Work Experience & Education
Oomph, Inc. — Providence, RI
Director, Experience Design, 2025 – present
Director of Design & UX, 2016 – 2024
Creative Director, 2010 – 2012
Project Evolution — Providence, RI
Design Director, 2012 – 2015
Highchair designhaus — Providence, RI
Freelancer, 2010 – present
Owner, CEO, 2001 – 2010
Weymouth Design — Boston, MA
Designer, 1997 – 2000
Moore Moscowitz — Boston, MA
Design Intern, 1997
Hartford Art School — West Hartford, CT
BFA 1997: Graphic Design major, printmaking minor
Board Tenure
Pawtucket Business Development Corporation — Pawtucket, RI
Board member, 2007 – 2017
Providence Preservation Society — Providence, RI
Board member, 2005 – 2009
Puente — Providence, RI
Board member, 2004 – 2008
Presentations / Panels
Anthem Awards : Juror and IADAS member from 2022–2025Presenter : Finding Fire from Smoke — Advocating for UX in Post-Launch Activities (YouTube)Co-Presenter : Behind the Scenes: Balancing Patient Care & Company Culture with the Lifespan Intranet (YouTube)Contributor/Interviewee : Design xRI 10th Anniversary Celebration (YouTube)Co-Presenter : Introducing Quahog: a brand new design system and web platform for the State of Rhode Island (YouTube)Design4Drupal , virtual, April 2021Presenter : Be an Accessibility Ally (YouTube)Co-Presenter : Be an Accessibility Ally (YouTube)Co-Presenter : Flexible Design Systems with Drupal 8 and Layout Builder (YouTube)Co-Presenter : Flexible Design Systems with Layout Builder Panelist : From Learning Design to Practicing Design: What are the Gaps? . Spark Design Summit, South Street Landing, Providence RI, May 2019Presenter : Component-based Design Systems with Drupal 8 and Paragraphs (YouTube)Co-presenter : A RISD Redesign: Oomph and RISD Museum create a new Digital Experience (YouTube)Presenter : BCBS.com: Flexible Content with Drupal 8 & Paragraphs (YouTube)Design 4 Drupal . Boston MA, June 2017Co-presenter : BCBS.com: Pushing the Design Limits with Paragraphs (YouTube)Drupalcon . Baltimore MD, April 2017Presenter : Prototyping Design to Jumpstart Development (YouTube)
Publications
ArtInRuins and Historic Preservation topics
Presentations / Panels
Selection Committee Rhody Awards Jury , for Preserve RI and the Rhody Awards, 2024Presenter ArtInRuins: Our History, significant Saves, significant Losses, and the Future , for the East Greenwich Historic Preservation Society, April 2023. Archived on YouTube Panelist : Participated in a lunch discussion at the John Nicolas Brown House, Brown University, October 8, 2008Presenter : The Cityscape in Evolution: Dispatches from the Front, part 4 and discussed the ArtInRuins website , Providence Athenaeum, Providence RI, April 2007Presenter : Storytelling and Urban Engagement: Providence Narratives , Jacqueline Wernimont, instructor, Brown University, Providence RI, January 2007
Publications
Author : Building Triple Deckers in Providence — A Tale of Dimensions, Parking Minimums, and Zoning Variances Author “History on Repeat: Atlantic Mills is the new Fort Thunder ” , Providence Preservation Society guest author, April 2025Interviewee “Arts Inc: In Providence, Brutalist Buildings Remain… For Now ” , Rhode Island PBS special, March 2025Author : How is Providence’s Historic Aesthetic Maintained? Interviewee Dishing Up History: From exposed beams to ornate facades, the hallmarks of some of the city’s favorite restaurants tell stories of the past Author : Historic Districts in Providence: Why There Should be More Interviewee : The Secret Mall Apartment Article : Rigor Mortar: In Conversation With J Hogue Article : Apartment Therapy, Architectural Ups and Downs: ArtInRuins Website Article : Redeveloping Memories , Vikki Warner, Providence Monthly, June 2009Article : Owner and designer of ArtInRuins, owner of Highchair designhaus, Providence Business News, Providence RI, July 2006Article : Owner and designer of ArtInRuins, Pawtucket Times’ Special Section, Momentum , Pawtucket RI, May 2006Author for Exhibition Catalog : Scott Lapham Bearing Witness , photography solo show, October 2005Interview : Urban Revival , Lauren Rosati, Providence Monthly, April 2005Contributing author : How to keep the Arts from Dying of Old Age , AS220 Newsletter, March 2005Interview : The Apex of Potential , Tim Lehnert, Providence Phoenix, December 2004Interview : Change in Scenery (subject: curator for the “Transformation” art show), Alison Fields, Providence Monthly, May 2004Interview : Focus on Downcity , Laura Kline, Providence Monthly, March 2004
Awards & Highlights
For Strategic and Creative Art Direction
Design Director and Strategist : Nielsen Norman Group (NNg), 10 Best Intranets of 2023, for Lifespan Health System’s Intranet project with OomphDesign Director and Strategist : Anthem Awards 2022, Gold, for the One Percent for America project with OomphDesign Director and Strategist : Webby Awards 2021, Nominee, for the RISD Online Graduate Student Exhibition project with OomphDesign Director and Architect : Webby Awards 2020, Nominee, for the RAID the Icebox Now — RISD Museum Publications project with OomphDesign : AIGA’s Best of New England show, 2005; Best of Show awardDesign : Print magazine’s Regional Design Annual , December 2003, p. 292Design : AIGA’s Best of New England show, 2003 & 2001
For ArtInRuins or Historic Preservation topics
Antoinette F. Downing Volunteer Award 2023, Rhody Awards for Historic Preservation, for the ArtInRuins projectVolunteer of the Year 2005, Providence Preservation Society
Miscellaneous
Panelist : Place and Preservation in Art and Documentary , RIHPHC ’s annual Historic Preservation Conference, 2006Curator : Transformation: The Inevitability of Change , AS220 Project Space, Spring 2004Participant : Inaugural World Scholar Athlete Games, Newport, RI, 1993