About me

See my LinkedIn profile or view my resume for more detail.

EXPERIENCE / ACHIEVEMENTS

Leadership
+ Organizational change & team building at Fortune 50 companies, with company-wide influence on UX strategy and process. Leadership Medium article.
+ Staffing strategy and hiring of 30+ people in 1 year. Medium article.
+ Coach, mentor, and direct global teams of Managers and IC's up to 30 members.

Innovation
+ launched first AI solutions & platform for GE Healthcare, and aligned AI design across the company.
+ Launched analytics solutions for Google Adwords that generated $900MM in incremental revenue.
+ Created UX for the first Microsoft robot, as part of the Startup Business Accelerator.
+ Led design patent evaluation for GE Healthcare, and grew UX patent submissions by >40%.

Platforming & transformation
+ Built interaction patterns and led research for a multi-award winning design system: eds.gehealthcare.com.
+ Launched company-wide SDLC change, partnering with leader peers from Engineering, Marketing, Industrial Design, Quality/Regulatory, & Product.
+ Built an Accessibility function at Smartsheet.
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Teaching & mentoring
+ Teaching User Centered Design in the Master's program at the University of Washington.
+ Mentoring numerous early and mid-career professionals adplist.org/mentors/douglas-pyle.

EDUCATION

Master of Science
University of Washington - Human Centered Design & Engineering
All MBA coursework complete
Bachelor of Arts
Roanoke College - English Literature
Minor: Marketing Management

AWARDS / PATENTS

Microsoft Gold Star
US Patent: Display system with Icon (2020)