year in review 2022

2022

As we close out 2022, let's take a look at all that has happened. I left Pittsburgh, a city I called home for the last decade, and the world of healthcare technology. I joined Hollywood and the animation industry, attended some amazing events including the World Expo and my first Wrap Party and continued to ship some awesome new software products.

🌉 🩺 🎞️ 🗺️
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I joined the team at Walt Disney Animation Studios inLos Angeles, California.

I help design and build all sorts of wonderful software tools that the artists and animators use everyday to bring our films to life. You might start seeing a familiar name in the credits 😉

Here. There. Knowledge everywhere.

Attended several industry events this year, learning lots of new things along the way.

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flight log

miles

45,161

1.8x around the world

flights

16

6 long haul

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Washington DC

USA

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Doha

Qatar

dxb

Dubai

UAE

lhr

London

UK

lgw

London

UK

agp

Malaga

Spain

CMN

Casablanca

Morocco

BWI

Baltimore

USA

MCO

Orlando

USA

lax

Los Angeles

USA

AMN

Amman

Jordan

airports

11

countries

7

flight time

3d 22h

chocolate bits

Safar

Golden Easter Egg

Look forward to continued success for the team!

Wondering why this section is a chocolate bar? Well that's an inside joke. You will have to get to know the team at UPMC Enterprises to find out. 😉

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Farewell Pittsburgh since 2012

After a decade in Pittsburgh, I said goodbye to the city. During the last 10 years, I made some wonderful friends, learned a whole lot and had a lot of fun along the way! Here are a couple big wins during my last 4 years in healthcare at UPMC Enterprises.

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Elevated the UX maturity of the organization
Brought consumer sensibilities to enterprise software
Shipped life-changing technology
Grew the design organization and its services
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film log

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1

Spider-Man No Way Home Poster

2

James Bond: No Time to Die Poster

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Disney's Strange World Poster

top picks2022

1

Spider-Man No Way Home

2

No Time to Die

3

Strange World

4

Thor: Love and Thunder

5

Turning Red

Los Angeles
Nov 2022

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A photo of a installation of Disney's Strange World featuring Splat

Wrap

Disney's Strange World Logo

Party

watched

120

featured films

49% were rewatches

Saturday

Jun 18th

was the busiest watch day with 6 movies

10

monthly average

4

weekly average

Yesterday

1st watched

Yesterday Poster

rewatched

Harry Potter

collection

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban poster
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets poster
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer Stone poster
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Launched v6 Fig

With this release Resources received a major overhaul. Collections, Recently Added & Content Types were added. Plus styling updates across the board!

Explore Resources
Design Ops
Product Management
Systems Design
Mentoring
Process Design
Remote Research
Team Manangement
UX Writing
Data Analysis
Motion Design
Prototyping
Movie Making
Project Management
Teaching
Content Strategy
Discovery Research
Product Development

Continued to sharpen my skills and acquired some new ones!

Skills

Now Departing

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on time

Airport Security

Doha, Qatar

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Morocco Pavilion

Dubai, UAE

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China Pavilion

Dubai, UAE

A photo of China's World Expo pavilion at night

Future Museum

Dubai, UAE

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Al Wasl Plaza

Dubai, UAE

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Birdy

Dubai, UAE

A evening photo of costumed bird character

Graffiti

Malaga, Spain

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Catedral de Málaga

Malaga, Spain

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Epcot

Orlando, US

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Fossil Fueler

Orlando, US

A evening photo of Dino Land's Fossil Fueler

Now Arriving

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Hope you enjoyed the flight. See you again next time!

as the year wraps up

let's take a moment to celebrate our achievements and look forward to the new year with excitement and anticipation. Be ready to take on whatever challenges come our way and continue growing and learning!

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