Mary Carns - Innovation Strategist, Halftank Studio

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halftank studioOwner and Lead Innovator

Jun. 1999Roanoke, Virginia, United States🌟 Product Strategy, UX, & Agile Maven 🚀 | Design Thinker & Workshop Wizard 🎨 | Multifaceted Innovator 🛠️ | Let's craft the future together! ✨ Here to Build and Launch 🧰

Modus CreateProduct Strategist

Oct. 2021 - Mar. 2024Reston, Virginia, United States- Collaborated on a suite of products to allow non-data scientists to use AI technology - Co-created a process to help engineering-dominant companies apply UX techniques to their products - Champion Object-Oriented UX concepts to improve discovery and onboarding processes

Informed XPSenior UX Designer and Researcher - Freddie Mac

Jul. 2019 - Aug. 2021Washington D.C. Metro AreaCollaborates with stakeholders to build a new online product intended to provide a seamless experience between Freddie Mac and their MultiFamily customers. - Prioritize product roadmap based on customer feedback, business needs, and technical feasibility - Evangelizes and applies a design system using a mobile-forward user-centric approach - Facilitates Design Thinking workshops within an Agile framework

RevatureLead UX Designer

Oct. 2017 - Jul. 2018Reston, VARevature takes talent development to the next level. They identify recent college graduates and invest in their training so that they rapidly learn practical skills in application development. After training, graduates are then placed in companies so that they can develop their coding skills even more in a real-world, real-time environment. Initiated User Experience processes throughout the company. Interviewed users, developers, and stakeholders and incorporated their ideas and feedback to upgrade online training application. Standardized application solutions using the latest design and usability standards.

Logi AnalyticsUX Designer

Oct. 2013 - Jul. 2017McLean, VAWorking with data in order to create clear and compelling visualizations can be a daunting task for just about anyone. My goal was to design software that allowed users to tell their best data stories. My process included interviewing users then building and testing interactive prototypes to confirm design decisions. - Imagined concepts for new SaaS products to access data insights - Encouraged design solutions for product upgrades that made customers say "wow" - Evangelist for mobile-first approaches to data visual designs - Got a co-worker to listen to (fellow Vallejo CA native) Sly and the Family Stone for the first time and become a fan

George Mason UniversityAdjunct Instructor

Aug. 2013 - Dec. 2014Fairfax, VANew Media in the Creative Arts: Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014 Created and presented multimedia lessons in Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop to undergraduate students beginning a Graphic Design program. Labs and assignments incorporated real-world design problems and solutions.

CGISenior Interactive Designer

Jun. 2012 - Apr. 2013Fairfax, VACollaborated with project managers and developers to produce concepts for award-winning website designs for medicare.gov. Built wireframes and mockups for HTML5 applications, including responsive treatments for mobile devices, that have saved the government over $20 million in reduced service calls alone. Ensured that all designs meet Section 508 Accessibility standards. - Designed two internal website tools to help Health and Human Services contractors better search for and investigate cases of Medicare fraud. - Helped define style guidelines for award-winning mobile version of medicare.gov. Medicare's responsive website received a 2013 GCN Agency Award: http://gcn.com/gala#spon - Intregrated design recommendations based on regular user testing feedback.

The Pew Charitable TrustsSenior Interactive Designer

Apr. 2011 - Jun. 2012Washington, D.C.Lead interactive designer for new creative department. Collaborated with project managers, journalists, outside consultants and researchers to build interactives to support publications. Developed process workflows and procedures to support migration of interactive content to new content management system. - Developed new series of infographics for Stateline, which increased traffic for the daily news site. Content was republished in national media outlets, including NPR, CNN and washingtonpost.com. - Developed and presented wireframes for new online interfaces to show complex data sets for the 50 U.S. states to encourage interactive exploring