Product & Project Management, UX Developer

Consultant

• Primarily use Sketch, Figma, InVision, Adobe XD to produce hi-fidelity interactive prototype designs

• For one particular Oil & Gas client, created over 40+ prototypes for mobile, web and desktop sites

• Distill clients’ business needs and vision into functional designs that allow users a seamless experience 

• Serve as a liaison between business side and technical/design teams to communicate and align views 

• Create and manage user flows, competitive analysis, user personas, user surveys and usability testing

• Internalize client and business requirements to produce visual designs for native apps and responsive websites 

• Gather feedback through research, reviews with customers and stakeholders to improve products

• Create functional and visually seamless websites (primarily on Wordpress and SquareSpace CMS platforms)   

• Perform heuristic evaluations to provide consumer feedback for future design iterations

• Create Project Flows, Technical and Functional Requirements, and Test Plans for web and mobile apps

MacroFab, Inc

• Ensured Agile Process was well adapted to the needs of the business and the squads from sprint planning to release

• Established governance and processes for development team

• Collaborated with Product Managers, Developers, Architects and Support Engineers to guide the technical direction with the creation of specialized weekly team sync meetings

• Developed a technical onboarding program for ~60% new members of software development team 

• Enhanced technical skills performance of squads through implementation of peer-programming, knowledge sharing, unit testing, and debugging sessions for developers

• Organized and managed the transition of squads from Kanban to Scrum process, including acting as Scrum Master

• Created and maintained Jira Advanced Roadmap for Product and Software Development squads to keep track of all  tasks, projects, and releases. Also, owned the Software Release Management Process

• Managed the scheduling, planning, and implementation of all continuous improvements to the enhance and support  customers’ goals and product experience

• Worked with cross-functional teams in delivery of 80+ new product capabilities and 8 major cross-team feature releases

Croozen (now Guzo)

• Owned projects from ideation to launch, while tracking metrics, dependencies, and blockers each sprint 

• Integrate usability studies, research, and market analysis into product requirements to improve engineer productivity and enhance user satisfaction

• Researched and implemented best practices and design trends for the website and mobile app

• Designed online, print and email marketing materials highlighting new app features and promotional events for over 20 universities and the greater area of Houston, Texas

• Managed and collaborated with 3 different teams to create user workflows, use cases, protocols and technical specifications to ensure effective communication of vision and delivery of new features

• Produced screen designs showcasing future-state design flow and user functionality of the app and presented to multiple investors, VCs, and stakeholders in the company

• Validated new features through user interviews and multiple testing sessions to obtain customer app feedback 

• Utilized analytical skills to understand user needs, motivations and behaviors and translated into app design and business requirements

Medici.MD

• Utilized the Wordpress.org platform to create a new multi-page website

• Integrated responsive design for both iOS and Android smart phones and tablets

• Developed web pages using HTML, CSS and PHP  

• Worked in the Agile methodology and under a tight timeframe to make sure site was completed before launch