Professional Background
New York University
M.P.S, Interactive Telecommunications
Columbia University in the City of New York
Bachelor's Degree, Honors in Anthropology
School of Visual Arts
Summer Data Visualization Intensive
I'm an information designer and writer, using data visualization as a research tool. I am happiest connecting with people in ways that recognize our unique needs, claims, and contributions to the world we live in. To that end, I'm fascinated by the infrastructure that shape our social existences, whether it's language, maps, algorithms or cloud-based data storage. I’ve spent six years immersed in digital culture, starting with a Master’s in interaction design and data visualization from NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program and recently as a software engineer. For four years, I also wrote on arts, fashion, and music for New York Magazine, V, ArtNews, and the Rumpus, among others.
Skills
- Programming Ruby, Python, Flask, Unix, JavaScript (libraries/frameworks: D3, Backbone, React), CSS (frameworks: Base, Bootstrap), Processing, Git
- Software Sketch, OmniGraffle, Illustrator, Photoshop, Microsoft Office
- Experience with software engineering across the stack.
- Communicate complex information through writing, information design, sketches.
- Familiarity with all aspects of the creative process, from wire framing and concept exploration to QA.
- Deliver innovative prototypes at various levels of fidelity.
- Collaborate crossfunctionally:
- with Engineers, Product Managers, Researchers, and Designers
- with Editors, Writers, Art and Photography Departments
Key Accomplishments
- As a UX engineer, designed, wireframed, and developed the ability to generate a static image from interactive mapping application.
- Developed interface for users to upload geographic datasets, convert them into visual tilesets for custom use.
- As a data infrastructure engineer, rewrote custom log rotation system to employ native Linux functionality; eliminated 1000 lines of difficulttomaintain custom code.
- Built dashboard interface on top of backend data processing system to display realtime video player statistics intended for wider company use.
- Wrote documentation and blog posts to communicate the purpose behind new features and how they work.
- At Hackbright, created a port scanner application that visualized network topology in three weeks.
Experience
- User Experience Engineer at Mapbox, November 2015 — March 2016
- Front-end Engineer at Ulive, August 2015 — November 2015
- Data Infrastructure Engineer at Ulive, July 2014 — July 2015
- Software Engineering Fellow at Hackbright Academy, February 2014 — April 2014
- Junior Engineer at Tanooki Labs, October 2013 — January 2014
- User Experience Design and Research Internship at Visual Data Lab, Bloomberg LP, September 2012 — January 2013
- User Experience Research Fellow at Project Projects (a design studio focused on arts institutions), June — August 2012
- User Experience Design and Research Internship at New York Times R&D Lab, June 2011 — December 2011
- Writer at New York Magazine, V Magazine, ArtNews, Style.com (now Vogue.com), TheRumpus.net, ArtInfo.net, Artcat.com (now IdiomMag.com), 2007 — December 2010
- Researcher at Vanity Fair, Vogue, Cookie, March 2007 — November 2009