Portfolio

Distributing Presence information I was granted a patent as the sole inventor, that defined a method for updating your communications presence status (i.e. Skype or Microsoft Teams) based upon the ...

Communication system and method I was a co-inventor on a patent grant that demonstrated a novel way of handling notifications for calls and IMs using a TV remote control. https://patents.google.com...

Webview UI Toolkit for Visual Studio Code The Webview UI Toolkit is a component library for building webview-based extensions in Visual Studio Code. Features of the library include: • Implements th...

Android "Jellybean" I acted as the design manager for the Skype for Android interface update for the Jellybean release, mostly driven to fit the smaller tablet form factors of the Nexus 7 and Kindl...

LG NetCast To develop the NetCast Skype app, I collaborated in a managerial and review capacity with the LG design team in Seoul, South Korea both on site and remotely. The biggest challenges were ...

Skype for Series 60 I was the design lead from concept to launch and ultimately the sunset of Skype on Symbian devices, primarily the Nokia S60 series. At the time, the largest challenges for desig...

3 Skypephone Developed in co-operation with the Hutchison Whampoa global handset team, the "3 Skypephone" was the first ever integrated Skype experience on a mobile device, only possible by co-oper...

Asus EEE Videophone Partnering with Asus hardware engineering in Taiwan, the AiGuru SV1 was the very first standalone video calling hardware certified by Skype. With a bespoke UI created by myself ...

Skype for iPhone I was the interaction designer for the initial launch of Skype for iPhone on iOS and design manager of a team of three who worked on subsequent versions until 2013. Working closely...

Skype for Business After an internal reorg, I was briefly tasked with exploring how the Skype for Business application could be adapted for the Windows 10 universal platform.

STEPS Following an idle conversation where it turned out I was the only person in the ARTISTdirect office in Los Angeles to have heard of STEPS, I embarked on a two year journey working with "super...

Microsoft acquired GitHub, a popular code-repository service used by many developers and large companies, for $7.5 billion in stock. The deal, which heightened Microsoft’s focus on open-source deve...

Apple's iOS 4.0 keynote It's not often you can say your work was featured at an Apple keynote, much less that it was one introduced by Steve Jobs - but, I really did that: https://www.youtube.com/w...

Skype for Philips VOIP855 Collaborating with the Philips hardware team in France and Hong Kong, I designed the interface for their VOIP851 cordless phone and answering machine. Particular care was ...

Skype for Intel MID Working with our friends at Ocean Observations, I put together an early concept showing Skype on the nascent Intel MID platform for an announcement at CES 2008 - heavily based o...

Backstreet Boys Working with management team The Firm I took on what started as a freelance and ultimately a full-time role managing the Backstreet Boys website as they prepared to release their br...

REDMOND, Wash., and LUXEMBOURG – May 10, 2011 – Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: “MSFT”) and Skype Global S.à r.l today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Microsoft wi...

Skype mobile™ As part of Skype's ongoing relationships with major carriers, I was the interaction designer for the Verizon and KDDI branded "Skype mobile" applications for BlackBerry OS, Android an...

Azure DevOps During the transition of the Visual Studio Team Services product to the rebranded Azure DevOps suite, I managed the team that oversaw the roll out of a refreshed design system and feel...

Presence for consumers and enterprises I co-developed a unified presence model to align the Skype consumer products and the legacy Lync clients into one cohesive system across both brands. It was h...

Skype for your mobile With the the proliferation of low powered featurephones at the time, I was tasked as the interaction designer for the first widely adopted mobile application for Skype; a ligh...

AFC Wimbledon Way back in 2002 after the formation of AFC Wimbledon, I helped set up the very first afcwimbledon.co.uk site, tweaking some PHP to generate live iCal feeds of our fixtures as they we...

My 3 I designed and developed the front end UI for a self-care portal for a Hutchison 3G (aka, "3 mobile") that allowed customers to review, manage and top-up their accounts from both their desktop...

Skype for HP TouchPad A personal record. The HP TouchPad was announced in Feburary 2011, released in July 2011 and withdrawn from sale 49 days later. The Skype calling experience was essentially th...

Sony mylo COM-2 I worked as the interaction designer of a bespoke Skype UI for Sony's shortlived "mylo" (My Life Online) range of personal communicator devices. The primary challenge was adapting t...

Emoticons for Skype I collaborated with the exceptionally talented Jon Hicks to update and refresh the entire Skype emoticon palette to adapt to higher display density devices The launch of devices...

Eric Idle Exploits Monty Python During my time at ARTISTdirect in their London office, I took on the role of webmaster for the Monty Python’s online archive at pythonline.com The project was in col...

Kenny G Freelance role as webmaster working with Kenny G and his management to refresh kennyg.com with tour dates and news updates, around the time of the launch of his "Faith: A Holiday Album" rel...

Skype for Panasonic VIERA Launched at CES in 2010, I acted as the Skype design partner contact for Panasonic’s R&D team in Osaka, Japan - involving a memorable field trip to their offices there. Mo...

Sainsbury's and the environment Spent most of Summer '98 converting the environmental reports of J Sainsbury plc to a digital online format, who at the time, were the first major retailer in the UK...

Skype for Nokia N800 Working with Nokia's Maemo (later, MeeGo) team in Helsinki, Finland, I was the interaction designer for a standalone Skype application on their N800 and N810 "Internet Tablet" ...

Mercury Rev After sharing office space with Oasis’ management in London, I was asked to put together a small site for one of their other artists, Mercury Rev. Supporting their standout album, “Dese...

Rage Against The Machine I built the "Battle for Los Angeles" site for Rage Against The Machine, with input from Tom Morello to promote both the music and the message behind it. A large amount of t...

Skype for Windows Phone I put together a conceptual Windows Phone 7 app with about 3 days notice, subsequently presented by Joe Belfiore at Microsoft's MIX 11 conference, showcasing how the Skype b...

Skype for HoloLens My team were responsible for building the companion experience for remote participants and collaborating with the Windows Holographic team for the native app. The companion appli...

Skype for Windows 10 I was the design manager for Skype Video + Messaging integration into the initial launch of Windows 10, in collaboration with the Windows design team. As part of the launch, on...

Skype for Windows 10 Mobile Here's a great video from MSPowerUser that does a good job summarizing how my team at Skype took the approach of integrating the app into Windows Phone address book, all...

Skype for Xbox One A real challenge during the development cycle of Skype for Xbox One was the deprecation of the Kinect accessory, removing the ability to use skeletal tracking to correctly crop t...