Hello,
I’m a Product Design Lead of Braintree Merchant Experience at PayPal in Chicago.
Tip: Gratuity Calculator
Description
I've been designing apps since the App Store launched in 2008. This year, in 2019, I finally took a stab at building one myself and launched my first app on the App Store. It's a fairly simple app to calculate a tip and split it with friends. This is the first app in a side-project that focuses on providing small, simple apps that are fun to use and enhance social interactions without distracting from them.
Role
Designer and iOS Developer - 2019
Personal Project
Drop-In Mobile Payment Interface
Description
For the second iteration of Braintree’s Drop-In UI, the team went back to the beginning for a ground-up rewrite. To ensure we built the right product to solve actual needs, we included end-users throughout the process by conducting initial interviews, prototype feedback sessions and usability check-ins along the way. With this upfront discovery work, plus a tight collaboration between design and engineering, we delivered a new version of Drop-In that meets our merchants needs for modularity, feature-richness, themeablity and a platform agnostic appearance to fit into their app’s visual design.
Role
Lead Designer - 2018
Braintree
Card Expiration Date Picker
Description
When we set out to redesign our mobile drop-in product, one of the design goals was improving the accuracy of data provided by end-users. We decided to assist the input of properly formatted data the first time instead of displaying lengthy error messages. A challenge came with the input of expiration dates of cards. Our solution to that challenge was to create our own input method designed to blend in with the feel of a system keyboard. Users could only enter valid expiration dates and maintained the input rhythm of keyboard taps. As a result, we delivered a smooth experience that allowed users to enter expiration dates in 2 taps vs the typical 4-6 taps.
Role
Lead Designer - 2018
Braintree
Unified Merchant Onboarding
Description
Up until this point, merchants were boarded onto the Braintree platform with unique apps for each region. Additionally, the process to underwrite them was equally inconsistent, complex and varied by region. We discovered this to be inefficient for everyone. Over the course of 2 years, the team has worked extremely hard to introduce the first phase of a single, consistent on-boarding experience for all merchants. The new system features a unified tech stack, data collection method and underwriting process that allows us to roll out new features faster across regions. At this time, we have taken 3 markets live in the new system and are currently working on more...
Role
Lead Designer - 2018
Braintree
Chicago Type
Description
In 2010, I was commissioned by The Society of Typographic Arts to create a poster that embodied the essence of Chicago. This poster, along with other original art pieces, was auctioned off at their annual holiday party with proceeds going to help fund the education of tomorrow's designers through the Jack Weiss Student Scholarship Fund.
Role
Designer - 2010
Commissioned by The Society of Typographic Arts
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View DribbbleI’m native to Chicago’s south side, where tavern-style pizza is king, and now live in the Beverly neighborhood.
Currently, I lead design for the Braintree Merchant Experience Organization at PayPal where I collaborate with Engineering and Product Management Leads to discover, prototype and build easy to use payment solutions for a global merchant base.
I moonlight as a husband, father, dog lover, snow carver and self-diagnosed coffee junkie.
Experience
Skills
I specialize in designing digital product experiences for browsers, iOS and Android through a combination of Visual UI Design, UX Design, UX Research, Digital Identity, Prototyping, React, Swift and Technical Writing.
The nice people who use things I’ve designed
AirBnb, American Dental Association, American Express, Casper, Crate&Barrel, Dropbox, Dow Chemical Company, Everlane, Facebook, Google, Groupon, Lightbank, Pritzker Group Venture Capital, Samsung, Sartorius, Stryker, Uber, World Wildlife Fund, Yelp
Recognition
AIGA Chicago, Communication Arts, Creativity Awards, Cit/ID, Make Better Websites, Minimal Sites, Siteinspire, W3 Awards