About Me Steve February 5, 2022

Hi! I'm Steve.

I'm a UX designer and physical therapist.

Contact

Steve@SteveBerkey.com

Resume

Getting into tech ignited my passion for design.

My journey into user experience design was nontraditional. Throughout my professional career, I combined my skills as a physical therapist and an entrepreneur, which eventually led me to UX design.

In my role as an entrepreneur, I learned how to listen to my customers and create user-centric software solutions. From 2009 to 2020, I founded and ran 90 Revolutions, Inc. It was an honor and a great learning experience to be a business owner, a project manager, and a designer. As I researched the needs of the users, talked with them, wireframed solutions, and created prototypes of the final software for endurance athletes, I found myself becoming a UX designer on the job while managing a software engineering team. I loved the idea of creating scalable solutions that could help several people and keep a well-oiled machine up and running. This led me to the field of user experience.

As a physical therapist, you listen and empathize with patients, and you quickly synthesize a solution to their ailments. In minutes, you find the literal pain points, causes of pain, and create a treatment plan. Physical therapy is similar to UX design. Both require excellent empathy and listening skills. In each position, you need to strategize and create a solution. My physical therapy skills and training combined with my UX design and training have made me a more efficient professional with the ability to create solutions that the user wants.

My desire is to continue to further my UX design skills to architect a variety of software solutions. My background in physical therapy is a natural fit for fitness and healthcare, but those skills are transferable into automobile design, defense, and any other challenge. 

Design

UI / UX Design
Project Management
Web Design
Mobile App Design
Videography / Photography

Development

HTML / CSS
Javascript
No Code

Tools

Webflow / WordPress
Adobe Creative Suite
Figma / Adobe XD / Axure
Affinity San Serif
Asana / Trello / Git
Autodesk Fusion 360

2003 - 2022

Various Physical Therapy Clinics

-Created network for an in-house server
-Video analysis
-Treated general orthopedic and neuro injuries
-Specialized in endurance sports and biomechanics

2009 - 2020

90 Revolutions, Inc.

-Found and managed an online PT-based company for endurance athletes
-Project manager of a team of software developers
-Researched users pain points, created personas, user stories, and user journey maps
-Ideated design solutions using wireframing to high-fidelity prototyping
-WordPress management and front end development
-User experience and interface design -Photographer and videographer for marketing
-Content development and management to augment search engine optimization

2015-2016

The Keswick School

-Created the storyboard, videoed, and edited multiple videos for marketing and internal purposes