Leadership
I love learning and sharing skills and information with colleagues and peers, so I take every opportunity I can to "pay it forward." Whether I am mentoring one-on-one or speaking in a conference room of 150+ people, I enjoy contributing to someone else's growth and development.
Motivator
I am a motivated self-starter who is organized, detail-oriented, and persistent.
Here's what others say about my style:
“Steven is a great example for his peers”
“He really understands our team's abilities and helped create our UX capabilities plus activities/deliverables deck.
“Leads and/or executes multiple simultaneous projects with their own set of complexities and challenges, along with cross-department, division, agency and company collaborations.”
“Steven has been instrumental in helping UX leadership and the team establish a number of new artifacts, including, deliverables, tracking reports, and templates.”
“Steven took charge and ownership of seeking out new business opportunities both inside and outside the company.”
“He advanced new methodology for wireframe creation and presentation to clients via interactive wireframes, which demonstrated a complete user experience than traditional static wires.”
Speaker
I teach classes, present at conferences, and speak to local schools across North America.
Instructor, General Assembly, San Francisco, CA
Taught engaging 2-hour Intro to UX sessions and 1-day UX Bootcamp classes, which included both hands-on experiences of the UX process and the value of strong design rationale for attendees to learn if UX is a profession they want to pursue.
Instructor, UC Berkeley Extension, San Francisco, CA
Taught an engaging 24-week part-time UX/UI Bootcamp Course with 3 TAs that graduated 28 students with the skills and confidence using strong design rationale to join the ranks of industry-shaping creative professionals
UXPA International Conference 2017
Toronto, Canada
Gilbane Digital Content Conference 2016
Boston, MA
edUI Conference 2015
Charlottesville, VA
Robins School of Business - University of Richmond
Richmond, VA
George Washington Carver Elementary School
Kansas City, MO
Center for Advanced Professional Studies (CAPS)
Overland Park, KS
MINDDRIVE Headquarters
Kansas City, MO
Mentor
I seek out opportunities to participate as a mentor at schools and organizations.
I also go out of my way to establish mentorship and internship programs where I work.
- Mentor at Information School - University of Washington in Seattle, WA
- Built a multiphase onboarding program for Product Designers at Wells Fargo in San Francisco, CA
- Crafted a UX internship program for ICF Olson in San Francisco, CA
- Established multiple onboarding projects for new UX team members at ICF Olson in Richmond, VA
- Created a “New Hire Welcome Kit” for onboarding new UX team members at ICF Olson in Richmond, VA
- Mentored at Robins School of Business - University of Richmond in Richmond, VA
- Mentored at Center for Advanced Professional Studies (CAPS) in Overland Park, KS
- PenPals at George Washington Carver Elementary School in Kansas City, MO