👋 Hi, I'm Andy!
I have two decades of multi-disciplinary experience, including; consulting, product management, product design, graphic design, even social media and strategy. I've designed consumer, merchant, and partner facing experiences for Global brands, winning several international awards along the way. I bring a balance of creativity, strategy and execution by way of my BA in Design and an MBA earned a few years later while working full-time.
🎧 Listen to my Podcast
I host a Podcast, Sketchy Design, where we explore stories of innovative problem solvers, their journey through the messy parts we never see. Episodes highlight stories of innovation in action, relentless user-centricity, and perseverance through doubt, failure, constraints and iteration.
Marriott Ecommerce
Marriott Rewards
Ritz-Carlton Rewards
Striking.ly
Service Measure
LMD Agency
Wapo Labs
Comcast
Stanford Graduate School of Business
Stanford Engineering
University of Maryland Global Campus
University of Maryland
Trout Unlimited
Behind The Tech
Mid-Atlantic Volleyball Association
San Francisco Civic Symphony
Enterprise Community Partners
Class Acts Arts
MNCPPC—Maryland National Capital Park Planning Commission
PGCHD—Prince George's County Health Department
City of Gaithersburg
Downtown Silver Spring
AHCMC—Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County
A Few Career Highlights
C-Suite lead initiative and award-winning experience that ensured fast access to funds, the lifeline of any small business.
Hotel Industry's first proprietary user-generated review platforms with 30K+ reviews across 5K+ Hotels (94%) in less than six months.
Researched, pitched, designed, and launched a Global social media presence for the Nation's largest public University.
Writings
My Process: Innovation Through Story
The Q.U.E.S.T. Method
I created a new take on Design thinking based upon a single, provocative question–how could traditional methods be tweaked to be more accessible and drive greater user impact?
Armed with three decades of experience starting, failing, launching, and shelving great ideas, I leaned into the power of storytelling to help align with a shared understanding of their problem and opportunity, all with a heavy emphasis on users. The resulting five-stage and self-guided process helps teams or individuals avoid common blindspots while leveraging practices proven by some of the leading tech companies.