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I'm John
I'm a Product Designer
15+ years as a
Researcher
Designer
Product Owner
Project Manager
collaboratively building complex software products that make a difference.
Masters Human-Computer Interaction + Design
CSM / CSPO
Six Sigma Black Belt
I'm John and I'm a Product Designer.
Starting as a Web Developer coding HTML / CSS, JavaScript and Active Server Pages, I worked with graphic designers, back-end developers and database engineers to build enterprise applications.
As I’ve held various roles, one things has stood out to me, strategy and process are key for getting the right things done at the right time.
Whether I'm creating flows for a product, defining strategy for a project or laying out plans in my wood studio, process makes the difference to deliver quality solutions.
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Roles
Design Skills
Research Skills
  • UX Designer
  • UX Researcher
  • Product Owner
  • Project Manager
  • Design Thinking
  • Visual Design
  • Information Architecture
  • Interaction Design
  • Wireframing Prototyping
  • User Flow / Task Flows / Process
  • 1 on 1 / In-depth interviews
  • Usability Testing
  • Survey Design / Analysis
  • Stakeholder Needs / Analysis
  • Cognitive Walk-thru / Task Analysis
  • Contextual Inquiry / Job Shadow
“Stood out as a technologist, regularly taking the lead to help the team to understand complex topics"
Sr. UXR, Meta, Ex-Target

Projects

Qualtrics API / Customer Experience Survey Utilities

Designed for phone, tablet and desktop, an app to manage enrollment, branding, device allocation and more for a large-scale survey program.
  • User Researcher
  • Designer
  • Project Manager
5x increase in closed requests within 7 days.

13 minutes / 70% reduction in effort required to document and close contact requests.

Wealth Management Withdrawal Authorization

Used for 3 weekends during a company-wide data migration, this application provided withdrawal authorizations for Wealth Management Clients.
  • User Researcher
  • Designer
  • Project Manager
All transactions balanced with actual withdrawals at the close of each weekend.

No client or personal banker complaints.

AI / Speech-to-Text in VR & AR Environments

Multi-stage, multi-method study to understand AI and voice interactions while using speech-to-text within Virtual & Augmented Reality environments.
  • Sr. UX Researcher
  • Project Manager
54% of high-priority work planned for PM, Design and Engineering during 2022 / H2 from my studies.

30% increase in first-time usage as a result of study recommendations to update UI
A girl playing on a quest 2 headset with an overlay from the messenger app virtual reality.

Professional Summary

Education / Certifications
  • Masters Human Computer Interaction + Design
  • CSM / CSPO Certified Scrum Master / Product Owner
  • Six Sigma Black Belt
  • Product Design Certificate
  • Certified Web Developer
  • PMP Project Management Professional
  • Bachelors Organizational Leadership
Supportive Skills
  • Project Management
  • Data Analysis / Visualization
  • Product Strategy / Roadmapping
  • Vendor Manageement
Domains
  • B2B
  • Enterprise
  • B2C
Industries
Financial Services
  • Fintech
  • Mortgage
  • Retail Banking
Technology
  • Voice
  • Artifical Intelligence
  • Augmented / Virtual Reality
Healthcare
Applications
  • Figma
  • Adobe XD
  • Webflow
  • Tableau
  • Lookback
  • OptimalSort
  • UserTesting
  • Qualtrics
Technical Knowledge
HTML / CSS | Advanced
SQL / Postgre | Intermediate
Python | Advanced Beginner
JavaScript | Beginner

Key Roles

Meta
Sr. User Experience Researcher
With a focus on AI, VR & AR, I led bi-annual research roadmapping for AI and Voice for Messenger on Quest as I supported development of 0 to 1 and in-market devices and contributed to command-related aspects of future wearables.
Monterey Bay Aquarium | UCI
UX Researcher | capstone
I led research for the design of an app planned for students to use in the field, classroom and laboratory. The app created a solution allowing the aquarium to move forward with fundraising from supporters to develop the application.
Union Bank
Product Designer
As a self-led product design consultant, I researched, designed and developed a mortgage documentation library application (SharePoint) in response to compliance findings. To ensure the application would be supported by IT, I developed and documented the solution meeting required standards ensuring the application would be included in coming upgrade paths for SharePoint / InfoPath.
Allliance Healthcare Services
Design Consultant
Lead Product Designer / Product Owner
Led product design and acted as interim product owner to transition enhanced and newly created products to new owners after re-launch or initial launch. I supported the Customer Experience team through the implementation of Qualtrics, managing the implementation of Qualtrics API, oversaw administration of new survey questions and execution, and deliver utilities to manage survey responses.
Wells Fargo
UX Designer / Project Manager
Researched, designed and managed development of an application to support wealth management customers requiring consistent access to their funds during a 3 weekend data migration that limited access to funds for most bank customers. 

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