About Me
Meet the fun-loving, always smiling Principal UX Consultant at Improving who embraces life’s adventures, both at work and with loved ones. With a solid 6 handicap in golf, I enjoy every moment, whether exploring new experiences or strategizing on the course.
Professionally, I boast over 9.5 years of expertise as a UX Full Stack Designer, excelling in diverse industries like finance, oil & gas, medical, hospitality, insurance, telecom, and entertainment. My approach revolves around the Design Thinking Methodology, ensuring efficient and up-to-date solutions with a keen eye on the latest software applications and advancements.
Currently, I’m diving into the fascinating world of AI, experimenting, learning, sharing, teaching, and evolving. My focus lies in unleashing the “Hidden Power” of ChatGPT and mastering Prompt Engineering to expand my knowledge in this cutting-edge domain.
My Guiding Principles
No one is perfect, but we should strive to maximize our potential.
This is a list of principles I live by daily.
- Be a Coach, a Mentor, and "Sparring Partner"
- Have Clear Goals & Vision
- Be Excellent Everywhere
- Spread Joy & Laughter
- Be Self-Motivated & Responsible
- Trust Changes Everything
- Always remember..."There is no spoon."
My services
User Experience
An appreciation of user psychology and an understanding of how language and design resonate with users. Advocate for the users.
UX Strategy & Architecture
A proven approach to mapping user needs, experiences and customer journeys to an application flow and process that works.
Visual & Frontend Design
The ability to clearly present and articulate design decisions, participate in peer design critiques, and turn that design into HTML & Responsive CSS.
A student of Design Thinking
UNDERSTAND
From all perspectives view the issues and define the problem.
• EMPATHIZE
• DEFINE
EXPLORE
Brainstorm out of the box solutions and create quick models.
• IDEATE
• PROTOTYPE
MATERIALIZE
Take outcomes from exploration, and test them to form solutions or create new questions to solve. Then put that vision into effect.
• TEST
• IMPLEMENT
What my clients say
Vaughn came in and kicked #%!@ . We had a short window to work in, and he hit the ground running. Discovered not only a better design for us, but fixed the current functionality to work better in the new design.
Vaughn's a super hero! He came onto our project for only 2 weeks and totally fixed the design and gave great input on the work flow. Kudos!
Vaughn's a great asset to the team. He has delivered great visuals and helps the team by asking great questions as we move forward.
Who I am
A loyal friend and coworker that loves to work hard and play harder!
Go out, create, empower, uplift, enjoy and have no regrets!!!
Living a, “Yes, And…” kind of life.
STRENGTH FINDERS TOP 5
- RELATOR
- LEARNER
- WOO
- POSITIVITY
- ACHIEVER
Want to see what I have been up to lately. View my work and other activities.
Latest Work & Experiments
Automotive Mobile Application: UX Full Stack Process
The “Ask”… A very large car selling company approached us with a challenge. They facilitate car transactions between dealerships to help them […]
Pharmaceutical Internal Application
Project Ask: This project was described as an Application Redesign/Upgrade with a quick turn around of 2 weeks. To be responsive while […]
Premier Trailer Leasing – Process
Premier Trailer Leasing is one of the largest trailer leasing and rental companies in the nation, specializing in long-term leasing and short-term […]
Conscious Capitalism – Process
Conscious Capitalism, Inc. supports a global community of business leaders dedicated to elevating humanity through business. We provide mid-market executives with innovative […]