The MITRE Corporation is a not-for-profit company that operates federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs), providing solutions for critical challenges in defense and intelligence, aviation, civil systems, homeland security, the judiciary, healthcare, and cybersecurity.

OBJECTIVE: Create a responsive, content-rich experience for the FFRDCs and the parent organization to showcase R&D capabilities and support business and recruiting objectives.

APPROACH: Collaborated with strategists, researchers, and led a team of four designers to update the online brand and create a new visual design system. We conducted workshops, defined taxonomies and introduced new workflows.

The multi-phase project involved stakeholders in Washington DC and Bedford, MA. During development, we partnered with Acquia to help vet Drupal development teams. 

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an American multinational banking and financial services holding company. It is the largest bank in the United States, and the world's fifth largest bank with total assets of $2.6 trillion.

OBJECTIVE: Create a way for JP Morgan Wealth Advisors to visualize data and share portfolio performance with premier investors. 

APPROACH: Created the visual and interaction design for this native iPad application, including visualizations for transactions, returns, equity, portfolio allocation and currency exchange. Created two versions of the system for A/B testing. The project was conducted in concert with other JP Morgan initiatives at Hot Studio's New York office where the team created a visual style guide and library of reusable components.

Mata Amritanandamayi has embraced and comforted more than 34 million people and is widely regarded as one of India’s foremost spiritual leaders. Her global network of charity organizations provides food, housing, education and medical services for the poor.

OBJECTIVE: Create a new digital presence for Amma.org that emphasizes humanitarian initiatives, provides tour information and offers publishing capabilities for hundreds of community groups in North America.

APPROACH: Worked with a small team to launch a new Drupal-based website in less than six months. Established a community advisory board of individuals in the US and India. Collaborated on UX, updated the identity mark and created a visual design system.

The resulting site conveys the authority of her nonprofit organizations. It provides tour schedules and information, and is a portal where thousands of volunteers in the US and Canada coordinate and organize.

CPP is best known for the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® assessment. SkillsOne is the online assessment system with hundreds of offerings used by Fortune 500 companies, educators, government agencies, and training and development consultants in more than 100 countries to improve the performance of individuals and organizations.

OBJECTIVE: Improve the user experience and visual design of the SkillsOne assessment and commerce environment.

APPROACH: As sole practitioner on the project, I created new UX and visual design for this MS Sharepoint-powered e-commerce application. 

Turn is the largest independent company in the advertising technology sector and an early pioneer of data-driven advertising. They provide digital advertising data, planning, activation and analysis from a single platform. 

OBJECTIVE: Create a new visual design for Turn's primary ad platform.

APPROACH: Worked with Turn's internal UX director, and led a team of three to create a new visual design for Turn's Campaign Suite and Audience Suite.

SRI International is a nonprofit, independent research center serving government and industry. Their research and innovations have led to new industries and products, from the computer mouse and interactive computing to medical ultrasound and cancer drugs.

OBJECTIVE: Create a new website that provides information about the organizations's history, R&D capabilities, ventures and innovations.

APPROACH: Worked with UX researchers, visual designers, content strategists and engineers on a multi-year project. We updated the visual identity and redesigned the digital presence, defined taxonomies, supported content migration, and advised internal teams on best practices related to Drupal publishing. The site showcases the organization's contributions to technology, science, healthcare, national security and innovation in Silicon Valley.

Open Architecture Network was formed after one of its founders won the 2006 TED Prize. Hot Studio and Sun Microsystems were awarded the opportunity to design and build the website. The aim of the network was to enable architects, designers, innovators and community leaders to share innovative and sustainable ideas, designs and plans that address specific design challenges. It closed in 2015, with thousands of archived projects.

OBJECTIVE: Create an interactive, collaborative space where architects and community leaders share plans and manage projects.

APPROACH: Worked with Hot Studio and Sun Microsystems to create a visual design for this Drupal-powered site. It was unveiled at the 2007 TED conference. Within a few weeks 2,000 designers joined. Hot Studio won an Interactive Media Award for the site in 2008.

Health is an American magazine focused on women's health topics ranging from diet and exercise to dealing with relationships and stress. The magazine was purchased by Time Inc. in 1991. It's circulation totals over six million readers. I created interactive products for the magazine and it's advertisers from 2000-2006.

OBJECTIVE: Redesign the website in concert with the print publication's 2005 update, incorporating editorial, marketing and subscription requirements, including a custom experience for print subscribers. Create a template system that supports legacy content and new publishing workflows within the Vignette StoryServer CMS.

APPROACH: Collaborated with a team of editors, marketers, designers and engineers to redesign Health.com and create sponsored tools for advertisers. Conducted stakeholder interviews within Time Inc. and AOL, referenced audience research, and collected requirements from the subscriptions, marketing, ad sales and editorial teams.  

Drafted system and content maps, wireframe template diagrams and high fidelity visual designs. Compiled functional requirements and wrote an RFP for development that was submitted to both internal and external engineering teams. Worked with the selected firm to launch the website concurrent with the release of the new print publication.