Samples

MAYA Viz makes CoMotion, a software solution for business enterprises that improves the way people use data together to make decisions. They needed a one sheet, double-sided product overview for an upcoming tradeshow. I created the content and their team of information designers put it together.

MAYA Viz also needed a script for a CoMotion online Flash demo. I took their notes and crafted them into a compelling interaction between two fictional CoMotion users.

I have training in screenwriting for television and movies. "Eating Scene" is a sample.

This sample is a before and after presentation of a writing project I completed for Infopop Corporation. Infopop had received feedback from customers that setting up and administering their product,the OpenTopic bulletin board, was too hard. They asked me to make it simpler and easier to understand.

CombineNet is a Pittsburgh-based startup offering optimization technology that solves complex sourcing problems. They needed multiple case studies for use on a customer demo website. The case study text was later ported to their web template. Two samples are included here.

While at Microsoft I worked as Program Manager and Product Manager. The first sample is my design for the user interface for the Find functionality in the first version of Outlook.

The second sample is a section of the document outlining the requirements for the Windows NT 5 Logo Program. My mandate was to drive the process of producing this document as well as contribute to the writing.

I interviewed Juliette Zentelis, a Seattle blues DJ, for a profile in Metropolitan Living, a Seattle lifestyle magazine.

I was asked to interview technology leaders about justifying design in the product development process for the Pittsburgh Product Strategy Network's online magazine.

This is an account of an amazing dining experience in Florence in 1998. Click here for an image from this magical evening