I wear many hats to deliver value.
And helmets. And wigs. Oi.

Let's face it, I look awful in hats. But each project has its own character and you go with the flow. Whether it's being the product owner for my client, the project manager, scrum master, or occassional comedian, I've learned to flex my project muscles to benefit the project.

"Judith always has the trust of her clients and understands their needs and how to balance that with the needs of the user."

- Rex Chekal, Creative Director, Table XI

The project manager hat.

I’ve managed projects for more than 15 years - both as an employee and as a consultant. I’ve used predictive and adaptive approaches (such as Agile), and I’m not afraid to combine parts of them when it seems best. I’ve implemented commercial off-the-shelf software (COTS), customized home-grown platforms that were older than me, integrated legacy apps with modern web-based user interfaces, and built custom websites and mobile apps with an emphasis on design thinking. As part of my work, I facilitate - and often teach others to run - various project rituals:

Iteration planning meetings
Business analysis sessions
Technical design sessions
Iteration retrospectives
Client showcases
Project retrospectives
Daily standups (though we mostly sit)
Managing scope changes
Budgets and forecasts
Steering committee meetings

Celebrating one of my first project launches. There's single malt scotch in those mugs, because I'm classy like that.

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"Judith was instrumental in helping us develop and deliver a new product offering by advocating for the clients' needs and their budgets. "

- Will Norris, UX Consultant

The product hat.

While I am often managing clients' projects, I also serve in a product management role when the client doesn't have someone there. My clients span across industries, and as a consultant I am able to ramp up quickly and learn about their challenges and opportunities:

Healthcare
Startups
FinTech
Manufacturing
Large and small nonprofits
Events Management
Food (I love food!)

I help clients manage the scope necessary to deliver a minimally viable product (MVP) while leveraging their (sometimes still unknown) user needs. I’ve advised clients on how to think about their product strategically, helped them with vendor management, written policies and procedures, and performed risk assessments.

One of my clients at the end of a user research session we did to inform their website redesign.

"Judith is a seasoned professional. She knows how to run every phase of a project expertly, and she brings years of valuable experience to each engagement."

- Wendy, Director of Channel Development

The UX hat wig.

I have managed cross functional teams and worked with fantastic designers on some challenging projects. I’ve worked with great User Experience professionals doing user interviews and testing. It turns out you need to be a pretty empathetic indivisual to succed there (and my colleagues have kindly tried to improve that part of me). All kidding aside, I learned to love and really value UX early on my consulting career, and if you're not thinking about your users first, I'm raising my eyebrow a bit and we should talk. My UX experience includes:

Facilitating Google design sprints
Running dual track scrum projects
Managing discovery projects (user research and prototyping)
Working with visual designers on prototypes
Developing personas
Teaching others to run design sprints

One of my UX & Design teams having a bit of fun during a design sprint. Oddly, I was not the one who brought the wigs.

"Judith makes it easy for the team to be effective. She puts emphasis on alleviating pain points and blockers so the team can continue delivering high quality work."

- Aly Fluckey, Developer