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ABOUT

I am an experienced UX director adept at driving successful user-centric design strategies through lean process optimization, data-informed insights, and effective team leadership in small-medium sized businesses. I have a proven track record of creating streamlined workflows, implementing data tools from ground up and leveraging data-driven methodologies for informed design choices, and fostering a collaborative and inclusive environment that enhances team performance. I am skilled in aligning user needs with business goals to deliver impactful and innovative user experiences.

In my free time I enjoy traveling, music, reading, video/board games, and trivia. I'm an amateur musician and music producer and record demo tracks of guitar, bass, and synth sounds using Reaper. I play lots of indie RPG/puzzle/platformer style games and enjoy tabletops like Gloomhaven and others.

I'm currently making my way through a campaign in Balder's Gate 3 and am overwhelmed with competing desires to play through Starfield and the Phantom Liberty expansion to Cyberpunk 2077.

I'm finishing up the 3 Body Problem book trilogy and am also making my way through the Hyperion novels. My backlog of sci-fi/fantasy novels has become daunting.