- Develop a clear consistent user experience, workflows, and interface for new and existing products and features
- Communicate ideas, detailed design, and research both verbally and visually
- Create user-centric, functional, visual, and interactive designs and documents
- Develop wireframes, page layouts, prototypes, and UI specifications
- Translate use cases and business requirements into functional specifications and designs

May 2009 to August 2012
Team Lead / Lead Web Designer
- Developed and / or oversaw the user interface and aesthetic design of all websites and web-based applications.
- Coded websites or web applications.
- Worked with the Communications department to ensure consistent branding between print and web design.
- Worked with project teams in scoping development projects, including
--- identifying potential audience,
--- developing functional requirements and / or information architecture,
--- building use cases,
--- designing the interface,
--- identifying timelines for development phases,
--- monitoring the status of development and reviewing with the project team and management, and
--- conducting functional and usability reviews and determining optimal solutions.

September 2005 to May 2009
Web Developer
- Led the design and development of various NOAA websites.
- Developed usability testing guidelines for the Coastal Services Center.
- Implemented a website analytics system, including
--- educating teams on how to interpret the data, and
--- working with those teams to use that data to improve their site.

October 2001 to September 2005
Associate Web Developer
- Provided design and coding skills to various NOAA grant recipents.
- Developed and maintained portions of the Coastal Services Center’s website.

Did not complete degree.