Aporta

design thinking education and process reengineering

Aporta, the corporate social responsibility unit of a large Peruvian conglomerate, Grupo Breca, wanted to to reengineer their process around design thinking. I co-lead an approach to training and redefining their process.

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Design thinking education

The Global Program Operations group at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation wanted to apply design thinking to how they approached the design of internal tools. I designed an approach that gave them hands-on practice over several months and culminated in a 2 -day on-site training session.

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UX Education at General Assembly

UX DESIGN training

I've taught five cohorts of the UX Design Immersive at General Assembly, preparing students for job-readiness as UX designers. This program covers that entire UX process, from initial research to clickable prototyping.

 
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 And more! Ask me about my work as: 

  • Education Program Manager, Effective Inc

  • Lead Educator, Mobile Bootcamp: Wells Fargo, Securian, Boeing, Edutopia

  • Design Thinking facilitator for the city of Brighton to help prevent teen suicide.

  • Design sprint facilitator at 10.10.10 bringing a team from initial concept to tested prototype.

  • Workshop Leader, Design Thinking for Innovation Workshop, Denver Startup Week

  • Workshop Leader, Global Service Jam

  • Workshop Leader, Customer Insight-Driven Design, UX Strat Conference

  • Design Thinking educator at Charter Communications (aka Spectrum Communications)