I lead

effective

UX

teams

Hey, I'm Devin! I’m a User Experience leader with 13+ years of industry experience establishing and maturing Design & Research practices. I build teams that excel in their craft and in driving measurable business impact.

With certifications from the Wharton School of UPenn and UC San Diego, I’m an avid writer and speaker on the topic of Design’s impact on business.

Let’s chat.

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User experience maturity scale, with level 3 highlighted.

Establishing divisional research at Capital One →

As the divisional Head of Design Research, I established the team, vision, processes, and OKRs necessary to elevate our status in the organization and mature our craft across the company while delivering exceptional results across our flagship digital platform, credit policy, and sales originations.  

Redesigned dashboard for an internal product, highlighting a key performance indicator

Elevating Design impact & efficiency at Capital One →

As Director of Design for Internal Products, we delivered more features in less time for product teams while driving incremental innovation to support Business Architecture users.

Computer featuring a research repository website for finding existing data.

Building new research value at Capital One →

As the Head of Design Research, we improved our partner’s experience by delivering new internal value by doubling recruitment speed, enhancing resources, and building an AI-powered research repository.

Headphones, gaming controller and phone charger accessories.

Growing Verizon’s accessory sales →

While Head of UXR for Digital Channels & Touchpoints, we identified new design strategies across web and app to increase digital conversion and power new business growth.

New mobile phone plan feature details.

Driving Verizon’s mobile plan strategy →

As head of UXR for Digital Channels & Touchpoints, we delivered a UX-led mobile phone plan strategy which strengthened business partnership and increased digital mix.

What others are saying

“Devin led our research team, and impressed me from the time he walked in the door. He is a tremendous people leader with great influence and communication skills. He knows design and research, and adds both strategic value and process at scale. ”
Renee McKeon Rives
Managing VP, Design @ Capital One
“He stands out as an outstanding leader as he time and time again, elevated his team to bring an ever increasing level of quality to the practice of research. This helped to continue to reinforce the importance of research and how it can help a business as well as the end customer.”
Erich Lopez
Senior Director, Design @ Capital One
“Devin's skill set is vast - he's lead multiple enterprise website redesign projects, is incredibly polished and articulate with clients, developed UX process, people, and teams to drive business growth. He has an incredible passion for for all facets of user experience…”
Lou Amodeo
VP of Creative @ Rise Interactive

My process

2

Share a vision

Collaborate on a bold idea for the future and iconic solutions that solve deep problems.
3

Deliver results

Execute with haste and rigor, to drive superior impact for both craft and the business.
1

Find opportunity

Identify what’s not working, or could be improved to elevate the customer experience.