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PowerVS Data Center Readiness
ENTERPRISE PRODUCT DESIGN

Empowering enterprise IT admin with the information they need make an informed decision about which data center to choose.


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Ansible Automation for IBM Power
UX RESEARCH, LEARNING & SKILLS GAPS

Uncovering gaps in users Ansible Automation and IBM Power skills and strategizing ways to make filling these gaps exciting and helpful to users.

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AI Code Assistant for IBM i
UX RESEARCH + DESIGN

Collaborating with development to define and deliver a code assistant experience that helps RPG developers understand old code in new ways.


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San Francisco Design Week
SPEAKING & PRESENTING, DESIGN COMMUNITY

Engaging
the IBM designers and the larger San Francisco design community in the return to office era

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Power Transformation Research

UX RESEARCH, BUSINESS STRATEGY

Collecting, synthesizing, and transforming large quantities of complex user data into a set of ‘client experience goals’ to change the IBM Power business.

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Design for Generative AI Playing Cards
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, DESIGN EDUCATION

A deck of playing cards with guidelines, examples, and prompts for designers and teams to leverage in the process of creating generative AI experiences and products.

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PowerVS Ecosystem Catalog
ENTERPRISE PRODUCT DESIGN

Designing a new way to publicize complementary services and help users build out a robust ecosystem of solutions within PowerVS, IBM’s hybrid cloud offering.


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CHIM GUI Heuristic Evaulation

UX RESEARCH

Usability audit of CHIM, IBM’s smart card initialization and management interface

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Bits of Good Design Bootcamp

SPEAKING & PRESENTING

Teaching UX design and research fundamentals to 40+ university students through a 12-week, interactive course.

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Server Energy Reduction Research

UX RESEARCH, SUSTAINABILITY

Investigating IT teams’ motivations and methods to reduce their server energy usage. Designing features to help teams meet their energy savings goals.

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Electrik Skin ProductionBRANDING & VISUAL DESIGN

Designing websites, promotional materials, and marketing graphics for filmmakers, producers, and corporate clients.

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Spanx.comDESKTOP UX DESIGN, E-COMMERCE

Partnering with the performance marketing, E-commerce, and customer experiences teams to raise the conversion rate of spanx.com by 30%.


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