Bio

- User experience and product executive with 20 years experience in designing and developing successful software applications - Focus on results, balancing innovation and creativity with practical considerations - Special expertise in product strategy, user experience design, user interface engineering, and creative thinking - Proven track record for significantly improving a company’s products resulting in a measurable and dramatic increase in product revenue - Achieved customer satisfaction levels “among the highest ever seen” (independent firm) - Managed direct and matrixed teams worldwide consisting of engineers, designers, product management and other functions - Strong entrepreneurial background; founded both a consulting company and a software product company - Active involvement in the software design community; requested speaker at CHI, UPA and various other conferences - Recognized as an innovator, creative thinker, and evangelist for software design and user interface engineering, with a strong appreciation for the growing role that experience design will have in the next generation of products for industry leading companies Specialties: User Experience Design Product Strategy Mobile Design Product Innovation and Outside-The-Box Thinking Leadership / Building Successful Teams User Experience Design for Agile Development