New York • Austin • Germany
Product Design Specialist
New product development is the ideation, design, production, pricing, and launching of new products to target customers to provide a solution that addresses an important need.
For new businesses
A great idea that is different from existing solutions
An understanding of the market and what your customers want
A plan to scale up your idea into a product that can generate real revenues
The budget to invest in design resources, or a partner to do product development
For established, successful companies
The right governance to select novel product concepts
Sufficient funding to allow these new opportunities to grow
NPD in its full form in marketing is a commitment to innovation
A process for vetting and prioritizing them; for selecting the best ideas; and for the successful product launch of new-to-the-world concepts.
Designing Outside-In
Markets & Industries
Managing Business Needs
Mitigating Assumptions
Giving Users a Voice
Building Empathy
Encouraging Diversity
Validation & Metrics
Healthcare
Finance
Manufacturing
Facilitation
Education
E-commerce
UX Maturity
Defining killer features based on user behavior
Innovative ideas based on real-world scenarios
Define business objectives and requirements
Decisions made from user testing
Agile methodologies
Create a unique user experience for the product
Corporate Initiatives
New Product Development Specialist for Start-ups and Corporate Teams
Strategy
Objectives and Key Results (OKRs)
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Competitive Analysis
Milestone
Planning Matrix
Goals Definition
What is Success
Research
Assessing and prioritizing the work
Managing User Experience Strategy
Leading Highly Effective UX Teams
Working with Cross-Functional Teams
Lean UX in Agile environments
Translating UX to Business Value
Managing Feedback and Adjustments
Design Thinking + Humans = Acceptance
Technological Tool
Mural
Miro
Figma
Adobe XD
Excel
Empathize
Define
Ideate
Prototype
Test
Analysis + Synthesis = Insights
Project Case Studies
10+ years of Teaching & Facilitation
Facilitating Design Thinking Workshops
Set the Agenda
Moderate Sessions
Develop Plan
Co-Create the story
Design Critique
Lectures • In Person • Virtual
Austin Community College
Innovation of the future start with training and influencing students on process and technologies that will help define a new path for their entire family. Teaching for more than 15 years is one of the most important things I’ve done in my career.
Lectures • In Person • Virtual
Austin Coding Academy > Dell
Helping to retrain the future of internal corporate staff at Dell. Many companies don’t leverage the asset they already have. Dell has offered custom training to employees looking to venture into new roles in UX Design. This program also offers exposure and understanding of the UX process which helps to improve the corporate communal knowledge.
Teaching Cognitive Evaluation in the Classroom
Applying UX Critical Thinking & Processes
Identify a unique challenge or problem. ...
Investigate the challenge using the inquiry process & apply ideas in the UX.
Explore the ideas and challenge them through collaborative activities. ...
Utilize the inquiry process to refine products.
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Planning the course description of what, why, how, and how well students should learn UX processes, goals, and deliverables.
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Outline and communicate information about the UX course or class and define expectations and responsibilities
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The student-centered approach in which students learn about a subject by working in groups to solve an open-ended problem. This problem is what drives motivation and learning.
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Blackboard, Canvas, and Adobe Connect
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Adobe Captivate/Photoshop/Premiere/Illustrator; Camtasia