Awards
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Google Defensive Publication - Systems and methods for augmented/virtual reality privacy controls, 2021
Ford IT Innovation Award - IBM Maximo Visual Inspection, 2021
IBM Women’s Executive Council, 2020
IBM Advanced Technical Eminence Program, 2020
Best of IBM Award Given by CEO, 2019
Gold Winner Experience Design by Spark Design Awards, 2018
2Q IBM Systems Agile Excellence Award, 2018
Patent for Haptic Feedback in Networked Components, 2018
Academic Achievement Award SCAD, 2015
Graduate Fellow Merit Scholarship SCAD, 2015
Unite for Sight Fundraiser of the Year, 2014
Gold Winner Construction Science, 2014
Design Excellence Winner UT Architecture, 2013
Design Excellence Nominee UT Architecture, 2012
Recipient of Best of IBM Award 2019, given by the CEO to 0.25% of IBM employees.
Bali Indonesia 2019
Speaking
Past Talks
Trojan Horsing: Speculative Design at IBM Primer Conference, Jun 2020
Trojan Horsing: Speculative Design at IBM Mobile UX London, Nov 2020
Enterprise Speculative Practices: SXSW Interactive, TBD 2021
Inclusivity in Practice: Designing for Humans: Austin Design Week x T3, 2019
Designing for Progressive Disclosure Workshop: Austin Design Week, 2019
Designing for Progressive Disclosure: McCombs School of Business, 2019
Enterprise Speculative Practices at IBM: Ford Senior Executives, 2019
Designing for Progressive Disclosure Workshop: Domain-Driven Design, 2019
Designing For Progressive Disclosure: General Assembly UX Bootcamp, 2018
Concept Refinement & Validation: University of Texas at Austin, 2018
Intro to Computer Vision: General Assembly Speaker Series, 2018
PowerAI Vision Product Presentation: IBM Board of Directors, 2018
Growing Your AI Business to Production: IBM THINK Conference, 2018
Project Cognitive Discovery Presentation: IBM CEO & Technology Team, 2018
Design Thinking: Project Cognitive Discovery: Fortune Magazine, 2017
Enterprise Design Thinking at IBM: Intrapreneurship Conference Toronto, 2017
Thesis Defense, The Maverick Within: Intrapreneurship as a System: SCAD, 2017
Tempo: Making Music from Weather Data: SXSW x IBM, 2017
Speaking on a panel at T3 in Austin about Trojan-Horsing speculative design practices at IBM.
Austin Design Week 2019
Writing
I write and share articles about user experience research, artificial intelligence, product design methodology, and other professional skill-building topics.
Linked Articles
LinkedIn FAQ: How I Got Into User Experience Research
Mastering the Digital Keynote: tips and tricks for improvement
UX Researchers: everyday shifts to adopt a designer-first approach
Designing for Progressive Disclosure Part II: product design workflow
Designing for Progressive Disclosure
Designers in the C-Suite: How a group of new hires grabbed the attention of IBM’s CEO
Complexity Analysis for UX Researchers at IBM: What it is and how to get started
Advice for Designers Looking to Get Their First Patent
Education
Master of Fine Arts in Design Management
Savannah College of Art and Design
Graduate Fellow
Bachelor of Science in Architecture
University of Texas at Austin
Graduated with High Honors