Jef Davis

LEADERSHIP

15+ years leading international, multicultural, cross-functional teams spanning 16 timezones researching, designing, testing, building, deploying, maintaining successful enterprise-level entities for a wide variety of start-ups, agencies, and household name Fortune 500 companies.

DELIVERED

15+ years: iOS, Android, Ethereum, SaaS, Enterprise, LXPs, Mac, Win, Oracle, SaleForce, in-flight entertainment systems, kiosks, proprietary trading systems, social networking sites, apps, games, etc. 

CORE COMPETENCIES

→ Years of experience as a designer creating products across multiple platforms. 

→ The experience and ability to lead complex design projects and to be the client-facing lead. 

→ Proven success pitching and winning project work with skill in presenting (selling) solutions to clients. 

→ Experience estimating project resource needs for proposals and resourcing. 

→ Effectively navigate complex organizations and build consensus on large initiatives. 

→ Experience managing and mentoring interaction designers. 

→ World-class skills in UX strategy and the ability to manage teams throughout an iterative design process. 

→ Provide thought leadership to innovation, design and business communities. 

→ Empathy. Great design is based upon a deep understanding of human behavior, values, concerns, desires, and methods.

RESEARCH

Qualitative/ Quantitative, Behavioral/ Attitudinal, Direct/ Indirect. Designed, administered, and monitored the testing scripts/ flows, prepared documentation, organized facilities and recruitment, payments; MOTS, ER. Monitoring: lighting, audio/video, catering, client staging, writing up and disseminating final reports with prioritized recommendations for invested stakeholders. 

• Defined and measured quantitative UX goals and metrics in collaboration with the team. 

• Examined existing data and product designs to generate hypotheses, plans, and research. 

• Created statistical models to understand and communicate user experience.

• Drove change by communicating findings to stakeholders.

• Convincing and actionable for both research experts and non-experts.

• Drove initiatives, prioritized and initiated research to quantify, qualify, validate,  and improve UX. 

• Supported product development and design with thorough qualitative insights 

MFA: HCI | Interaction Design

Pratt Institute | NYC

BFA: Information Design

University of Maryland | MD
Minors: Fine Art, Behavioral Science

CS: Statistical Analysis

Stanford University | CA