Experience

Mem

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lead Designer

  • Feb 2021 - Present



Google

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Staff User Experience Designer

  • May 2019 - Feb 2021

  Led cross-team projects to make it easier for millions of people to collaborate, learn, and stay connected. During COVID, we scaled Meet to accommodate 0.25B daily meeting participants and 7B minutes of calls everyday. I led projects overseeing the integration of Meet with other Workspace apps such as Gmail, Slides, Docs, Jamboard, and Classroom.

• Senior User Experience Designer

  • Oct 2016 - May 2019

  Scaled and ramped up the design work to a broader design team after Meet's initial launch. Launched features to improve inclusion and communication in Meet such as: adaptive video layouts, improved screen sharing experiences, tab screensharing with Chrome, new video conferencing integration embedded in Google’s digital whiteboard (Jamboard), mobile screen sharing, live captions, and in-meeting attachments.

• User Experience Designer, Founding Designer on Google Meet

  • Aug 2013 - Oct 2016

  Mountain View, CA Was a founding designer on Google Meet–Google's take on enterprise video conferencing–rethought and rebuilt with a focus on optimizing the experience for our customers and admins. Led UX design on web and mobile with design work eventually spanning seven different platforms including phone, conference room hardware, touchscreens, and digital whiteboards. Moved to Stockholm for a 6-month assignment to work rapidly with our engineering team, culminating in Meet's launch in March 2017 at Google… Show more Was a founding designer on Google Meet–Google's take on enterprise video conferencing–rethought and rebuilt with a focus on optimizing the experience for our customers and admins. Led UX design on web and mobile with design work eventually spanning seven different platforms including phone, conference room hardware, touchscreens, and digital whiteboards. Moved to Stockholm for a 6-month assignment to work rapidly with our engineering team, culminating in Meet's launch in March 2017 at Google NEXT Conference in San Francisco.



Carnegie Mellon University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Instructor

  • Aug 2012 - May 2013

  Greater Pittsburgh Area Taught Communication Design Fundamentals for Fall 2012 and Spring 2013, an undergraduate design course geared towards introducing non-design majors to design.

• Interaction Design Graduate Student

  • Aug 2011 - May 2013

  Pittsburgh, PA Completed two-year program in Interaction Design in the School of Design. Masters thesis: "Rolling with the punches: designing for an inherently chaotic creative process."



Google

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• User Experience Design Intern

  • Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

  Mountain View, CA Work with the Google Apps team on designing a new product and visualizing UX research.



The Plum Tree Group

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Design Lead

  • Sep 2010 - Jun 2011

  Greater Chicago Area • Managed design tasks and oversaw the creative direction for projects including eCommerce websites for small to large-sized companies and custom applications • Designed user interfaces and user experience for web applications as an individual contributor • Led a team of 4 designers, provided direction, feedback, and critique

• Project Manager / Designer

  • Mar 2010 - Sep 2010

  Greater Chicago Area • Managed and delivered over 20 eCommerce websites and applications (Magento eCommerce platform, Flex, Flash) for small to medium-sized businesses while balancing business and technical requirements • Communicated daily with the company’s three offshore development teams in India, Pakistan, and China • Developed project plans in Basecamp, weekly status reports, and acted as account manager with various clients • Completed designs for several websites and UIs for applications



NogginLabs

• Content Producer

  • Jul 2009 - Mar 2010

  Greater Chicago Area • Developed and wrote content for engaging e-learning courses, games and simulations by thoroughly understanding the client’s content and target learning objectives • Worked with corporate clients from Fortune 500 companies in a variety of industries



Brown University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graphic Designer

  • Feb 2008 - May 2009

  Providence, Rhode Island Area • Designed websites for departments and services in the university, iteratively refining the design based on client feedback • Assisted in various tasks in the office such as image retouching and creating graphics for the Brown home page

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Jan 2008 - May 2009

  Providence, Rhode Island Area • Developed the experimental design for an independent study honors thesis project investigating whether humans select tasks in a hierarchical manner • Recruited 45 study participants, gaining familiarity with informed consent procedures • Quickly acquired proficiency with MATLAB and statistical analysis software for coding and analyzing the results