Experience
Digital Product Manager | Gallagher
February 2023 to present
Responsible for digital- and product-centric transformation, working in agile execution to launch new digital products at Gallagher on a global scale, collaborating and building partnerships with key cross-functional teams, stakeholders and senior leaders. I leverage technical understanding of front-end web development, APIs and databases to define requirements and delegate feature work across two fully staffed Agile teams. I am laser-focused on understanding customer needs, identifying opportunities to drive business growth and creating outcome-based backlogs and roadmaps.
Digital Product Manager | CNA Insurance
August 2021 to February 2023
Responsible for managing the effectiveness, usability and ongoing enhancements of CNA’s external websites. Understood business needs, defined requirements, managed/prioritized backlogs and worked directly with development teams in agile execution. Led strategy, planning, design, development and deployment activities, and prioritized UX by developing wireframes, prototypes and task flows based on user needs.
Digital Product Owner | CNA Insurance
April 2020 to August 2021
Responsible for the day-to-day operations, ongoing UX and content improvements of internal and external websites, partnering with IT, Product Management and Marketing to deliver best-in-class experiences.
Product Owner, Marketing Technology & UX | Origami Risk
May 2018 to April 2020
Led the design, planning and execution of multi-dimensional and multi-channel digital strategies while improving functional capabilities of existing MarTech stacks, optimizing UX, enabling datasets for integrated marketing measurement and building scalable, automated infrastructure.
Digital Marketing & UX Specialist | Webanywhere
February 2017 to April 2018
Owned the strategy and execution of all US-based digital marketing initiatives and communications, and served as the lead US-based UX Designer for enterprise learning solutions.
UI/UX Designer | Reflection Software
May 2015 to February 2017
Balanced visual and interactive design skills to build award-winning web-based enterprise learning solutions for F500 clients, such as Walmart, Sam’s Club and Kroger.
Skills
Product
Agile methodologies
User story creation
Sprint planning
Roadmapping
Release management
User acceptance testing
Agile costing/financial analysis
Operations
UI/UX
Wireframing
Prototyping (Figma)
User research
Usability testing
Information architecture
Interaction design
Data & Analytics
Google Analytics
Qualtrics
Tech & Tools
HTML
CSS
Javascript (basic)
AgilePlace
Atlassian JIRA
Azure DevOps
Miro
Planview
Education
Northwestern University
M.S. Information Design & Strategy received 2023
Benedictine University
B.A. Communication Arts received 2015
College of DuPage
A.A. received 2013
Recognition
Gold Brandon Hall Excellence Award
Best Advance in Unique Learning Technology, 2017
Reforming Higher Education with MyDegree by JetBlue — worked in partnership with JetBlue Airways on a product that enabled thousands of JetBlue crew members to earn a college degree.
Bronze Brandon Hall Excellence Award
Best Advance in Unique Learning Technology, 2016
Addressing Drug Epidemic in Youth with a Blended Learning Approach — worked in partnership with the Robert Crown Centers for Health Education on a web-enhanced learning solution that drove home important messages about substance abuse. This solution was also highlighted in Congress.