Who I Am
An international, bilingual background and education have helped me to develop an open mind and a flexible, constructive disposition towards others.
Experience
- Senior Designer, Consultant and Project Leader
- Attoma: agency specializing in service design and interaction design
- Paris, France
- August 2007 - Present
- Independent Interaction Designer
- Paris, France
- June 2004 - August 2007
- Writer, Translator and Project Manager
- Ubiqus, English Department
- Paris, France and London, UK
- September 1997 - September 2000
Clients I have worked with include: Thales, Orange, RATP (public transport service provider for inner-city Paris), EDF (Electricité De France), STIF (public transit authority for the greater Paris metropolitan region), Banque de Luxembourg, Esmertec, FNCDG, Parkeon, SNCF (passenger and commercial rail carrier in France), Banque Accord, Effia, Bouygues Real Estate, and UNESCO.
Education in Applied Arts and Liberal Arts
- École Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs de Strasbourg
- Visual Communication, Information Design:
- DSAD (MFA equivalent), awarded with honors
- Strasbourg, France
- September 1999 - June 2004
- American University of Paris
- Philosophy, International Relations:
- BA, magna cum laude
- Paris, France
- September 1993 - June 1997
- Brigham Young University
- International Relations
- Provo, UT, USA
- September 1992 - June 1993
Personal Background
Born in Boston, raised in Louisiana, French–American, bilingual and bicultural.
Activities and Interests
Swimming, football (soccer), basketball, cooking, singing, Go (the game).
Distinctions and Achievements
- Speaker for the workshop « What Can Digital Design Do For My Business? » organized during the conference Rencontres de Cap Digital held on 17 December 2009 at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers in Paris.
- Written interview on the topic of information interaction design methods included in Chapter 10 of Lisibilité des sites web, a book authored by Blond, Marcellin and Zerbib and published by Eyrolles in November 2009.
- Étoile de l’Observeur 2010 for the interaction design of Thales’ Hypervisor. The award was presented on 22 October 2009 to both the design agency and client organization.
- Jury Member at the École de Design Nantes Atlantique to evaluate the thesis presentations for completion of the Masters of Design program, class of Fall 2008.
- Awarded the Prix Michel Colonna d’Istria in 2004 for Oncogo, a project for an online strategy game based on the rules of Go designed to educate children and adolescents about cancer therapy.