My past

and present

A brief summary of my work experience, personal projects, education and technical skills.

Work Experience

Sonatype

UX Design
Lead Designer
Tools to help developers automate and manage their software supply chains.
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Nov 2021 - Present
Lead the design on a brand new experimental research project
Redesigned our software repository, Maven Central, which has 50k+ active users
Conducted several design experiments and tested with core users for our newest product

Omnae

UX Design
Lead Designer
Web application to assist businesses with managing their supply chains.
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June 2020 - Nov 2021
Created new design system from scratch for responsive React components
Worked with executive team to help guide the direction of the product
Designed several core features for the product from start to finish
Coordinated with developers for handoff using Figma and Jira

Ingenium

UX Design
Website for Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
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May - Dec 2019
Discovered usability issues with user research and testing
Created numerous rapid prototypes using Adobe XD to test viable solutions
Balanced stakeholder needs and testing data to deliver responsive designs

MD Analytics

Information Design
Data Visualization
Pharmaceutical market research company.
June 2020 - Nov 2021
Created 100+ reports summarising thousands of data points from pharmaceutical market research studies.
Designed monthly infographics to be sent out to 1000+ clientele showcasing our work as a company.

Gibson Group

Photo Editing
Professional photography studio operating in Toronto, ON.
2013-2014
Helped stage and light professional furniture, food and architecture photoshoots and scenes.
Edited 1000+ photographs. Editing duties included colour balancing, cutting out items, placing backgrounds in perspective and exporting multiple assets per project.

Personal Projects

Frets 2 Keys

Design
Development (Swift)
Assistive tool to help musicians translate between instruments.
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2018-2020
Discovered and defined common problems with musicians that are self taught
Designed and developed application to help musicians translate between instruments

Prints By Jam

Web Design
Image Editing
Logistics
Online art store showcasing work from a local artist.
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2020 - Present (actively maintaining)
Setup a Shopify website with a Printful integration.
Edited artwork for print setup and website.

Tiny Squares

Game Design
Visual puzzle board game for 2-8 players.
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Fall 2019
Created a concept for an unique puzzle game.
Designed, edited and printed all of the necessary assets to be organised into a single box.

Education

Simon Fraser University

UX Design
Programming
Bachelor of Arts, School of Interactive Arts and Technology (SIAT)
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2015-2020
Lead the design on a brand new experimental research project
Redesigned our software repository, Maven Central, which has 50k+ active users
Conducted several design experiments and tested with core users for our newest product

Metalworks Institute

Audio Engineering
Condensed 1 year program. Certificate in Audio Engineering & Production. Graduated with honours.
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Nov 2021 - Present
Lead the design on a brand new experimental research project
Redesigned our software repository, Maven Central, which has 50k+ active users
Conducted several design experiments and tested with core users for our newest product

Technical Skills

Prototyping

Figma
Sketch
Adobe XD
8+ years of prototyping and UI creation.

Coding

HTML/CSS
JS
Java
Swift
15+ years of programming experience.

Audio

Logic Pro
Pro Tools
Reason
12+ years of audio engineering experience.

Sonatype

Guitar
Keyboard
Voice
Composing
12+ years of music writing, playing and performing.

Images

Photoshop
Lightroom
Illustrator
10+ years of image editing experience.

Video

Final Cut Pro
Adobe Premiere
1-2 years of minor video editing experience.