CV
Customer experience and service design leader with 10+ years of experience leveraging a Design Thinking and human-centered approach to research, strategy, and design to deliver seamless CX that drives business outcomes.
Core Competencies
Design Thinking & Human Centered Design
Customer & User Experience (CX/UX)
Business Strategy & Strategic Consulting
Research & Data Analysis - Qualitative and Quantitative
Communication - Written, Verbal, Visual
Process Improvement
Project Management
Accolades
Humana Excellence Award, March 2024
Lean Six Sigma, January 2024
Agile Servant Leadership, December 2023
Transformational Leadership Certificate of Excellence, November 2023
Humana STAR Award, August 2023
Humana STAR Award, March 2022
Humana Excellence Award, February 2022
Humana STAR Award, June 2021
Education
Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)
MA Social Design, 2016 | Baltimore, MD
Ohio Northern University
BFA Graphic Design, 2013 | Ada, OH
Kappa PI Honorary Art Fraternity
Presidential Scholarship for high school GPA and ACT super score
Talent Award for art & design portfolio
Dimension Award for academic success as a member of an underrepresented population
CenterWell Pharmacy, Inc. (Humana-owned)
Associate Director, Consumer Experience
October 2023 – Present
Developed a portfolio of digital-first transformation initiatives to strengthen $11B mail order pharmacy operations; defined strategic priorities and executed service design from concept to delivery for projects with large savings and revenue potential; deployed artificial intelligence on Web with the pharmacy’s first Virtual Assistant (VA); led vendor integration of Buy Now Pay Later financial technology doubling the average order value of credit card payments for overdue balances; pitched compelling business cases to the executive level.
Consumer Experience Lead
Facilitated human-centered design process and workshops to translate complex problems into actionable insights for the future state of digital and omnichannel experiences; completed in-depth discovery research for more than ten large-scale strategic narratives to create competitive advantages in mail order pharmacy; spearheaded a collaborative, interdisciplinary effort to increase the ratio of chats to calls 38% for significant gains in operational efficiency; developed strategy for abandoned cart emails driving $600K in revenue in six months; led marketing Test & Learns to drive self-service.
Humana, Inc.
Senior Strategy Advancement Professional
April 2020 – March 2021
Facilitated Agile product management with a cross-functional team to prioritize and refine a product backlog to resolve customer pain points and create moments that matter; delivered a roadmap for a total Web redesign contributing to a 64% increase in digital script volume YoY; proactively resolved impediments to execution.
Senior UX Research Strategist
April 2019 – January 2020
Established UX research processes from intake to delivery; conducted interviews, focus groups, card sorting, surveys, and usability testing to guide meaningful design; synthesized qualitative and quantitative datasets into visual frameworks, like journey maps and service blueprints, to support strategic decision making; regularly facilitated ideation workshops to generate solutions.
Binghampton Development Corporation
Program Manager
July 2017 – March 2019
Led ethnographic research to establish Memphis’ first nonprofit kitchen incubator; developed a food-based business curriculum; coordinated sales for 40+ minority entrepreneurs; managed a team.
Little Bird Innovation
Design Strategist
June 2016 – June 2017
Managed research projects and teams for diverse clientele doing social good in public, nonprofit, and private sectors.