work experience
The last 6 years of my professional work experience.
Phased Design
Founder & Freelancer
July 2022 - Present
Work with clients to create beautiful, functional websites.
Lead marketing and outreach efforts to onboard new clients.
Manage social media presence and ensure constant communication with followers.
Santa Clara University Ciocca Center
Industry Advisory Board Member
April 2021 - Present
Project & Strategy Advisor for the Santa Clara University team participating in the University Innovation Fellows program hosted by the Stanford d.School.
Assist team in ideating and implementing ideas at SCU to encourage interdisciplinary projects, work, and interactions.
Opal
CEO & Co-Founder
January 2020 - Present
Opal is an app that connects college students with mentors and a resource hub for students and early-career professionals.
Lead 45-person team in roles spanning Product, Marketing, Operations, Finance, & Business Development.
Create PRD & track, groom, and alter Product roadmap and timeline based on Engineering, Design, and Marketing updates.
Origin
Product Manager
April 2022 - June 2022
Streamline onboarding & booking processes for new and existing patients.
Lead team of developers to implement new features based on user needs and business objectives.
Create Figma prototypes to hand-off to development team for web application and user portal.
Congregate components and styling for an updated Design System to make the development handoff more efficient.
Assist DEI team with content for weekly updates.
Cisco Systems
Software Engineer
August 2020 - April 2022
Assist with projects aligned with Front-end Software Engineering, Product Design, and Employee Experience within the Supply Chain group.
Create and enhance internal Cisco applications using Angular JS, Node JS, Figma (Product Design), and User Testing tactics.
Lead of Women in Science & Engineering (WISE) Community Giving Pillar SJ Chapter.
Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business
UX Project Manager
March - June 2020
Assist Leavey School of Business Marketing and Communications team to improve the business school’s website including design, usability, accessibility, hierarchy and search engine optimization.
Conduct focus groups and usability tests with key stakeholders to assess user experience and design effectiveness.
Introduce and share web design and UI/UX best practices with the LSB MarCom team.
Knowledge of and/or willingness to learn tools that our team uses such as Terminal4, Slack, Google Analytics, and others as needed.
Ability to manage this project from inception to completion.
Provide tasks and direction to 3-4 interns who will support the project.
NASA Ames Research Center
Design Intern
June 2019 - June 2020
Create UI graphics for Microsoft Hololens interactions.
Analyze usability and user experience of drone traffic management system interface.
Complete mixed reality projects, including a Virtual Tour of Airspace Operations Lab.
Create graphics for team.
Assist team with drone traffic management data analysis of user interaction experiences from pilots and ground control station operators.
Publication: TCL4 UTM (UAS Traffic Management) Texas 2019 Flight Tests, Airspace Operations Laboratory (AOL) Report
Publication: TCL4 UTM (UAS Traffic Management) Nevada 2019 Flight Tests, Airspace Operations Laboratory (AOL) Report
Santa Clara University Career Center
Lead Web Developer
May 2017 - June 2020
First student speaker to present DIY Approach to Usability Testing at Santa Clara University Marketing Summit.
Conduct data collection and usability testing to research why unique pageviews decreased 60% over three years.
Lead, manage, and delegate tasks to web team.
Train incoming web team members.
Advise Career Center staff on marketing and social media efforts to university students.
Santa Clara University School of Engineering
Digital Tech Assistant
January 2019 - June 2019
Recipient of University Marketing Communications Council's Choice Award for ideation and creation of Faces of Engineering video posted to social media.
Provide assistance with digital tech projects, such as creating virtual tours for students.
Assist team in projects requiring design or web design skills.
Served as the Student Representative on the Marketing & Communications Committee for the School of Engineering.