Hi, I'm Chris.

I'm a full-stack UX designer with over a decade of experience creating business applications for both small and enterprise-level organizations.

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Relevant Experience & Case Studies
2012 – 2020
Gates Foundation
Senior UX Designer (Contract, The Creative Group)
2019 – 2020

Led research and design efforts on several key initiatives for a Salesforce-based investment management system. Owned the research, development, and maintenance of platform design standards. Through continuous review, identified and documented more than 30 additional enhancements to existing interactions. Only designer embedded into production sprint team.

Updates to the Active Investment View

I led research and design efforts on several key initiatives for a Salesforce-based investment management system including the active investment view.

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Publishing Design Standards

At the risk of being pegged a know-it-all, I owned the research, development, and maintenance of platform design standards during my time at the Gates Foundation.

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Waxvine
Founder, Design Lead
2016 – 2018

Set the vision for a content management platform for UX pros. Determined design direction, project priorities, and engagement strategies to acquire users and improve existing features. Defined brand voice and tone used throughout site and social media channels.

Waxvine Application

Waxvine is a cloud-based content management solution designed specifically for creating design-related guidance such as styleguides, brand guides, and design systems.

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Product Branding

The thinking that went into marketing an unknown product.

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Globys
Senior UX Designer
2012 – 2016

Owned design for new and existing products. Created an updated visual identity used to guide the company’s design vision moving forward. Performed user research, interviews, and studies to determine an updated design strategy. Worked closely with product owners and engineers.

Invoice Management 1.0

Globys's flagship product hadn't seen a significant visual update in several years. To mitigate the risk imposed by the aging interface, I was brought on to lead the design and help product develop a plan to make updates to the aging application.

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Invoice Management 2.0 - Conceptual Designs

While the visual-only refresh was continuing, I concurrently began work to help determine if a more significant update made sense.

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