Education

Ontario College of Art and Design University 
2018 - 2020, Toronto, ON
Master of Design, Digital Futures, 
Received “Best Project” award for thesis research 

University of Victoria 
2011 - 2015, Victoria, BC
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Visual Art

Experience

Ontario Public Service /  Senior Service Design Consultant 
November 2022 - Present 

+ Designing human-centered digital services with the Land and Resources Cluster, with a focus on the Environment, Conservation, and Parks
+ Leading ministry partners through discoveries to identify problem statements, key stakeholders, and current state journey maps
+ Developing experience maps, service blueprints, and user research synthesis documentation for ministry partners to move forward to product development
+ Consulting with ministry partners on best methods of service design 

ASTOUND Group /  Senior Design Lead 
October 2020 - November 2022 

+ Designed and implemented multiple experiential physical and digital installations for high profile clients
+ Project work and technologies include: WebAR experiences, interactive 3D webpages, content for transparent OLEDs, and web based installations.

Ontario College of Art and Design University / Sessional Instructor

Instructed: Intro to Wearables (Winter 2021, 2022 & 2023), Advanced Wearables (Winter 2022), Intro to Physical Computing  (Fall & Spring 2022)

+ Designing and instructing a curriculum that covers introduction to wearable technology, soft circuits, and physical computing.

Toronto Metropolitan University / Sessional Instructor

Instructed: RTA-321 Tangible Media (Fall 2022)

+ Instructed one section out of three of the Tangible Media course, which focused on Arduino and tangible interfaces in New Media Art

University of Toronto Scarborough / Sessional Instructor

Instructed: VSPC70: New Media: Theory in Practice (Spring/Summer 2022)

+ Developed a curriculum which covers an introduction to p5.js, networking, and digital fabrication.

Copenhagen Institute for Interaction Design / Instructor, Remote 
September 2020
+ Designing a three week intensive curriculum for students, which involves readings, assignments, class activites, and structured feedback discussions.
+ Instructing ideation, concepts, fabrication techniques, and prototyping considerations for networked tangible user interfaces.
+ Delivering online presenations and facilitating conversations on meaningfulness of smart technology, importance of context in data collecting, and ethics of networks.
+ Leading hands on remote workshops on how to connect and set up networks for Internet of Things objects.
+ Providing students one on one support through all stages of their design process.

Social Body Lab / Research Assistant, Toronto, ON
September 2019 - June 2020

+ Researching e-textile processes to create alternative game controllers.
+ Developing prototypes to share and demonstrate techniques in workshops.
+ Documenting design and crafting practices of e-textile prototypes through video, GIFs, images, illustrator diagrams, and Fritzing diagrams.
+ Assisting in leading and teaching workshop materials in e-textile game controller workshops . 
+ Assembling instructional slides for e-textile workshops that demonstrate materials, ideations process, and examples. 
+ Creating video tutorials that show how to create different input methods with various e-textile materials.

Creation & Computation / Teaching Assistant, Toronto, ON 
April 2020 - June 2020

+ Preparing online materials for the course “Creation & Computation” to aid in the instruction of the incoming Digital Futures Graduate September cohort. 
+ Creating modular Arduino code samples uploaded to GitHub that can be adapted and combined for complex projects. 
+ Writing detailed and comprehensive “Read Me” pages on GitHub for remote students to efficiently follow along with the written code examples

Adaptive Context Environments Lab / Research Assistant, Toronto, ON
November 2018 - August 2019

+ Developed Blockchain smart contracts for information brokerage of Internet of Things (IoT) devices.
+ Compiled contemporary and relevant research focusing on smart adaptive cities and environments

University Systems / Front-End Software Developer, Victoria, BC 
Sept 2015 - August 2018

+ Actualizing product wireframes in front-end development using JavaScript, jQuery, HTML5, CSS, and Groovy.
+ Developing the Research Administration Information System (RAIS) for managing information, processes, and workflows associated with research ethics approvals.