Professional Experience

Senior Product Designer Uber 2022-Current

Designing innovative solutions that streamlined complex talent performance and calibration processes, aligning with organizational goals and user needs to promote employee growth and retention at Uber.

User Experience Designer Robert Half 2019-2022

Designing internal systems and optimizing the digital workplace experience for Robert Half employees. Led the modernization of the 20K+ employee intranet leveraging system optimization and information architecture to enhance discoverability of internal tools, corporate benefits, and job aids for both corporate and field employees.

User Experience Designer Consultant 2018-2019

Worked closely with stakeholders to refine product branding and vision; not limited to the creation of high fidelity prototypes and mock-ups for desktop applications, website redesigns, feature enhancements, and logo designs.

Behavior Designer & Research Associate University of California San Francisco 2009-2017

Designing rich experiences (environmental + tangible products) to improve animal welfare practices and exceed federal regulations for the well being of 10+ campus vivarium. Conduct and coordinate usability testing; manage implementation by research staff and personnel. Implement new and efficient morphometric data analysis for identifying and quantifying viable neuronal structure; Co-author for research manuscripts and abstracts.

Awards & Recognition

{ RHight On Award 2021 } A prestigious award that recognizes corporate employees for excellence. This award is peer nominated, and submissions are reviewed by several panels of organization leadership at Robert Half.

Education

User Experience Design Program, 2018 University of California, Berkeley

Foundations in UX, UI, product management, and front-end development with a focus on user-centric design. Applied best practices to create high-fidelity mocks, prototypes, and end-to-end case studies..

B.S., Biology, 2009 California State University, San Jose

Publications

AAV-Mediated Neurotrophin Gene Therapy Promotes Improved Survival of Cochlear Spiral Ganglion Neurons in Neonatally Deafened Cats: Comparison of AAV2-hBDNF and AAV5-hGDNF.

Leake, Patricia & Rebscher, Stephen & Dore, Chantale & Akil, Omar. (2019). Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology. 20. 10.1007/s10162-019-00723-5.

Featured Skills & Tools

  • Design ++

    Auto-layout, UI pattern library, prototyping, visual assets, user flows, interactive flows, plugins <3

  • Front End Programming

    HTML, CSS, Javascript

  • Miro-boarding

    Collaborate with cross functional teams; share early ideation flows, discovery, and so much more with Miro!

  • Usability & Research

    Knowledgeable in standing up and facilitating testing with the following platforms.

  • Microsoft SharePoint

    Extensive knowledge of classic SP and modern SP framework for internal content design & custom SPfx web parts and extensions

  • Adobe Creative

    Visual design skills and working knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator, and XD.