Senior Program Director

• Feb 2022 - Present

Instructor

• Feb 2020 - Present

LUMA Institute delivers world-class in-person and online instruction experiences of human-centered design thinking.Whether your challenge is making a better product, process, service or anything else, the LUMA System of Innovation is a specific framework of human-centered design methods that forms a toolset and shared language for innovation, even across countries and cultures.

Principal Design Strategist & Consultant

• May 2014 - Present

Lead a strategic design consulting agency that uses design thinking principles and creative practices for innovation and strategic planning in business and community. Our design-based service areas include strategic planning, human-centered design-based research, facilitation and training. This work happens through strategic partnerships with other design agencies and working with a pool of design and business consultants around the world. Lead a strategic design consulting agency that uses design thinking principles and creative practices for innovation and strategic planning in business and community. Our design-based service areas include strategic planning, human-centered design-based research, facilitation and training. This work happens through strategic partnerships with other design agencies and working with a pool of design and business consultants around the world.

Senior Instructor & Facilitator

• Oct 2016 - Feb 2020

Work with global team to train and build organization capacity in design thinking tools and methodologies. Work with global team to train and build organization capacity in design thinking tools and methodologies.

Founder

• May 2007 - Jan 2020

Create photographic and design products and services for personal and commercial clients. Create photographic and design products and services for personal and commercial clients.

Design Thinking Instructor

• Feb 2016 - Dec 2018

Plan, design, and facilitate the design thinking,curriculum teaching creativity, and innovation tools, methods, and mindsets. Plan, design, and facilitate the design thinking,curriculum teaching creativity, and innovation tools, methods, and mindsets.

President, Executive Committee Chair & Co-founder

• Apr 2015 - Jan 2016

Co-founded the alumni association beginning April 2015 and as of January 2016, serving on the Executive Committee to establish the Alumni Association of the Strategic Design MBA program. Our mission is to engage and serve SDMBA Alumni throughout their lives in order to advance the growing mission of graduates who are bridging the gap between business and design worlds. We are proud graduates of the pioneering SDMBA program at Philadelphia University and excited to continue our collective mission as Hybrid, whole-brain, Thinkers.

Research & Strategy Associate

• Mar 2014 - Feb 2015

Working with this experiential marketing agency, I was responsible for conducting research and strategy methods that supported client sales and marketing objectives for convention exhibits and installation designs. Working with this experiential marketing agency, I was responsible for conducting research and strategy methods that supported client sales and marketing objectives for convention exhibits and installation designs.

Senior Risk Management Analyst, SME, Business Continuity Planner

• Jul 2007 - Apr 2014

Manage renewal project timelines for multiple corporate risk management programs. Maintain internal and external supplier relationships. Subject Matter Expert on contract review and negotiation. Develop reports for and with top executives. Train and manage colleagues on department risk operations, policies, and procedures.Oversee business operations disaster recovery plans for multiple lines of business. Coordinate efforts across company to develop risk submissions to corporate insurers and other partners.

Entrepreneurship Accelerator Program - Idea Generator

• Oct 2011 - Dec 2011

Bizdom is a non-profit founded by serial entrepreneur Dan Gilbert, Founder and Chairman of Quicken Loans, Majority owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers, and General Partner at Detroit Venture Partners.Dan created Bizdom to help provide the support and resources necessary for the best and brightest aspiring entrepreneurs to get their businesses off the ground in Detroit and Cleveland. Bizdom is a non-profit founded by serial entrepreneur Dan Gilbert, Founder and Chairman of Quicken Loans, Majority owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers, and General Partner at Detroit Venture Partners.Dan created Bizdom to help provide the support and resources necessary for the best and brightest aspiring entrepreneurs to get their businesses off the ground in Detroit and Cleveland.

Broker / Client Representative / Senior Analyst

• Mar 2005 - Jul 2007

Advise SME, community-based to large cap organizations on risk mitigation strategies. Advise SME, community-based to large cap organizations on risk mitigation strategies.