About

Devin has more than a decade and a half of experience in User-Centered Design and IT Architecture. His broad base of experience includes strategy, information architecture, visual design, implementation, and project management. Devin does not like writing about himself in the third-person.

If someone would have told me when I graduated art school that ten-plus years down the road I would be working as an IT consultant, I would have thought them insane. However, the transition has actually been quite natural.

While at school, I studied electronic media art. The program was well rounded, balancing creative development with technical discipline. I was exposed to all facets of design, specializing in 3D modeling and animation, video, and performance art. I was also introduced by one of my professors to a new technology – a way to send pictures and text over a network. If statistics are to be believed, I was one of the first 3000 people to have a home page on the internet.

After graduation, I was hired by a small consulting firm in Chicago to create 3D drag-and-drop environments for a training CD-ROM. I quickly took over development within the group and ultimately managed the development of several award winning CD and web-based training products.

In April of 1999, the small consulting firm was acquired by a larger IT strategy firm. In the early days after the merger, my group was integrated into the solutions delivery arm the new firm was establishing during the dotcom heyday. During this period, I was involved with the development of many web-based applications from ideation to final release. After the bust, the firm focused its efforts on IT strategy which it viewed as its core competancy. The solutions delivery group was dismantled and I was offered an opportunity to transition into the role of IT Architect.

In October of 2006, I switched to the operations side of the firm and have been leading Design Strategy and Media Services within the firm. I created an internet strategy we have been delivering on in the form of new public-facing sites as well as SEO/SEM efforts, produced multimedia for culture-building and internal communications needs, and most recently been involved with strategy and implementation for an effort to deliver collaboration technologies to enable our field consultants.