I started my career as a business analyst right out of school and I decided early that I wanted to dedicate myself to becoming a world-class business analyst as aggressively as possible. Gaining certification in business analysis was one of the first major steps in my journey of coursework, training, mentorship, professional certifications, and experience in the field

I discovered user experience design along the way by having opportunities to work with user experience firms on various projects. I became fascinated by the work they did and excited to learn more. I started studying different aspects of user experience design that I felt would best fill the skill gaps of my teams when we didn’t have the luxury of a UX consulting budget.

The pursuit of training in user experience principles lead to a master’s degree in user experience design and becoming the UX lead for my team. From there, I grew into my current role as the User Experience Strategist for my organization where I am responsible for developing and implementing user experience best practices from high-level strategy to execution and implementation.

In addition to my own pursuit of greatness, I am also passionate about helping others grow and succeed in whatever ways I am able. I started and continue to lead the business analysis center of practice for my organization, where I facilitate training and development in business analysis, user experience design, and agile best practices for all business analysts in the department. I have also coached and trained several teams in our companies annual fitness challenges (and won a few times).

If I had to sum up myself and my career briefly, I would say I am passionate about continuous positive growth for myself and the people around me.