Senior UX Expert & Software Engineer

Integrating AI, LLMs, and user-centered design into intuitive engineering solutions

AI & Machine Learning

UX Design

Web Development

Software Engineering

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Professional Experience

Senior Product Designer

Siemens Digital Industries Software | Milford, OH

2018 – Present

Lead UX design and integration of AI and LLM-driven capabilities into Siemens NX, improving predictive analysis, automated workflows, and user interactions.
Develop agent-driven applications using the Transformers library and OpenAI API for enhanced product manager (PM) productivity and user research knowledge share.
Define product requirements and UX strategies for cloud/web applications, marine, and electrical and mechanical routing solutions.
Create interactive mockups, prototypes, and functional specifications from Figma designs, effectively bridging user-centered design and development processes.
Manage agile product development cycles and facilitate team collaboration for continuous deployment and enhancements.
Automated extraction and rule-based review of user-facing text within Siemens NX via LLM, reducing manual review time over 30% and improving incidence catch rate over 20%.

Application Engineer

Siemens Digital Industries Software | Milford, OH

2014 – 2018

Automated testing procedures across Siemens NX Routing & Assemblies, Teamcenter, and Mentor Graphics Capital, significantly improving product reliability.
Enhanced QA processes and proactively managed stakeholder communications and risks.

Engine Design Engineer

Honda R&D | Marysville, OH

2013 – 2014

Developed fuel system components meeting high standards for safety, efficiency, and performance.
Collaborated across departments to achieve robust engineering outcomes.

Education & Certifications

Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering

University of Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH

2008 – 2013

Focus on mechanical design, computational methods, and systems engineering.
Participated in the co-op program, gaining practical experience with industry leaders.

SAFe® 5 Practitioner

Scaled Agile, Inc.

2021 – Present

Certified in applying Lean-Agile principles and practices across the enterprise.
Experienced in planning and executing Program Increments within an Agile Release Train.

Technical Skills

AWS Bedrock

Azure OpenAI

Transformers

CrewAI

Prompt Design

AI & ML

AWS Bedrock

Azure OpenAI

Transformers

CrewAI

Prompt Design

Web Dev

HTML

CSS

JavaScript

TypeScript

React

Node.js

Programming

Python

C++

MATLAB

Visual Basic

Databases

SQL

MongoDB

Chroma

OpenSearch

FAISS

Cloud & DevOps

AWS S3

Docker

Git

CI/CD

CAD & Simulation

Siemens NX

Solidworks

ANSYS

CATIA

AutoCAD

UI/UX Tools

Figma

Sketch

Illustrator

Lunacy

Projects & Contributions

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Web Application

Developed a web application using React and Node.js, enabling educators to manage classes and generate balanced student groups.

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Hummel Ultracruiser Aircraft

Personal Aerospace Project

Actively building a Hummel Ultracruiser aircraft in my home workshop, exploring a passion for aerospace innovation and hands-on engineering.

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Siemens NX Contributions

Professional Projects

Select Similar Faces and Edges

Leverages NX’s geometry recognition to quickly find and group faces or edges with similar properties (e.g., planar, cylindrical), saving time on repetitive selection tasks.
Read more in this NX Tips & Tricks blog