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Patrys Garcia
User Experience Strategist, Front-end Development
Fairless Hills,PA
Summary
Performance-driven lead product designer about turning innovative ideas into tangible results. Experienced formulating and executing strategic plans, creating new products and services, and developing business opportunities. Track record of multiple successful business ventures and leading teams of professionals to maximize profits and deliver success with 15+ years of experience in user
interface development and user experience design, product development, and user experience strategies. Proficient in developing and implementing strategies to aid business development and performance.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
3
3
Languages
Work History
Senior Product Designer UI Dev Entrepreneur
Freelance Product Strategist
01.2021 - Current
- Established Caribbean Blue North, a groundbreaking startup that integrates financial expertise, real estate development, organic agriculture, and holistic living into a comprehensive project.
- Discovered industry synergies, streamlined supply chains, and improved usability and productivity, resulting in the creation of a self-sustaining community.
- Spearheaded a business model transformation by simplifying complex processes and tools, leveraging technology-driven solutions, and generating employment opportunities for 12+ communities, benefiting both investors and local residents.
- Assembled reports and presentations to share insights and recommendations with stakeholders
- Researched and evaluated potential new markets and products
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop and implement market research strategies
- Analyzed data to uncover insights and identify key opportunities to inform strategic decisions
VP Senior UX Strategist for Enterprise Design
Bank of America
Pennington, NJ
01.2017 - 01.2019
- Instrumental in creating exceptional user experiences that achieved industry recognition twice with the prestigious Norman and Nielsen design award for top 10 intranet designs.
- Influenced and advocated for the importance of user experience (UX) across channels within the organization
- Promoted the value of UX through compelling presentations and collaborative engagements, fostering a greater understanding of UX principles and benefits throughout the company
- Collaborative Leadership: Employed a collaborative work style to promote and uphold adherence to Enterprise Brand and accessibility requirements
- Worked seamlessly with cross-functional teams to ensure consistent and inclusive user experiences that aligned with brand guidelines and accessibility standards.
- Supported multi-discipline teams to provide design solutions that balanced customer requirements for performance and cost.
- Brainstormed with peers and other members of design team to determine enhancements and product features.
- Analyzed user feedback and implemented changes to product design.
- Created visuals and renderings communicating product design concepts.
VP Team Lead Front-end Prototype Engineering
Merrill Lynch Bank of America / US Trust
Pennington, NJ
01.2013 - 01.2017
- Managed a cross-functional team of 5 User Experience designers and Prototype Developers across multiple locations and delivered several projects across for diverse products and applications
- Champion user experience practices transformation from Waterfall to Lean-Agile development methodologies, resulting in enhanced product quality, efficiency, and faster deployment of new features.
- Collaborated seamlessly with cross-functional teams from engineering, product management, marketing, and customer care to steer user experience direction for new releases, site redesigns, and e-commerce projects
- Mentored team members to enhance professional and technical skillet development
- Designed a strategic plan for component development practices to support future projects
- Consolidated and built a cross-browser reusable style guide for all user interface components for web and mobile design patterns, providing expert insight into presentation-layer practices, standards, and trends.
UI/UX Design-Developer Lead
Merrill Lynch Bank of America / US Trust
Pennington, NJ
09.2011 - 09.2013
- Partner with Business, System Analyst, Architecture, Development, Testing, and End Users to gather user research-based requirements and deliver strategic omnichannel enhancement across 8 user experience
- Design user-centered interfaces delivering cohesive task-level workflows by simplifying the call center application which enhanced the call handling experience for both employees and end customers, maximized customer service representative productivity and reduced task completion down to a third of the time
- Generated innovative user experiences and ensured their accurate implementation by managing, developing, and testing related artifacts
- Interfaced with front-end and back-end development teams to develop a unified product, smoothing out coding conflicts before problems arose
- Redesigned UI components into cross-browser cross-device reusable highly creative approach to Web Design
- Collaborated on stages of systems development lifecycle from requirement gathering to production releases
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Graphic Design
Universidad APEC
Dominican RepublicAA - Information Technology
Altos De Chavon
Dominican RepublicSkills
Product Design, User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI)
Business Requirements, User Research, Wireframes, Prototype
Communication skills, Adaptability and Flexibility
Creativity and Problem-Solving
Strategic planning, Team Management, Consulting
Business Analysis, Business Development, Financial acumen
Product lifecycle management, Continuous improvement
Agile, Lean
Bootstraps, Material Design, WCAG
Sketch, Axure, Figma, Adobe Creative Suite
HTML5, CSS, JS, Responsive Design, APIs, MVC
Accomplishments
Additional Work Experience
- User Interface Lead, Miles Technologies, Moorestown, NJ
- Lead Web & Graphic Developer, Miles Technologies, Moorestown, NJ
- Web & Graphic Designer, WedAlert Corp, Hackensack, NJ
Affiliations
Groups
- Hispanic/Latino Organization for Leadership & Advancement (HOLA) Part of the Hispanic/Latino Organization for Leadership & Advancement (HOLA), contributing to mentoring, networking, and community service initiatives
- Asian Leadership Network (ALN)- Design Champion for Diversity and Inclusion annual multicultural events
Interests
Timeline
Senior Product Designer UI Dev Entrepreneur
Freelance Product Strategist
01.2021 - Current
VP Senior UX Strategist for Enterprise Design
Bank of America
01.2017 - 01.2019
VP Team Lead Front-end Prototype Engineering
Merrill Lynch Bank of America / US Trust
01.2013 - 01.2017
UI/UX Design-Developer Lead
Merrill Lynch Bank of America / US Trust
09.2011 - 09.2013
Bachelor of Arts - Graphic Design
Universidad APEC
AA - Information Technology
Altos De Chavon