Professional skills and things that keep me up at night

Design and User Experience

• Above all else, I strive to create products that provide meaningful and relevant experiences to users.
• A strong visual sense for bringing information, ideas, and emotion to life effectively - using a blanced yet focused combination of graphic elements, color, typography and composition.
• There is nothing more interesting than engaging with users, clients, and experts, to understand a product holistically.
• From early-stage concepts, to setting new standards in interaction design and usability, the product design (or re-design) stage is always an exciting opportunity.
• I place strong emphasis on designing and developing with a cross-platform, browser compliant and mobile friendly approach, reducing re-work and increasing accessibility.
• Well versed on research methods, such as: heuristic evaluations, behavioral studies, journey mapping and usability testing.
• I believe in defining enriching user personas to help foster customer understanding across teams.

Teamwork and Leadership

• When managing or mentoring creative and technical teams; I look to create an environment where ideas, innovation and collaboration are encouraged.
• Expect me to effectively present challenges, progress, road maps and research to stakeholders and executive teams.
• My professional match is a company that embraces the importance of UX methodologies; as a driver of customer value and market differentiation.
• I speak and think in several languages: English, French, and Greek.
• Through my startup experience, I understand and appreciate what it takes to build a successful business. I have a keen appreciation for entrepreneurs.

Other Likes

• Avid photographer and painter with a strong eye for composition and style.
• Passionate about giving back to the community through volunteer work and cause-related involvement.
• Love working with animals on training, behavior and rehabilitation work... primarily canines! I'm a regular volunteer for shelters.
• Serious love of travel, learning about other cultures helps me better understand my own.
• A futurist at heart, I embrace change and technological progress with open arms. I can't wait for the first commercially available human embedded computer chip so I can be an early adopter!