Resume.
Areas of Expertise
Design System Leadership, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Engineering Collaboration, Roadmap Planning & Prioritization, Design System Mentorship/Education/Support, User Research/Testing, Design Tokens/Theming, Figma Component Construction/Documentation/Engineering Specification, Quality Assurance, Accessible Component Standards, Design System Library Maintenance/Governance/Iteration
Tools / Proficiencies
Figma Expert, FigJam, Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, VS Code, Cursor, Figma Plugin Development, HTML/CSS/JavaScript, Gatsby, Jekyll, Git, GitHub, Jira, Confluence, Airtable
Experience
Walmart
Sr. UX Designer, Design Systems: March 2020 - June 2025
Portland, OR / Remote
- Designed, maintained and iterated components & patterns in Figma.
- Established documentation templates & standards, wrote user-facing documentation.
- Wrote platform-agnostic component engineering specifications and collaborated with cross-platform engineering teams to ensure accurate implementation.
- Established & documented the team’s iteration process for design system governance
- Established standards and methodologies for user support.
- Led design onboarding & education sessions to increase system adoption.
- Led Figma education sessions to help improve the skill level of our design org.
- Was a point-person for ad-hoc collaboration with product teams to instruct and advise on system challenges.
- Embedded with enterprise product team as design system lead, to build a product-focused library, extending the core system.
- Established standards & processes to scale design systems throughout Walmart’s primary business pillars.
Walmart
Sr. UX Designer, PWA: Feb 2019 - Feb 2020
Portland, OR
- Collaborated with engineers to establish performance-first UX priorities for three primary commerce experiences: home page, product detail page, cart.
- Built library of reusable components for touch interaction.
- Designed and iterated screens and prototypes to highlight how design constraints facilitate better web performance.
- Presented findings to design, product and engineering leadership.
- Created and presented project showcase material to demonstrate the value of performance-first UX in an annual Walmart design summit.
Nike
Sr. UX Designer, Nike Technology: Sep 2017 - Jan 2019
Contract position via TEKSystems, Hillsboro, OR.
- Designed B2B web application enabling Nike retail customers to select and purchase product assortments.
- Worked with product owners and internal business partners to define and prioritize product features.
- Worked with SCRUM manager and project manager to set quarterly roadmaps.
- Led user testing sessions with Nike retail customers (end users) to optimize happy paths and improve UX.
- Built HTML & CSS components to facilitate design handoff.
Nike
Sr. UX Designer, Store Tools: April 2017 - June 2017
Contract position via TEKSystems, Beaverton, OR.
- Built Zero-to-one app architecture and defined new UX for the Athlete Platform, an iOS application to help in-store associates manage their employment.
- Worked with product owner to set project roadmap.
- Worked with Nike visual designers to define and design key sections of the application, adhering to Nike’s brand guidelines.
- Presented final UX and visual concepts to Nike retail executives.
BuildingOnline
UX/UI Designer, Front-End Developer: 2002 - 2017
Dana Point, CA
BuildingOnline was a leading digital agency in the building products industry for nearly 20 years. They were primarily a technology resource in the commercial and residential building products industry when I joined. I helped their transformation into a full-service design agency. They were acquired in 2018. During that time, my duties included, but were not limited to: Sales & Promotion, Project Management, Art Direction, Site Architecture, UX/UI Design, Front-End Development, Customer Relations.
Education
Laguna College of Art & Design
Graphic Design, Illustration
San Diego State University
BA, Journalism