Hi, I'm Cody.

Hi, I'm Cody.

Hi, I'm Cody.

I design product experiences that simplify complexity and drive measurable impact.

About Me

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Lead product designer with 7+ years of experience creating intuitive, user-centered solutions in finance and education.

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Most recently led product design @Minerva Project, where I designed a new curriculum tool for college and highschool educators.

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Before that, I tackled complex business problems in finance @Recurly and @Viewpost.

Projects

Class Engagement Metrics

Designing a dashboard to track student engagement over time — resulting in over 400 hours of annual savings.

Class Engagement Metrics

Designing a dashboard to track student engagement over time — resulting in over 400 hours of annual savings.

Class Engagement Metrics

Designing a dashboard to track student engagement over time — resulting in over 400 hours of annual savings.

Classroom Reactions

Designing new reactions for the Forum classroom — resulting in a 17% increase in usage and student engagement.

Classroom Reactions

Designing new reactions for the Forum classroom — resulting in a 17% increase in usage and student engagement.

Classroom Reactions

Designing new reactions for the Forum classroom — resulting in a 17% increase in usage and student engagement.

Credit Invoices

Simplifying Recurly's subscription emails and invoices — increasing task success rate by 21%.

Credit Invoices

Simplifying Recurly's subscription emails and invoices — increasing task success rate by 21%.

Credit Invoices

Simplifying Recurly's subscription emails and invoices — increasing task success rate by 21%.

My Process

I view design as a set of tools to facilitate understanding and problem solving. The exact tools depend on the context , but my overall process is summarized below. See also the Double Diamond framework.

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01 | Understanding

Understanding

Research and define the users, problems, assumptions, hypotheses, and constraints.

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02 | Directed Exploration

Directed Exploration

Explore broadly based on the results of the first step.

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03 | Test & Refine

Test & Refine

Get real-world feedback to "test" understanding and proposed solutions. Refine and iterate.

My Principles & Philosophy

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Align and Proceed

Collaborate in the lowest fidelity
possible to most effectively, clearly communicate and align at each step. Then iterate to work out further details.

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Impact Over Perfection

I used to think it was a designer's job to sweat 100% of the details. But its actually to identify and focus on the 20% that matters most (the Pareto Principle).

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Growth Mindset

Both system and goals are important - small improvements can make a big difference over time.

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Leave It Better Than You Found It

A philosophy that I learned in Boy Scouts that I still use today (and preach to others).

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