Featured Projects

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ThisLife Photo Cloud
Head of global design team for ThisLife–new service by Shutterfly providing automated photo and video upload, organization, sharing and storytelling on every device.
Shutterfly Photo Books
Lead designer for Shutterfly's flagship photo book line across multiple generations. One innovation is now reponsible for 20% of core business line.
Shutterfly Home Decor
Managed the team responsible for Shutterfly's overall product personalization framework and a multi-project initiative into the home decor space.
Treat Cards
Launched new Shutterfly, inc. brand and mobile app for sending custom greeting and gift cards on the go with Facebook integration and birthday notifications.
Trace Photo Discovery
Rapid ideation and design for a startup app. Trace proactively discovers old photos for you to enjoy and share with your private network.
eBay Seller Tool
Total redesign of flagship small business tool responsible for 6% of all listings on eBay.

Samsung Future Smartphone
Ethnographic research drove creation of concepts for future smartphones which successfully predicted many features available 5 to 10 years later.

BMW iDrive
Provided long-range design planning and human-factors guidance for driver interactions in vehicles.
Orbitz Flight Search
Conducted participatory design session with users to gather feedback and create new concepts for Orbitz original "Matrix" flight search.
Knova Guided Search
Design interactions for natural language search, search suggestions and search results applied to technical self-service and support.
The Getty Center Website
Unified multiple sites under a single information architecture, developed The Getty's online brand and created online art exhibits.
Microsoft Threedegrees Messenger
Presented a colorful vision for instant messenger with rich media and social networking aimed at teens.
Qwest Unified Messaging
Design planning, experience modeling and interaction for a unified-messaging center integrating email, voice and text messaging.
Nokia Design Vision
Defined "Holistic Vision" for Nokia phone experience. Provided product design principles to organize phone features.
LiveProcess Startup Strategy
Helped healthcare startup from ideation through multiple pivots and launch to define product direction through user research and rapid iteration.
NetIQ Information Visualization
Developed information visualization dashboard for network administrator web application.
User Experience Training
Developed training materials and led 6-day intensive on user-interface best practices, complete with exercises, homework and final exam.
Domain Experience

Education
The Great IT Professional / E-learning
Key Curriculum Press / Data visualization
Gvox / Interactive guitar lessons
World Game Institute / Interactive atlas

Mobile
Shutterfly / Greeting card app
Hewlett Packard / Location based service
Samsung / Smartphone concepts
Nokia / Holistic vision
Siemens / Car audio interface
BMW / Vehicle computing directions
Livescribe / Digital pen concepts

Art and photography
Shutterfly / Photo book creator
Shutterfly / Photo backup service
Getty Center / Museum website
ArtAndCulture.com / Content strategy

Music
Napster / Music discovery service
Yahoo! / Launchcast streaming radio
Bose / Pattern library
Cisco / Tablet sound design
Eidos / Game music

Communication
Qwest / Unified messaging VoIP portal
Kanisa / Search
Microsoft / Social messaging and media sharing
Shutterfly / Address book

Healthcare and travel
Orbitz / Flight search results
LiveProcess / Emergency management

Business
Intuit / Small business social network
eBay /Auction and business management
Federal Reserve Bank / Government budget tracker
US Treasury / Budget monitoring
Visa / Financial applications

Enterprise
McAfee / Network health monitor
NetIQ / Network dashboard
Rapport / Customer service
Pivotal / CRM