It’s pronounced will-zee and just about everyone calls me by that, you should too.

East coast born, west coast livin’. My daily grind is focused on leading teams to create innovative user centered products, but in my free time I hang with my wife and dog, garden, build my own furniture, go hiking and play ice hockey - nope my teeth aren’t real. 

WORK

Experience:
Lead Experience Designer, DIRECTV
Sr Experience Designer, AT&T
Sr/Lead Experience Designer, Iconmobile
Design Director, UX/UI, Sweetwater Studios
Sr UX/UI, Designer Fonality
Interactive Art Director, Malenke Barnhart
Creative Director, Virtupoint
Creative Director, Los Angeles Kings

Specialties: UX strategy, research and analysis, concept ideation, information architecture, digital product design, user interface design, interaction design, prototyping, HMI, workshop facilitation, product development and planning

Applications: iOS/Android, tablet, responsive web, tvOS, IoT connected products, digital instrument panels, HMI, voice user interface, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), digital ecosystems

Tools: Tool agnostic with advanced experience in Keynote, Axure RP, OmniGraffle, Sketch, Adobe Creative Cloud (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, XD), InVision, Figma, Excel, sketching/illustration. A solid understanding of HTML, CSS, Javascript and Unity.

LIFE 

Currently reading: The Omnivores Dilemma

In my ear: Willie Wright, Matt Duncan

On my mind: The Crazy One, 99 Percent Invisible

Daily drive: Tesla Model 3

On my feet: Adidas, Simple, vans

WHAT OTHERS SAY

“I had the privilege of having Marc on my team and worked closely with him on numerous client engagements. He is an exceptional experience designer, relentless in his quest for creating amazing human experiences across digital and physical environments. He is the first to raise his hand to lead complex challenges and can shake-out great ideas from his colleagues using a deep playbook of design thinking methods. I also respect that Marc took the initiative to mentor junior staff and develop missing department orientation materials. He is very dedicated to creating and sustaining a strong agency culture. Marc remains calm under pressure, engages authentically with clients, and is always "all-in". I look forward to working with him again in the future.”

Lothar Boensch; Managing Director - Iconmobile

“I had the pleasure to work with Marc for multiple years. His passion for UX and everything related is highly motivating and refreshing - reminding others what a great space we work in. Marc cares about the big picture and delightful (and so important) details. Looking back, he sets the bar on team spirit, guidance of others and high quality hands-on work. All areas of research, high level and detailed concepts, UI ... you name it.  Marc is always willing to roll up his sleeves helping to push products to the next level. His versatile experience spans multiple industries: Automotive, mobile and other embedded platforms. It was amazing to see the level of empathy and immersive research he puts himself in - to understand users, context and overall landscape. Great approach to tackle experience challenges.”

Tobias Graening; Director of User Experience - Iconmobile

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