Hi! I'm Steve.
I'm a UX designer and physical therapist.
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
-Created network for an in-house server -Video analysis -Treated general orthopedic and neuro injuries -Specialized in endurance sports and biomechanics
2009 - 2020
-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
-Created the storyboard, videoed, and edited multiple videos for marketing and internal purposes