About
I'm passionate about mentoring others to deepen the collective understanding of user experience research, product strategy, and human-centered design.
Outside of work, you can find me giving talks at local conferences, hiking local parks and exploring new parts of Pittsburgh with my husband, our son Ira, and our Great Dane, Moose.
Experience
Truefit // Mar 2020 - Apr 2025
Senior Product Designer responsible for leading research, strategy, and design for custom software products that drive business and user value, with a focus on achieving desirable outcomes
Skills // Product Design · Product Strategy · Agile Product Development · User Research · Research Operations
Tools // Figma · Miro · Maze · UserTesting · Chat GPT · Zoom Workplace · Google Workspace · Slack · Jira
UPMC Health Plan // Mar 2016 - Mar 2020
Experience Designer responsible for defining customer experiences that respond directly to user and business needs
Skills // Experience Design · Qualitative Research · Quantitative Research · Design Thinking · Design Sprints
Tools // Sketch · Mural · Dedoose · UserZoom · Microsoft 365
Brunner // Oct 2014 - Mar 2016
User Experience Designer responsible for designing digital products and researching trends for projects that spanned start-up to enterprise
Skills // UX Design · UI Design · Journey Mapping · Prototyping · Wireframing
Tools // Adobe Creative Suite · Balsamiq · InVision
Certifications & Training
Writing Compelling Digital Copy // Nielsen Norman Group // 2022
Designing Complex Apps for Specialized Domains // Nielsen Norman Group // 2021
Application Design for Web and Desktop // Nielsen Norman Group // 2021
Design Leadership // Cooper // 2019
UX Research Specialty // Nielsen/Norman Group // 2018
Advancing Workshop // Luma Institute // 2017
Fundamentals of Innovation through Human-Centered Design // Luma Institute // 2016
Let’s Work Together
I’m currently open to new opportunities to learn and grow.