@Work I’m a passionate product manager with the entrepreneurial spirit creating great products by focusing on user experience. Innovative product leader accomplished at identifying opportunities and piloting them through rapid iterations to succeed or fail fast. Experienced manager who has built and lead high-performing teams. Veteran designer with a comprehensive understanding of the ux process. Recognized as a talented creative leader with a hybrid skill-set. Writer and contributor to Prototypr.io, a popular design publication on Medium.
@Home I'm a maker - practically anything that involves producing something with your own hands, I do: woodworking, sculpting, painting, model making, etc... I’m also a big ol' nerd with a love for pen and paper rpgs, fantasy novels, video games, and anything related to Harry Potter or Star Wars.
"Brian has a keen eye for detail and a relentless empathy for product consumers/users. As our UX designer, Brian successfully championed major usability improvements even though few of his colleagues had the same appreciation for the importance of the user experience... it is to his credit (and to the benefit of our product) that Brian persevered and moved several critical capabilities to the finish line. Brian's ability to quickly understand his audience, his attention to detail, and his ability to communicate effectively (internally and with customers) are just a few of the reasons I enjoyed working with him - and I would welcome the opportunity to do so again in the future."
- Sue Humphreys, Director of Industry Solutions, CourtView
Received highest corporate recognition award after being nominated by the CEO:
"I had an opportunity, on last week’s [executive product update], to understand the tremendous work you have done developing and deploying R1 Post [critical strategic product]. Thank you so much. Your effort and leadership is a great example of what we can do with technology in a modern, scalable fashion."
- Joseph Flanagan, President & CEO, R1 RCM
"Brian helped us fix our development process and helped other groups have insight into our efforts. He managed workloads, priorities, deliverables, and timelines and proved invaluable to our team; in addition, he is a highly skilled designer and was instrumental in helping to fix our user experience."
- Todd Bennion, Enterprise Architect, Optiv
"Brian has a strong set of skills as a product manager because of his diverse technology background. He was able to see the larger picture and keep that in mind while helping to propose solutions. Brian was also talented at boosting the product team's morale. He suggested team bonding activities and would volunteer to book reservations for dinner plans. With Brian on the team, it felt like we gained a stronger sense of camaraderie between product team members."
- Katie Ruhl, Product Owner, Availity
"Brian can always make a good design better. As a developer with little design skill, I relied heavily on Brian to help me complete and polish projects. Brian is a great resource to bounce ideas off of, and has a knack for understanding the needs of both end users and developers. He is great at coming up with fresh ideas, productive workflows, and stays up to date with the latest technologies. I would highly recommend Brian to anyone wanting to take their project to the next level."
- Taylor Wilcox, Sr. Android Developer, Xactware
