Curriculum vitae

Education

PhD Human Factors & Ergonomics
University of Minnesota, 2023 - 2027 (expected)
Advisor: Dr. Lucy E. Dunne
Human Performance, Usability and Wearable Interfaces

M.S. Human Factors & Ergonomics
University of Minnesota, 2021 - 2023
Advisor: Dr. Brad Holschuh
Usability Engineering, Human-centered Design, and Wearable Technology

B.S. Computer Science
Mississippi State University, 2008 - 2010
Human-Computer Interaction, Programming Languages, and Data Structures.

Publications

• Multi-Band Remote Measurement System to Quantify Fit of Body-Worn Protective Garments
  Publication date: 2025-04-30
  Journal: 2025 Design of Medical Devices
  http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/dmd2025-1100
• Find the Gap: Multiband, Remote Measurement System to Quantify the Fit of Wearable Systems
  Publication date: 2025-04-15
  Journal: IEEE Sensors Journal
  http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/jsen.2025.3542582
• Quantifying Fit of Wearable Systems With a Multi-Band, Remote Measurement System
  Publication date: 2024-10-05
  Type: Conference Poster
  https://doi.org/10.1145/3675094.3677607

Teaching

• DES 5902 Principles of Wearable Technology Practicum - Spring 2025
• DES 5902 Principles of Wearable Technology Practicum - Spring 2024

Experience

Interaction Designer & Product Owner, 2015 - Present

FedEx, SenseAware

• Proven ability to translate user needs into design requirements.
• Expert knowledge of human-centered design techniques including heuristic evaluations and human performance modeling.
• Expertise in planning all aspects of rapid user testing methods and quickly providing data-driven recommendations.
• Performed user research using user testing, interviews, surveys, web analytics, and collecting human performance metrics.
• Contributed to user manuals for hardware and software system components.
• Advocated for the enterprise-wide design system.

Front-end Web Developer, 2011 - 2015

FedEx Services, SenseAware

• Built resuable object-oriented web components.
• Managed continuous deployments via GitHub & Heroku.
• Developed tested and covered JavaScript components with Jasmine and
• Karma runner frameworks Leveraged web metrics via Adobe Analytics to inform design decisions and shape the product roadmap.
• Instrumental in launching the SenseAware Help Center quickly with open source software.
• Created custom Drupal 6 modules and themes supporting the SenseAware product.
• Applied internationalization best practices.
• Worked within an Agile/Scrum environment.

Network Administrator, 2006 - 2008 

Tate County School District, MS

• Led the effort to deploy identity services using Microsoft Active Directory.
• Maintained critical educational computing resources, including web filtering and network services.

Certifications

UX Certificate, Interaction Design specialty, 2020
Nielsen Norman Group

• Coursework in Interaction & Emotional Design