About Me
I'm a Software Engineer and UX/UI Designer with a passion for crafting beautiful and seamless digital experiences. With a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz and over 10 years of experience in the tech industry, I bring a deep understanding of both the technical and design aspects of digital projects.
Born in Papua New Guinea and having lived in Australia, Switzerland, and now in California, my global experiences have infused my work with a rich blend of diverse cultures and perspectives. This unique background enhances my approach to user experience design, allowing me to create solutions that are not only visually appealing but also culturally resonant and inclusive.
I love creating things that are beautiful, simple to use, and effective in fulfilling it's purpose.
Experience
Lead Product Designer
KNYC
March 2024 - Present
Redding, CA (Remote)
- Designed prototypes and UI/UX end-to-end with Figma for a SaaS Marketing Analytics startup, driving innovation and bringing the startup from 0 to 1
- Facilitated UI/UX workshops with the project team (virtual and in-person), transforming collective inspiration into effective designs
- Empowered the team to build MVPs in a minimal amount of time
- Consulted in system architecture decisions to build a robust and maintainable product
Senior Software Engineer / UX Designer
inova:solutions AG
June 2023 - Juli 2023
Ostermundigen, Switzerland
Inova:solutions AG develops standard business software for accounting, time management, and leadership processes, tailored for medium and large public administrations and service companies.
Developed web applications for ERP and business management software with $1M+ revenue, completing 200+ hours of backlog items in 60% of the time
Designed prototypes and UX experience for a time management software
Facilitated UI/UX workshops with project teams, increasing team effectiveness and productivity by 30%
Optimized existing UI
Senior Software Engineer / Lead UX Designer
inova:solutions AG
September 2011 - August 2021
Ostermundigen, Switzerland
Senior Software Engineer
Developed 8+ full-stack applications for ERP and business management software with $1M+ revenue (Angular, TypeScript, C#, ASP.NET, SQL)
Time management software
Government strategy analytics software
HR resource planning software
Cross-product reporting software
SaaS onboarding and base application
Financial planning and budgeting software
Developed complex distributed applications with a microservice architecture: databases with MS SQL, backend business logic and REST services with C# and ASP.NET, and frontend with Angular, HTML, CSS, SCSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, jQuery, Razor, and state management with NGXS
Conducted research of new web technologies and built prototypes to improve existing software infrastructure and create new customer solutions, setting the foundation for $2M+ revenue through web applications
Spearheaded development of modern mobile version (PWA for iOS and Android) for an existing time management product, increasing customer satisfaction by 40%
Designed software architecture and documented front-end coding guidelines for JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, increasing software maintainability by 30%
Mentored junior developers by review pull requests, tutoring, as well as pair programming
Project management and product strategy for a SaaS billing project (Scrum), increasing SaaS sales potential by 50%
Created effective build processes for web applications with Node.js, Azure Dev Ops, and MS Build
Provided technical third-level support
Lead UX Designer
Lead through the full design lifecycle for ERP and business management software with $1M+ revenue, such as:
Time management software
Government strategy analytics software
HR resource planning software
Cross-product reporting software
SaaS onboarding and base application
Developed designs in early stages with mockups, wireframes, and storyboards, and then building out pixel-perfect UI-designs and prototypes
Increased user acceptance by 50% by enhancing UI/UX through user research, user testing, user experience design, and user interface design
Facilitated UI/UX workshops to collaborate with stakeholders from customers, product, engineering, and leadership, improving innovation and alignment with business goals by 30%
Created a design system to streamline and standardize user experience across different web applications, decreasing development time by 30%
Led a team in UI/UX design, mentoring and supporting junior designers and developers, building out the UX-team to a size of 8
Conducted market research to identify UX trends
Designed data visualization for statistical metrics for different products
Optimized website and app designs for 3+ different platforms: desktop, tablet, and mobile (Android and iOS)
Produced 50+ illustrations, icons, logos, and videos
Education
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science
University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland FHNW
September 2015 - August 2019
Brugg, Switzerland
Bachelor Thesis “Citation Graph”:
A web-application for analyzing scientific articles and their relationships using citation graphs, ranking algorithms, and data visualization (Literature search, Citation analysis, Citation graphs, PageRank, Social Network Analysis (SNA), Citation Graph, Doc2Vec, Python, Flask, React, cytoscape.js, Data Visualization)Project 5 “Distributed High Performance Cluster”:
A distributed high-performance cluster to execute computationally intensive tasks using Docker on Windows and Linux clients through a web-application (Docker, Nvidia-docker, OpenCL, AMD-gpupro, Python, Flask, Java, MySQL, Angular)Project 4 “Motify”:
A social-network web-application aimed at motivating each other to achieve goals (Java, Angular)Project 3:
Android app for a window manufacturer to sketch rooms and measure distances with a Bluetooth deviceCourses:
Algorithms and Data structures (Java), Concurrent Programming (Java, Scala), Functional Programming (Haskell), Object-Oriented Programming (Java), Information Visualization (JavaScript, D3), Web Frameworks (React), Machine Learning (Python), Social Network Analysis, Mathematical analysis, Discrete Stochastics, Theoretical Computer Science, Linear Algebra and Geometry, Mathematics for Data Communication, and many more
Software Developer EFZ
gibb Berufsfachschule Bern
September 2011 - August 2015
Bern, Switzerland
School of Ministry
Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry
September 2021 - Mai 2024
Redding, CA
Skills
Frontend Engineering, Full-Stack Engineering, UX Design, Product Design, Software architecture design, Project Management
Angular, React, JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, WebSockets, RxJS, Redux, NGXS, Kendo UI, Local Storage, Monorepos, Storybook