I look for opportunities to bring clarity and excellence to interactive projects.

In 10 years of working experience I have been an information architect, usability designer, instructional designer, and interactive producer.

I believe success with interactive projects can only be achieved by focusing on two vectors: the needs of the end-user and the goals of the project sponsor.

I approach my role as the end-user's advocate with a careful application of behavioral and cognitive philosophies. I have a strong belief in the use of design, narrative, empathy and entertainment to effectively communicate with the intended audience.

Of equal importance to the end-user design is my responsibility to the project's stakeholders and to continually align and consider of the client's business objectives.

• Seasoned expert in web design best-practices and interactive media usability
• Excellent communicator in the disparate disciplines that make up the creative and technical world of interactive design
• Years of experience in client and project team management
• Passionate evangelist for user-focused design while maintaining a firm grasp on the business realities of the project
• Skilled at gathering and refining business objectives, audience definition and functional requirements
• Professional quality site maps, wireframes, use cases, persona-based scenarios and functional requirements documents
• Experienced in heuristic evaluation and testing
• Expert in human factors principles in information design
• XHTML, Javascript, CSS, Basic XML, Visio, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, MS Office
• Firm understanding of technical concepts, environments, constraints and capabilities

• Senior Information Architect at Sequence, LLC
  July 2008 to current
• Senior Information Architect/ Usability Design (Self-Employed)
  January 2003 - June 2008 (5 years 6 months)
• Senior Interactive Producer (Self-Employed)
  August 2001 - December 2006 (5 years 5 months)
• Senior Project Manager at Organic, Inc
  January 2006 - December 2006 (1 year)
• Interactive Producer at Maus Haus, Inc.
  January 2000 - July 2001 (1 year 7 months)
• Designer/Developer at Aquent Partnership
  August 1999 - January 2000 (6 months)

• M.A. of Education, Instructional Design and Technology, San Francisco State University
• B. A. – Film Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Continuing education at Academy of Art and U.C. Berkeley focused on interactive design

Available upon