I am a multi-faceted designer interested in graphic, interaction and user experience design. I’m also interested in mobile design, particularly for the iPhone, and designing/prototyping applications for it. I graduated from the Industrial Design program at Virginia Tech in May 2010. For my thesis I conducted a research study and redesign of Campus Emergency Notification Devices.

I am currently employed in the Email & Apps division of Rackspace Hosting on the User Experience Design team. As a ‘Racker’ I am fanatical about providing an exceptional experience for customers interacting with our products. I try to push the boundaries of web application design through HTML 5 and CSS 3 while maintaining backwards compatibility.

I’m constantly seeking new ideas and methodologies through the Interaction Design Association (IxD... [read more]A) and the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA). In addition to all tenets of design, I am passionate about web standards, the open-source community and net neutrality. If I can escape the computer, I can be found hiking the Appalachian Trail, snowboarding and enjoying Hokie sports.