David May
Experience Design & Product Leadership, User Advocate
St. Petersburg, FL, USA
4128050862
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I’m a seasoned user experience design leader who is passionate about creating products that customer’s value, achieve business objectives, and improve user enjoyment and adoption. And successfully led diverse, talented teams of user researchers, product designers, interaction designers, and front-end engineers, in the methodologies and practice of experience design.
To get customers to love products as quickly as possible, my teams design on a base of empathy and understanding for the user and deep knowledge of the business and customers. I also create a safe, collaborative environment that fosters experimentation, implement a nimble, iterative design process, and promote a delivery system of continuous releases—all with an eye towards meeting key results.
Designed and shipped products for mobile, wearables, web, desktop, SaaS, IoT, conversational UI, AI (Natural Language Understanding and Machine Learning), and paper-based systems using a variety of techniques and technologies.
To get customers to love products as quickly as possible, my teams design on a base of empathy and understanding for the user and deep knowledge of the business and customers. I also create a safe, collaborative environment that fosters experimentation, implement a nimble, iterative design process, and promote a delivery system of continuous releases—all with an eye towards meeting key results.
Designed and shipped products for mobile, wearables, web, desktop, SaaS, IoT, conversational UI, AI (Natural Language Understanding and Machine Learning), and paper-based systems using a variety of techniques and technologies.
Work Experience
Pricewaterhousecoopers
Senior Manager, User Experience Design
• Scaling experience design coverage on internal firm projects by 450% through the creation and implementation of a staff upskilling and mentoring initiative focused on design practices and principles for non-designers ('Citizen Designers')
• Working alongside a team of talented UX leaders to establish a firm-wide design process and design system, and implement design ops and research ops best practices
• Strategy and design for large-scale, high profile, enterprise solutions that add value and meet the needs of the business while improving user enjoyment and efficiency
• Involved with the corporate evangelism initiatives of accessibility, inclusion, and user empathy
• Working alongside a team of talented UX leaders to establish a firm-wide design process and design system, and implement design ops and research ops best practices
• Strategy and design for large-scale, high profile, enterprise solutions that add value and meet the needs of the business while improving user enjoyment and efficiency
• Involved with the corporate evangelism initiatives of accessibility, inclusion, and user empathy
September 2019
- Present
Inspirata
Director, User Experience and Design
• Built and led a team of product designers and researchers in the creation of engaging experiences that help cancer researchers, clinicians, and patients make more-informed decisions about oncology care
• Structured and implemented a continuous user research initiative to better understand and empathize with our users and customers
• Developed the design system and general design language for the Inspirata suite of products
• Implemented a dual track agile system of discovery and delivery to plan and ship product releases at a fast, iterative pace
• Facilitated ideation workshops with new customer and partner organizations to uncover opportunities to add value through enhanced experiences
• Structured and implemented a continuous user research initiative to better understand and empathize with our users and customers
• Developed the design system and general design language for the Inspirata suite of products
• Implemented a dual track agile system of discovery and delivery to plan and ship product releases at a fast, iterative pace
• Facilitated ideation workshops with new customer and partner organizations to uncover opportunities to add value through enhanced experiences
January 2018
- September 2019
Florida, United States
CareSync
Product Design Manager
• Guided the user experience and visual design of all CareSync products and platforms
• Elevated the design maturity of the organization by evangelizing design thinking and UX best practices to rapidly deliver valuable solutions to customers and users
• Lead, motivated, and coached a team of passionate designers to work collaboratively in the delivery of intuitive, enjoyable solution
• United the product design team on a design process that aligned with their strengths, followed best practices of discovery, artifact creation, and delivery, and allowed for continuous improvement of their individual and collective skill-set
• Hands-on creation of design solutions to meet release goals and product deliverables
• Worked closely with engineering to evaluate feasibility and maintainability of all designs
• Product owner and subject matter expert for the CareSync mobile apps
• Elevated the design maturity of the organization by evangelizing design thinking and UX best practices to rapidly deliver valuable solutions to customers and users
• Lead, motivated, and coached a team of passionate designers to work collaboratively in the delivery of intuitive, enjoyable solution
• United the product design team on a design process that aligned with their strengths, followed best practices of discovery, artifact creation, and delivery, and allowed for continuous improvement of their individual and collective skill-set
• Hands-on creation of design solutions to meet release goals and product deliverables
• Worked closely with engineering to evaluate feasibility and maintainability of all designs
• Product owner and subject matter expert for the CareSync mobile apps
June 2016
- December 2017
Florida, United States
Gulfstream Aerospace
User Experience Lead
• Established proven, repeatable, user-centered design process for use in the creation of high-quality iOS & Android mobile apps
• Designed and delivered high-profile products, from initial ideation to release, that elevated and showcased the complexity and scope of projects the team produced
• Stood up a mobile-focused, usability testing framework and portable lab that opened the team unique solutions to observed user struggles
• Conducted user research and usability testing, and leveraged key insights and proven design patterns to create valuable, best-in-class experiences
• Developed an actionable, multi-platform, mobile design system and interactions guide that leveraged and expanded the existing corporate branding
• Designed and delivered high-profile products, from initial ideation to release, that elevated and showcased the complexity and scope of projects the team produced
• Stood up a mobile-focused, usability testing framework and portable lab that opened the team unique solutions to observed user struggles
• Conducted user research and usability testing, and leveraged key insights and proven design patterns to create valuable, best-in-class experiences
• Developed an actionable, multi-platform, mobile design system and interactions guide that leveraged and expanded the existing corporate branding
February 2014
- June 2016
Georgia, United States
ComponentOne
User Experience Lead
• Implemented a user-centric, design thinking approach that resulted in a 79% increase in revenue from 2007 to 2012
• Served as UX strategist for all ComponentOne products, marketing, and web properties
• Product manager for web properties which included eCommerce, community self-service help, and SaaS sites; manager of the design and web teams
• Responsible for the professional growth of all designers and design interns
• Collaborated with other product managers, subject matter experts, and developers to establish technical specifications and analyze trade-offs between usability, performance, and business needs
• Researched user behavior and transformed insights into business and user requirements, functional specifications, wireframes, intended interaction documents, and final UI designs
• Liaisoned usability analysis between business units and engineering team
• Managed product evangelists, planed and budgeted grassroots activities, and direct self-help content creation (blogs, videos, webcasts, and presentations)
• Directed all print and online advertising campaigns, including messaging and design
• Served as UX strategist for all ComponentOne products, marketing, and web properties
• Product manager for web properties which included eCommerce, community self-service help, and SaaS sites; manager of the design and web teams
• Responsible for the professional growth of all designers and design interns
• Collaborated with other product managers, subject matter experts, and developers to establish technical specifications and analyze trade-offs between usability, performance, and business needs
• Researched user behavior and transformed insights into business and user requirements, functional specifications, wireframes, intended interaction documents, and final UI designs
• Liaisoned usability analysis between business units and engineering team
• Managed product evangelists, planed and budgeted grassroots activities, and direct self-help content creation (blogs, videos, webcasts, and presentations)
• Directed all print and online advertising campaigns, including messaging and design
June 1999
- January 2014
Pennsylvania, United States
Skills
Abstract,
Analysis,
Balsamiq,
Card Sorting,
Competitive Analysis,
Content,
Contextual Interviews,
Design,
Design Sprints,
Discovery Process,
Experience Design,
Facilitation,
Field,
Flinto,
Group,
Information Architecture,
Mapping,
Modern Design,
OKRs,
Personas,
Proto.io,
Prototyping,
Requirements Gathering,
Research Methods,
Sessions,
Stakeholder,
Strategy,
Studies,
Surveys,
Systems,
Task,
Team Leadership,
Testing,
Thinking,
Usability,
Use Cases,
User,
User Empathy,
User Interviews,
User Journey,
Ux,
UXPin,
Wireframing,
Workflow Analysis,
Workshop,
Zeplin,
Certifications
Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
Scrum Alliance
License 000460462
NN/g-certified User Experience Practitioner (UXC)
Nielsen Norman Group
License 1012950
Scrum Alliance
License 000460462
NN/g-certified User Experience Practitioner (UXC)
Nielsen Norman Group
License 1012950
Workshops & Conferences
2017
Silicon Valley Product Group: How to Create Products Customers Love, San Francisco • svpg.com
HIMSS17 Healthcare IT Conference • himssconference.org
2016
NN/g UX Conference, DC • nngroup.com
2014
ModevUX, DC • modev.com
2010 - 2012
SXSW • sxsw.com/interactive
2010 - 2011
Future of Web Design, NY • futureofwebdesign.com
2010
jQuery Conference, Boston • events.jquery.org
2007 - 2009
MIX UX & Web Conference • visitmix.com
2007
MIX: Usability & Interaction Design Workshop, DC • visitmix.com
Silicon Valley Product Group: How to Create Products Customers Love, San Francisco • svpg.com
HIMSS17 Healthcare IT Conference • himssconference.org
2016
NN/g UX Conference, DC • nngroup.com
2014
ModevUX, DC • modev.com
2010 - 2012
SXSW • sxsw.com/interactive
2010 - 2011
Future of Web Design, NY • futureofwebdesign.com
2010
jQuery Conference, Boston • events.jquery.org
2007 - 2009
MIX UX & Web Conference • visitmix.com
2007
MIX: Usability & Interaction Design Workshop, DC • visitmix.com
Honors
Web Designer Magazine, 200 Essential Tools and Trends
Participated in the magazine's 200th anniversary feature article
Work featured in Web Designers Idea Book Volume 3 McNeil, P. (2013) http://thewebdeslgnersideabook.com/volume-3/
Participated in the magazine's 200th anniversary feature article
Work featured in Web Designers Idea Book Volume 3 McNeil, P. (2013) http://thewebdeslgnersideabook.com/volume-3/