software designer in San Francisco
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Journal
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Building my site
How I decided to build my site in markdown using Jekyll
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On managing (or not)
Reflections on moving from being a manager back to individual contributor
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The Architecture of Information
Expanding how we apply Information Architecture in UX practice
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Workday - Data, Analysis, and Reporting Tools
Supporting the tools and platform technology that enable Workday’s data-centric experiences
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Platfora - Big Data Analytics Platform
First designer at a small enterprise tech startup
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Reflections on the last IA Summit
Takeaways from the 2018 gathering of information architects
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Jurassic Problems
Lessons for a critical design process
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The Negroni Pattern
Finding and exploiting patterns in drink recipes
Work Highlights
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2022–Present
Guiding broad systems change across Workday Financials and Reporting. Creating tools and frameworks to improve cohesion and quality at scale.
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2019–2022
Pioneering “architect” track for design at Workday, leading early stage projects through research, concepting, and planning (current)
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2016–2019
Platfora acquired by Workday, managed team through organizational transition. Grew team from 5 to 11 designers, researchers, and writers through early product stage development and release
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2011–2016
Joined Platfora as 1st designer; designed for data managment, analysis and visualization at extreme scales; contributed to early IP
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2010–2011
CMU HCI Masters, including capstone project with Bank of America; focus on sensemaking and multi-modal interactions
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2006–2010
Graphic design, packaging, illustration, copywriting, and production for Uline Shipping Supplies private lablel packaging