactive user experiences that provide both customer value and product success.
I strive to ensure that the designs and code I produce with the team I am working with is of the highest quality while being scalable and maintanable.
- I strive for perfection at the pixel level.
- I believe simplicity is key to great design.
- I have an eagerness to constantly learn new things.
- My goal is to always deliver cutting-edge work.
Skillset
The following lists skills that I have become proficient in over the course of my career.
I specialize in the following.
- User Experience Design
- User Interface Design
- Visual Design
- User Interface Design
- Front-end Development
- Wireframes
- Story Maps
- User testing
- HTML5
- CSS3
- JavaScript
- ES6 / ES2015
- ReactJS
- Node.js
- Webpack
- Babel.js
- Git
- Github
- D3.js
- Sketch
- InVision
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
I also have experience in the following areas.
- AngularJS (1.x)
- WordPress
- Graphic Design
- Logo Design
- Brand Identity
- Illustration
- Search Engine Optimization
- Social Media Marketing
- Photography
- Videography
Timeline
University of Texas
Website/Graphic Designer
2006First being hired on as an intern, working at the University of Texas Health/Science Center at Houston has helped me not only to be a better designer, but also to be able to work well with others.
MediaFire
Website UI Designer
2011MediaFire is a cloud storage service that helps people store, organize, and share data via the Internet. At MediaFire, I worked primarily with HTML5, CSS, and Photoshop to design and improve the overall look and feel of the website. This position has not only helped me to understand how better communicate and work together with a team, but it has also helped me to sharpen my skills as a designer.
OneGreatFamily
UX/UI Designer and Javascript Front-end Engineer
2012At OneGreat Family, I worked on a project called KiN2.me. KiN2 is the groundbreaking new application that shows you how you're related to famous celebrities, historical figures, and your facebook friends. Working at KiN2.me, I learned how to better program in Javascript and I have also become very proficient in jQuery. I also designed the website's UX/UI using HTML5 and CSS3 after designing Photoshop mockups. Here I was able to improve the overall site look and feel.
Ancestry.com
UI/UX Design Director
2013At Ancestry, I designed their new interface to be released to libraries all across the world. This new interface would help users better visualize the records they are searching for requarding their ancestors and help them minimize the time taken to accomplish tasks due to the limited amount of time given in libraries.
USANA Health Sciences
UI/UX Design Specialist
2014At USANA I lead the design of their flagship web application, USANA Hub, which served as a sales portal that servs thousands of associates in many different markets around the world. I also ensured that all of the designs being used throught the company, were consistent in both function and asthetic. I also helped USANA to move from older technologies in favor of new ones such as AngularJS.
SolutionStream
UI/UX Design Specialist
2014During my time at SolutionStream, I worked on many different projects for their clients. I got the opportunity to use a wide array of technologies and design styles. Depending on the project was used as a UX/UI design and a front-end dev resource.
RSS.com
Co-founder - UI/UX Designer & Developer
2015At RSS.com, I developed ideas for RSS.com in an effort to revive an aging technology, create a reimagined reader experience, help publishers to obtain a styled, user-friendly RSS feed page, and educate the public about the benefits of the technology. I designed wireframes and mockups then later implemented those mockups in an Angular front end.
Intuit
UI Engineer/Designer
2016At Intuit, I worked on a product that helps accountants better communicate and get documents from their clients. I helped in the transition from AngularJS to ReactJS and refreshed the design of both their accountant and client-facing apps.
Verizon
Creative UI Engineer
2017At Verizon, I created a design system, developed a story map (or user flow) based on user input, and architected a frontend project from the ground up based on ReactJS for hardware operations.
The Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Senior Front-end Developer
2018 - PresentAt the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, my team and I built a large-scale financial application with React and Next.js that is used by an internal accounting team to manage donations using the latest technologies and development practices.
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Recent Work
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