Professional Experience

Senior Product Designer / Uber 2022-Current

Design innovative solutions that streamline 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

Designed internal systems and optimized 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

Designed 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.

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.

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.

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.