Professional Experience

I have 10+ years experience as an enterprise information architect and full-stack web developer in e-commerce, academia, and technology start-ups. I am equally comfortable researching & developing complex UX strategies, solving technical issues with system developers, and collaborating with clients of all skill levels.

 

{Information Architect & User Experience}

Led enterprise information architecture efforts for an e-commerce platform of 100+ top retailers with over $1 Billion in annual sales.

Worked in a client-facing role to gather requirements, develop innovative interaction concepts, and achieve final design approval.

Created wireframes, sitemaps, storyboards, taxonomies and other design documentation for non-technical clients and system engineers/developers.

Conducted user research and usability testing in an iterative design practice.

 

{Web Developer & Designer}

Served as lead web developer for a highly ranked liberal arts college; projects included a $230 million+ capital campaign and developing digital libraries.

Designed and developed web applications for information techology, legal, and life sciences clients.

Managed a nationally recognized medical e-learning website; hired and supervised web development staff.

 

{Research & Teaching}

Institute of Museum & Library Science (IMLS) Fellow: Research and develop innovative digital library and search technologies.

Teaching Assistant: (INFO 405) Computer Supported Collaborative Work: Developed course materials, supported and evaluated students.

Co-founded a research and development office for digital libraries and educational technology at Bryn Mawr College.

Mentored undergraduate student interns at Bryn Mawr College in user experience design and web programming (former interns now employed by Twitter, Etsy, Accenture).

Collaborated with faculty at The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in adapting medical curricula to include interactive e-learning applications, digital imagry, and virtual lab sections.

 

Filtered search and eHealth wireframe Bryn Mawr College Library

 

Proficiencies:

quantitative and qualitative research, client communication, wireframing, prototyping, personas, scenarios, search and web analytics, requirements and competitive analysis
Tech: HTML/XML/CSS/JavaScript/PHP/Python/MySQL

 

Service and Affiliation

Chester County PA Schools, Secondary Unit, Computer & Information Systems: Curriculum Advisory Committee

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Philadelphia area ACM SIGCHI chapter (PhillyCHI)

American Library Association (ALA)

 

Previous Employers

GSI Commerce (acquired by eBay)
Bryn Mawr College
The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.