" Your limitation - it's only your imagination."

Experienced UX veteran accomplished at building and managing enterprise-level design teams. Passionate about fostering a design culture that cultivates high performing teams and feels creatively inclusive to product managers, business partners and stakeholders. Proven record in successfully implementing creative service design models that track velocity of design work and generate executive reports that empower VPs and executives to make informative strategic decisions. Adept at partnering with product leaders to synthesize user-centered designs from consumer insights, data analytics, user research and business requirements. With a Marine Corps background, clear direction, timeliness, open communication and emotional intelligence are some of the key ingredients to my leadership style.

RealPage Dashboards

This concept was designed to show how a suite of applications with a need for rich analytics and data trends can be visually supported. The solution also addresses the need to unify the customer experience across a portfolio of applications.

Drag and Drop

Customized layouts with the ability to drag and drop.

Data Widgets

Allow users to pick data sets that matters to them the most.

Data Drill Down

Users can drill into the data and find visually consistent patterns.

RealPage Dashboards

Enterprise Design Library

A design library is critical to the performance and overall output of a design organization. It fuses research, WCAG compliance and UI design patterns into a drag and drop workflow for designers, resulting in a unified design standard and greater speed of delivery.

Share the Research

Testing library UI patterns allows for designer to validate their ideas with hard data that can be shared enterprise wide.

Component Specifications

This level of design granularity ensures consistency in design interpretation from design to devloper.

Enterprise Design Library

Floorplan Builder

This web-based application empowers Property Managers and Marketing Coordinators with the ability to order customized 3D floorplan renderings to enrich the selection experience for their online customers.

Configure and Customize

Users can start to configure and customize their floorplan with just a few clicks.

Progress Indicators

Simple progress indicators help in guiding the user through the experience.

Review Summary

You can review and confirm your selections before submission without exiting the experience.

Basic Information

Share some basic information and you're all done.

Floorplan Builder

The Educator

I pride myself on being a little old-fashioned, preferring to still invest in people as a means to improve our quality of life. I am known for my efforts to make design technology accessible to everyone, as well as making a design education possible for all walks of life. Many of my students rave about my ability to simplify complex concepts, making learning approachable and achievable for anyone who wants to practice UX design.

The Entrepreneur

An advocate and evangelist for UX Design, I am actively engaged in ensuring future designers are properly educated. I am the Co-Founder of UXD Academy, which focuses on user experience design. I am also the Founder of Cloud UX School of Design, an online school that specializes in teaching the UX Design discipline, where I currently teach classes two times a week.

John-Paul Gaconnier

_{Vice President of Product at ExamSoft}

"When working with Ty you never have to worry if his solution designs will meet user needs. His technical knowledge runs as deep as his design skills. He has an uncanny ability to communicate with developers as easily as he does with designers and end-users."

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Terell Cobb

_{Design Lead at Microsoft}

"Whenever you find someone who cares about your career, projections , decisions, knowledge and overall wants to see you win, you have found a mentor.This is what I was blessed with by my time with Ty."

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Kirstie Calams

_{UX Designer II at RealPage}

"Ty's knowledge for UX Design is exceptional. He motivates his employees to expand their skills and look beyond the surface level of design. Ty's mentorship has helped me evolve into a versatile designer."

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Page Layout Concepts with Son

There is a huge opportunity to inspire our kids at a young age to discover and explore the art and science of UX design.

UX Architecture Discussion with Students

Accompanying my students on their journey to becoming UX designers is motivating and rewarding.

Team Culture Building at RealPage

Maintaining an engaging and inclusive culture promotes employee retention and high performance.