UX That Solves Real Problems

Here’s a look at some projects I’ve worked on. From responsive websites to app interfaces and process work. Each one started with a challenge and ended with a solution designed to make someone’s experience easier, faster, or more enjoyable.

Whether you're curious about my process or looking for a collaborator who can bridge design and development, these projects give a feel for how I think, work, and solve problems.

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Tarsal Transformations: Simplifying Complex Data Operations

Project Overview Tarsal users needed the ability to transform data in flight between sources and destinations, a critical feature offered by competitors but through complex scripting interfaces that required coding knowledge. As the lead product designer, I created an intuitive, visual transformation builder that enabled users to modify their data without writing a single line of code, maintaining Tarsal’s core <<read more>>
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Tarsal Data Dashboard Redesign

Project Overview The Tarsal Data Dashboard needed reimagining. As the lead product designer, I transformed a usage-focused interface into a narrative-driven dashboard that helps users understand their cloud data connections and flows. This case study showcases how strategic UX thinking can elevate a technical product from merely showing data to telling a meaningful story. The Challenge The original dashboard suffered <<read more>>
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Streaming Service Aggregation

Another personal, just for fun project. This one started as a Figma learning exercise. The Big Idea Of course it will never happen, but the idea is a system that can maintain and access all the different services you are subscribed to. If you’re like me, you are constantly swapping back and forth between streaming services. Worse yet, some things <<read more>>
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SiteProtect Redesign

Introduction SiteProtect was the name of our cloud-based Denial of Service (DDoS) protection system. With a robust back end and API, SiteProtect was a best-in-class and award-winning service with one major drawback: it was designed by engineers and internet infrastructure experts. That all changed with the addition of UX attention.  Starting with a complete visual overhaul to the new corporate <<read more>>
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UX Tools in the Process

Built for a UX training given to development and product teams, this graphic demonstrates some of the tools and sub-processes available to the UX practitioner. Of course we know that the world is rarely a perfect place, so this graphic is more of a menu (and a non-exhaustive one at that) of tools available at various lifecycle stages. In reality, <<read more>>
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Visual Design Guide

  I’m going to be honest, explaining this project is not easy. On the surface, the task was simple: Create a design guide that developers will use to create or refactor several products.  But that doesn’t begin to approach the complexity of this particular challenge. Four primary and several more second-level extremely data-dense products A combination of dark and light <<read more>>
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Women’s Resources Reimagined

Women’s Resources Reimagined Conceptualize, design, and create a directory of resources for young women in crisis Client: Unnamed Women’s Assistance organization  2020-2022 (and ongoing) Principal Architect, User Experience Lead, Lead Developer Project Summary Our client provides resources and information to young women (primarily college-age) in crisis. Issues they support include unexpected pregnancy, domestic abuse, educational or financial hardship, etc. To <<read more>>
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