Certificate in Interactive Design

2005 - 2006

Boston University, College of Communications

Courses in HMTL, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, UX and Information Architecture

Certificate in Graphic Design

1990 — 1993

Massachusetts College of Art

Courses in Design Concepts, Typography, Illustration, Color Theory, Color Management, Page Layout, Portfolio

Graduate Studies in Anthropology

1982 - 1990

Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

Continuing my work as an undergraduate, I used historical and archaeological data to understand the development of a new cultural identity. I used an anthropological approach to see a new identity as a confluence of the practices of the original cultures from which they emerged — and the circumstances surrounding their meeting.

BA, Classics & Oriental Studies:

Summa Cum Laude

1975 — 1980

Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

Archeology / Anthropology

MIT | Lincoln Laboratory, UX Developer

2013 — 2021

I was initially employed at the Lab as a consultant to maintain, develop, and enhance laboratory websites — primarily the laboratory-wide Intranet and the Conference websites created to support laboratory affiliated scientific conferences. I was a member of the Technology Innovation and Integration (TII) team. After working as a consultant for a year, I was hired full-time to be on the TII team. I worked as team lead for a project to design and develop a user-facing ITIL based ITaaS Service Catalog.

The TII team was responsible for oversight of all of the Lab's Intranet sites, including the homepage, on a rotating basis — once every four weeks. In a larger, six person group, we were responsible for building and maintaining the Lab's Conference Websites (built using Drupal). Below are lists of the Service Departments, Research Groups and Conference sites I was involved in the construction and maintinance of.

After I became a full-time employee, my team's mission was redirected toward a complete overhaul of both the Intranet and the Conference websites.

I was Lead Design | Developer on these Lab Intranet sites

• Financial Services
• Travel
• Security Services
• Flight Test Facility
• Division 3

I was Lead Design | Developer for sections of

• Information Services
• Contracting Services

Senior UI, UX Designer for Clinical Data Portal Project

2012 - 2013

Partners Healthcare, Applications Development

I was employed as a consultant to establish the user interface/initial user experience for a system-wide Partners Healthcare clinical data portal. My role was to construct a wireframe for storing and retrieving pharmaceutical information for hospital personnel in clinical settings.

• I collaborated with clinicians and hospital management to create use cases, storyboards, personas, scenarios, and work flows for the portal from existing requirements. I worked with these partners to design and develop this original wireframe interface into a multi-tiered search engine based portal environment.
• I created the visual design vocabulary for the portal using CSS3 and web compatible images to produce a consistent, easy to use and strongly branded user interface.
• I researched, edited and deployed a variety of JavaScript Library interface elements throughout the site — creating an intuitive, efficient, comfortable environment for users. I specifically used menus, breadcrumbs, buttons etc. to establish a clean, user-oriented navigation system. I introduced features such as tabs, toggles and accordions to make important information easily accessible while maintaining a well-organized and uncluttered workspace. I collaborated with backend developers to implement UI and UX features into the backend of the site.