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I am a principal-level UX designer and information architect with nearly 20 years of digital design experience. I enjoy working with a smallish team of superheroes with whom I can build beautiful ways to access information.

Below are some of my favorite work projects, as well as publications and talks.

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Successful information hierarchy

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College Board: AP Central

Course branding on the website for the first time

College Board: AP Central site

Infor/Hook & Loop

Pushing user research and documentation forward

Infor's pop-up testing lab

New York Public Library

Transforming the Library's UX practice

College Board: AP Central

About my work

I learned to design in code in 1999. Since then I've been fortunate to have a varied career. I have been responsible for the information architecture, layout, visual design, front-end code, testing, and overall successful user experience of both non-profit and commercial web properties. My work ranges from intranets for Ford Motor Company, to research guides for The Metropolitan Museum of Art, to the flagship sites for the New York Public Library and Infor.

My training in information science has been crucial to my success as a UX designer and information architect, since the primary job of a librarian is to assess user needs and facilitate information delivery. Between my librarian training and my experience in different disciplines, I am able to be the bridge between research, strategy, IA, design, and development.

Apart from my design skills, I'm a bit of an empath and a firm believer in collaborative working environments. A colleague once complimented my ability to command a room full of emotional, frustrated people by saying I was like "a kindergarten teacher for grown-ups." Sometimes we all need a hug, or a cookie, or a smack with a rolled-up newspaper*.

* I do not believe in hitting kindergartners with newspaper or anything. Grown-ups, however, should be regularly struck with wet noodles.