IBM
Austin, Texas
Senior Design Manager, Compute and Interconnectivity
February 2021 – Present
Lead design strategy for a multi-billion dollar portfolio of compute and interconnectivity offerings within IBM Cloud.
Manage the largest design team in IBM Public Cloud: 11 direct reports who cover 26 products.
Accelerated our team’s onboarding process by 400%.
Increased design contributions to the product road map by 700%.
Facilitate design thinking workshops for stakeholder and strategy alignment.
Introduced the first user facing AI integration for our infrastructure portfolio.
UX Design Lead
July 2019 – February 2021
Continued as design focal for multiple Virtual Private Cloud compute and networking offerings.
Spearheaded an enormous shift in squad operations in order to harness agile methodology.
Formalized sprint cadences, such as sprint planning, sprint playbacks, and stand ups.
Partnered with research team for generative concepts to contribute design led initiatives to product road map.
Spoke on IBM’s behalf at multiple conferences across the world, including Sydney, Australia.
Improved communication with stakeholders to enhance relationships.
Mentored cohort of early professional hires during their six week onboarding program.
Patent: “Automatic IP Range Selection” granted in May 2021.
Publications: “Tactile Wireframing Kit: Accessibility for Accessible Design” in August of 2019; “System and method to facilitate crowd participation in Q&A” in December of 2019; “System to Enhance Real-time Speech to Text Transcription Through Visual and Contextual Inputs” in July of 2020; “Contextual detection and correction in video calls” in November of 2020.
UX/Visual Designer, Software Designer
July 2017 – July 2019
Collaborated with cross-functional teams including product managers, architects, and developers to design infrastructure products.
Owned end-to-end design for networking services like security groups, virtual private networks, subnets, access control lists, and load balancers.
Led and trained others to lead multiple design thinking workshops.
Patent: “Dynamic Order Prioritization Enablement” filed in June 2019.
Software Design Intern
January 2016 – March 2016
Completed renowned IBM Design Thinking training program over three month intensive.
Marketed the Maelstrom internship program to prospective candidates
Helped IBM designers proficiently implement the IBM Design Language into their workflows.
Doggy Bites
Austin, Texas
Founder, One Woman Show
January 2019 – Present
I founded Doggy Bites, an organization that teaches people how to make their own healthy, inexpensive dog treats in fun, social settings. A portion of our proceeds from classes benefit local animal charities like Austin Pets Alive.
SCAD
Atlanta, Georgia
Teaching Assistant
March – June 2017
Teaching assistant for Professor Holly Quarzo in "Web Design and Development” during the spring quarter. Responsibilities included teaching 3 classes and providing extra help to students.
Summer Instructor
July 2017
Taught packaging class for summer school students. Content included how to design and identify successful graphic communication for packaging structure.
Moroch
Dallas, Texas
Art Director
August 2011 – May 2014
Designed digital, print, television, and social ad campaigns for clients spanning a variety of industries: Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, Pure Fishing, Oasis Paper Company, and DFW International Airport.
Consulted on set for video and photography campaign shoots.
Designed branding and packages for new product offerings.
Education
Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)
Atlanta, Georgia
Master of Fine Arts
Graphic Design
2017
Southern Methodist University (SMU)
Dallas, Texas
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Creative Advertising; Minor in Business Administration
2011
Honors and Awards
People’s Choice Culture Award
Spring 2021
Patent: Automatic ip range selection
Filed April 2019, Issued May 2021
IBM Outstanding Technical Achievement
Fall 2020
IBM Cloud Data and AI Trailblazer
Fall 2020
Speaker at Big Design in Dallas, Texas
August 2019
Speaker at A11y Camp in Sydney, Australia
November 2019
SCAD Secession Finalist
Spring 2017
GDUSA Students to Watch
Spring 2017
Communication Arts Advertising Annual
Winter 2016
Gold Obie
Spring 2016
AAF District 10 Gold Addy
Spring 2016
Graphis Merit
Fall 2015
SCAD Academic Scholarship
Fall 2014-June 2017
SCAD Achievement Scholarship
Fall 2014-June 2017
AAF District 10 Silver Addy
Fall 2013
Moroch Employee of the Month
Fall 2013
Moroch WOW Award
Spring 2013
Spontaneous Recognition for Performance
Moroch Employee of the Month
Summer 2012
One Show Student Exhibition NYC
Spring 2011, Spring 2010
AAF District 10 Silver Addy (Student)
Spring 2011
AAF District 10 Gold Addy (Student)
Spring 2011
Method Creative Best Portfolio
Fall 2010
Art Director's Club of Houston Medalist
Fall 2010
AAF District 10 Silver Addy (Student)
Spring 2010
Golden Key Honor Society
Fall 2009-Spring 2011
MENSA
Spring 2009-Present
National Scholars Honor Society
Spring 2008-Spring 2011
SMU Honors Program
Spring 2008-Spring 2011
SMU Distinguished Scholar
Fall 2007-Spring 2011
Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society
Fall 2007-Spring 2011
SMU Honor Roll
Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009
Perkins Hilltop Scholar
Fall 2007-Spring 2008