Industry Positions

I have worked in industry doing user interface design, rapid prototyping, software development, and usability testing and evaluation. I have also been a venture-backed entrepreneur, startup founder, and CEO. Learn more about my industry experience on my LinkedIn profile.

Dates	Company	Position	Activities	Logo
Feb. 2018 – June 2020	AnswerDash	Co-founder & Board Observer	Advisor. Board Observer. In June 2020, AnswerDash was acquired by CloudEngage.
Dec. 2015 – Feb. 2018	AnswerDash	Co-founder & Chief Experience Officer	Product strategy and design. Customer and user experience. Customer success.
May 2015 – Dec. 2015	AnswerDash	Co-founder & Chief Scientist	Product strategy, design and evaluation. Statistical data analysis. Sales to lighthouse customers. Thought-leadership and evangelism.
Sept. 2012 – May 2015	AnswerDash	Co-founder, President & CEO	Raised $6.96M in two Venture Capital seed rounds. Served as Chairmain of the Board. Set the vision and priorities for the company. Built and led a strong initial team. Oversaw product-customer fit. Set pricing and drove initial sales. Established thought-leadership on website self-service.
Oct. 2008 – Oct. 2009	Natural Input Solutions	Technical Consultant	Served as technical advisor for incorporating my $1 and $N gesture recognizers into their commercial handwriting recognition product.
Jan. 2008 – Oct. 2008	Microsoft Research	Research Consultant	Applied my user-defined gesture elicitation methodology to design gestures for Microsoft PixelSense.
May 2003 – Aug. 2003	Microsoft Research	Research Intern	Developed gesture recognition algorithms for the first prototype of what would become Microsoft PixelSense.
May 2002 – Sept. 2002	Ingrian Networks	Usability Consultant	Applied user interface design principles to redesign a complex web-based configuration tool.
Feb. 2001 – May 2001	Google	User Interface Contractor	Designed and built prototypes for alternative ways of viewing Google search results. Optimized result-page stylesheets for fast loading.
Oct. 1999 – Feb. 2001	DoDots	Sr. User Interface Design-Engineer	Helped design and build the main client-side platform for beyond-the-browser web content delivery in small single-purpose branded apps called "dots."
June 1999 – Sept. 1999	Intel-Mattel Smart Toy Lab	Technical Intern	Designed and built a music application enabling an adaptive virtual band to accompany a player. Instrumented an electric guitar with sensors for playing along with the band. Helped to debug the Intel QX3 USB microscope.
June 1997 – Sept. 1997	Intel	Technical Intern	Designed and built an application launcher for exploring a TV-based living room computing experience.