UX Lead

Medistim  Jan 2020 – Jun 2020

Design and UI prototyping of next generation cardiac bypass surgery blood flow measurement machines

Head of UX and Design

Ardoq  2017 – 2020

Lead the design team for the Enterprise Architecture software platform

Director of Product UX

Cxense 2016 – 2017

- Lead UX design strategy and execution across the SaaS platform for Data Management and Personalization
- Created reusable design systems, components, and learning paradigms for smart usability and efficient coding
- Redesigned the product suite in collaboration with Product Management and R&D
- Designed high fidelity wireframes with written functional specifications for development
- Managed over 100 Sketch screens in pixel detail with careful attention to the UX flow and business value
- Managed the style guide for visual appearance and built standardized, reusable components for rapid development and a consistent user experience in Sketch
- Delivered all specifications with extreme focus, attention to detail, high volume output, quality, and adjustments under tight deadlines
- Communicated execution and implementation details
- Streamlined complex workflows for a wide range of user roles, industries, and scenarios.

UX Lead

Knowit  2015 – 2016

Responsible for
- Growing and developing UX and design competency for the Experience team
- Delivering high quality design solutions for clients in a variety of industries

Acheivements
- Rapid design, development, testing for BankAxept's electronic payment solutions
- UX design, project management, user testing and advice for Høyskolen Kristiania

Director of Desktop Product Design

Opera 2013 - 2015

design and UI prototyping of next generation cardiac bypass surgery blood flow measurement

Director of User Experience

Opera 2010 - 2013

Responsibility for:
- Growing and developing user experience competency within Opera’s Product Development organization.
- Delivering design solutions for TV, Mobile, Desktop, Operator, B2B, Mail, Developer Tools products

Achievements
- Recruited and hired a team of user experience and graphics specialists in Oslo
- Developed UX competency across Oslo and Linkoping offices
- Standardized roles, responsibilities, titles, salaries, and other general management
- Facilitated the design of the Oslo workspace to promote collaboration
- Standardized software and tools for designers across locations
- Managed incoming projects and x-platform initiatives coming from various areas in the organizations
- Coordinated workshops with adaptive path, local universities (AHO, UIO)
- Coordinated team building events for designers across office locations
- Integrated workflow and design process into Desktop and Mobile product engineering
- Created virtual space for sharing and linking ideas between products and departments
- Promoted R&D prototyping, concept exploration and experimentation

Desktop Product Manager

Opera 2009 - 2010

Lead User Experience Designer for Nintendo Wii Browser

Opera 2006 - 2007

Joined Opera’s partnership with Nintendo to deliver the best browsing experience on the Wii game console

Responsibilities for the delivery and execution included:

- driving consensus on functional, behavioral, and visual design
- driving UX internal and external communication between Opera and Nintendo
- building credibility and morale between the development teams
- leading the visual and graphical direction

- optimizing page readability
- building consistent design paradigms and solutions
- defining and tuning of controller input including zooming, scrolling, text input, spatial navigation, sound, animation, feedback, language strings
- delivering wireframes, screenflows, specs to communicate, define and test the product

Senior Interaction Designer

Yahoo 2005 - 2006

Designed and managed product specifications/development of Kelkoo’s top business priority project - Merchant Extranet. Involved in all phases of project from conception to pan-European rollout. Worked in project team with members from all regional offices.

- Analyzed business processes, workflows, user roles across European offices
- Developed all related functional specifications for product development across Europe (wireframes, use cases, html prototypes)
- Provided usability, user interface solutions and support to engineers for complex issues arising during development
- Designed, managed, and presented documentation for content localization in NO, SE, DK, NL, DE, UK, FR, IT, ES
- Managed preparation of technical merchant data migration process
- Designed user guide including both technical and business process training
- Lead hands-on application training sessions in Paris and London
- Managed the visual design of the front end application
- Designed and coded the web interface for the back office application, integrated display code with JSP

Senior Staff, Technology Solutions - Web Developer

Charles Schwab 2002 – 2005

Developed technical solutions for streamlining management processes, and working with Training Specialists to facilitate web-based training.

- Designed logo, identity and branding of new business group
- Developed, launched and managed SIM training web site.
- Partnered and migrated web content to new business process owners.
- Initiated and led evaluation and purchase of web content management solution
- Built Flash catalog of learner interactivity examples for subject matter experts to use in creating and streamlining e-learning development process.
- Designed and developed all SIM web based training initiatives
- Defined technical specifications for pilot of template driven e-learning solution.
- Evaluated and purchased technology solutions to support training initiatives and support infrastructure (simulation software, authoring tools, web conferencing solutions, SIMBET server development, staging, and production environments)
- Deployed web conferencing software (Centra Symposium) to SIM enterprise
- Co-chair of Schwab internal e-learning developer forum

Staff, Technology Solutions - Web Developer

Charles Schwab 2000 – 2002

Supported technology infrastructure for Schwab Institutional Training. Built e-learning solutions from storyboard to production. Designed UI and customized Schwab Institutional document management and Learning Management System. Received Excellence In Service Award for building THINK tutorial (corporate wide web program encouraging employees to submit innovative ideas) as sole developer on worldwide project. Received Spot Award for creating splash screen of Technical Specialist Mentoring Program.

- Built e-learning solutions simulating financial applications.
- Designed UIs for database driven applications
- Managed and developed intranet web content solutions
- Trained and supported SIED employees on web based applications

ESCP Business School

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) 2008 - 2009

BI Norwegian Business School

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) 2008 - 2009

Colgate University

Bachelor of Arts (BA) Art and Art History 1994 – 1998

Senior Project: gallery of multimedia web projects

American College in London
Computer Graphics, Electronic Publishing, Marketing, Business. Created and published book of entrepreneurial ideas, Spring 1997

Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Participated in Colgate Study Abroad Program. Studied: Swedish Public Policy, Film, Language and Culture, Fall 1996