Work Experience

Sr. UX Designer / Technologist

Amazon Kindle, Oct 2021 – present

I’m a UX designer and technologist on the Kindle e-reader team in the Books Design Studio. I led the design and prototyping of new brush tools for the Kindle Scribe, Amazon’s first tablet with a stylus (launched in Nov ‘22). I also designed Kindle’s first web-based document upload service, amazon.com/sendtokindle. 

In addition, I created concept mocks, developed prototypes and ran research studies for several 3-year vision projects.

Sr. Staff Designer, User Experience

Dolby Laboratories, Oct 2014 – Sept 2021

I was a design lead in the Consumer Entertainment Group. I designed products that launched Dolby Atmos on Sky Sports, secured Dolby’s technology in the latest TV standards, and enabled mobile manufacturers to bring Dolby’s newest audio technologies to their customers. I also designed and prototyped several advanced research projects using ML, AR, and Unity.

Product Owner and Sr. Engineering Manager

Dolby Laboratories, Jan 2011 – Sept 2014

I was the Product Owner and software engineering manager for several of Dolby’s next-generation professional audio and video content creation products, managing a team of 8 FTEs and 20 contractors.

UI and Engineering Lead

Dolby Laboratories, Jan 2007 – Dec 2010

I was the UX designer and UI architect for the Emmy Award-winning Dolby DP600. I performed user research, designed interactions, developed wireframes, ran prototype usability tests, wrote copy, and worked closely with visual designers to create client applications. I was also trusted to lead the daily functions of a team of 10 engineers as Scrum Master and interim product manager.

UI Design Engineer

Dolby Laboratories, Nov 2002 – Dec 2006

I designed and developed application software for the professional broadcast and digital cinema markets. I lead the client UI specification and implementation for the Emmy award-winning LM100 and D-Cinema Packager applications using Java, HTML/CSS and embedded C/C++.

Design Engineer

Calrec Audio Ltd, Aug 1999 – Oct 2002

I wrote end-to-end code for the award-winning Alpha and Sigma professional broadcast audio consoles, developing features for the remote UI and implementing their functionality in the embedded backend system.

Patents

System for rendering and playback of object-based audio in various listening environments

Filed 2021. PCT/US2013/057052

Automatic Multimedia Production for Performance of an Online Activity

Filed 2020. US20210093967A1

Method and apparatus for enabling a loudness controller to adjust a loudness level of a secondary media data portion in a media content to a different loudness level

Filed 2019. US10349125B2

Methods and systems for generating and rendering object-based audio with conditional rendering metadata

Issued 2018. PCT/US2014/032808

Honours and awards

Distinguished Toastmaster Award (2019)

Awarded after completing all educational and leadership requirements.

Toastmaster of the Year (2017)

Recognized for my service and leadership in Toastmasters District 4.

Primetime Emmy Award (2009)

A Primtetime Emmy was awarded to the Dolby DP600 for it’s innovation and technical excellence.

IdeaQuest “Pan Halen” (2015)

Two 1st place prizes for a prototype that allowed musicians to create live, immersive shows. 

IdeaQuest “12-bit Arcade” (2014)

Three awards, including Best of Quest, for developing a novel and engaging way to demonstrate Dolby’s technologies to consumers.

Education

MSc. Music Technology
University of York, UK