What I Can Do For You

Over the course of my career, I have had the opportunity to wear many different hats and accumulate a range of skills. I am a versatile team player with excellent communication skills. I have the ability to see what needs to be done and then figure out a way to get it done. I work hard, have high standards, and get along well with others, particularly engineers and creative talent.

For a start-up, I can:

• Help to formulate an effective business strategy
• Help establish a company culture that values trust, personal responsibility, and enjoyment
• Public-facing presentations and demos
• Manage projects and people, particularly engineers
• Design software
• Come up with ideas for new products or product improvements
• Conduct quick usability tests and iterate on the software design
• Design, create, and manage web properties
• Write documentation
• Write, direct, and produce demo videos
• Run training sessions to teach customers how to use a product
• Prepare sales and marketing materials
• Effectively use social media to further the company’s mission
• Oversee administrative/operational aspects of the company including recruiting and hiring

For a consulting or professional services company, I can:

• Quickly get up-to-speed on a client’s project
• Be the go-to person or public face of a project
• Conduct interviews with key stakeholders to understand different perspectives and help get buy-in for a project
• Conduct user research
• Run effective brainstorming sessions
• Articulate multiple possible solutions to solve a client’s problem using wire-frames, mock-ups, or video as necessary
• Educate clients about the design process, distance collaboration, or how to use specific tools
• Develop a good rapport clients and project team members, keeping lines of communication open
• Manage engineers, designers, artists, writers, or contractors
• Write up design documents, reports, or documentation as needed
• See a project through from start to finish

For an established company, I can:

• Hypertext patent consulting
• Work with the executive team on strategy issues
• Manage people and projects
• Conduct user research
• Create “wire-frames” to present different software design options to stakeholders
• Design software
• Conceptualize, design, and oversee web sites
• Give presentations and demos
• Write proposals and reports
• Run webinars or training sessions
• Prepare written, graphic or video materials for the marketing and PR departments
• Teach effective distance collaboration, brainstorming, wire-frame creation, or user research and usability testing techniques
• Help improve internal communication and distance collaboration
• Work with facilities to optimize physical space for effective collaboration

For a research organization, I can:

• Envision different possible futures
• Develop new project ideas
• Write internal or external proposals
• Manage projects
• Design prototypes and work closely with an engineering team to build them
• Design and conduct research studies
• Write academic research papers
• Disseminate information using social media and video
• Give presentations and demos