CV

Subject matter expert on best practices for UX, innovation, and design for rich interactive experiences, digital products and services. • Leads teams of product designers and developers using agile methodologies and design thinking principles in a fast-paced consultancy environment. • Works directly with clients to develop an understanding of project needs, design and facilitate discovery sessions. • Diagnoses issues and delivers bespoke solutions design for international enterprise clients. • Executes comprehensive research to identify client needs and pain points and establish KPIs. • Advocates for a diverse, inclusive culture of lifelong learning.

Dynamic production of a revolutionary immersive mixed reality performance. • Monitored a live virtual reality performance augmented by motion-capture technology for issues in real-time, and worked to solve them quickly and unobtrusively. • Formed a workflow for a new role in a then-nonexistent form of digital art. • Developed proficiency and experimented with Optitrack and Faceware motion capture systems.

Research + curriculum development for graduate-level online learning. • Led tutorials on accessible virtual tools, photogrammetry, and computer-assisted design to graduate-level students. • Pivoted conventional curriculum for socially distant online learning in response to the COVID crisis. • Developed strategies for COVID-response in real-time, on a tight budget, for stakeholders ranging from university admin to an international student body.

Smart wearable technology for health and wellness. • Led a diverse multidisciplinary team functioning as a design firm. • Designed a groundbreaking app and lifestyle brand for users of next-generation smart clothes. • Orchestrated comprehensive user research and competitive analysis for an emerging technology sector.

Premium immersive escape games highlighting the best of Toronto. • Designed original live narrative immersive games in association with key stakeholders and brands. • Emerged as a design professional while growing from intern to designer. • Devised a taxonomy of immersivity that forms the basis of emerging immersion theory.