2010 — Present

Senior Manager / UX Designer

C Spire, Inc.

Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee

Current

C Spire is the sixth largest wireless provider in the US, with approximately 1,800 employees and 800,000+ wireless, fiber Internet, and business customers. As Sr. Manager of the UX development department, responsibilities included:

  • Spearheading the formulation of strategic plans for the UX design team
  • Overseeing all facets of the UX design department, from talent acquisition to implementing streamlined processes
  • Fostering a culture of collaboration within the UX design team
  • Encouraging exploration of usability issues and identifying areas primed for enhancement
  • Supervising work quality to ensure alignment with company standards
  • Facilitating cooperation within the team to proactively investigate usability concerns through research and user-testing
UX Strategy Team Leadership Design Systems AI to Figma User Research
2008 — 2009

Sr. Web Designer

Mossy Oak, Inc.

Served as the sole web designer in the company, holding dual responsibility for both online creative tasks and front-end development. This encompassed managing the company website and the creation of an online interface for an outdoor entertainment platform with a large video library, articles, news, and other outdoor resources.

Web Design Front-End Dev UI Design
1999 — 2008

Interface Design Manager

WorldCom / MCI / Verizon

Throughout an eight-year tenure spanning several company mergers and internal reorganizations, oversaw the web design department responsible for design and front-end development for the corporate Internet, Intranet, and Extranet sites — supporting a user base of over 110,000 employees and vendors.

  • Built the interface design department from one person to a team of 11 designers and front-end developers
  • Managed design and development across Internet, Intranet, and Extranet properties
  • Supported 110,000+ employee and vendor users
  • Navigated multiple corporate mergers while maintaining design continuity
Team Building Web Design Front-End Dev Enterprise UX

Certifications & Development

Baymard Premium Certification

E-commerce usability standards — required of all UX team members

Adobe Experience Manager

Enterprise CMS platform migration and content governance

UserTesting.com

Iterative usability testing on comps and prototypes

Figma + AI Workflows

Led integration of AI-driven design workflows into Figma