Atlanta, Georgia · February 2003 – Present
UX Director · Sinimuna Corporation
Sinimuna provides UX design and corporate communications services for clients including the CDC, the U.S. Air Force, Polycom, Philips, Cox Communications, and Big Picture Casting. I lead UX direction, design execution, and front-end delivery while also producing branding and communications materials.
Alpharetta, Georgia · May 2017 – May 2018
Senior Information Architect Supervisor · United Parcel Service
Led information architecture and interaction design planning for UPS.com, bringing research, heuristics, and prototype-based communication into complex cross-functional delivery work.
Johns Creek, Georgia · March 2010 – April 2017
Senior/Lead UX Designer · Macy’s Technology
Led UX work for an enterprise portal serving 67,000 users, covering SharePoint migrations, research, standards, dashboards, reports, custom apps, and broad multi-division support.
Remote · March 2015 – Present
Verse Contributor · Avanti Press
Write humorous greeting card copy on an ongoing basis for a quirky, high-volume card publisher with international distribution.
Condensed Background
Selected Earlier Roles
State Farm · Sketchworks · AT&T Mobility · Coca-Cola · McKesson · Deloitte · Delta Air Lines · DataScan Technologies · SunTrust Bank · BellSouth Business · STORIS Management Systems · University of Tampere · Interactive Magic · U.S. Navy Reserve
University Of Tampere
Master Of Social Science, International Relations
Graduate work focused on international relations theory, comparative politics, and security studies.
Tampere Peace Research Institute
Fulbright Scholar, Researcher
Fulbright-supported research on post–Cold War Finnish defense policy and security transformation.
University Of Pittsburgh At Johnstown
Bachelor Of Arts, Global Affairs
Undergraduate work in global affairs, policy, and international context.
Lahti Folk College
Radio Broadcasting And Finnish Language Studies
Additional study in media communication and Finnish language.
