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Questioning the answer

While auditing for a new feature expression throughout the user journey, one key problem stood out. Our new inventory surfaced in map view was easily...
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Design Union, the brand

Our newly unified design team was initially seen as intimidating and bureaucratic to the rest of the organization. To better broadcast our intent, we created...
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Groupon’s two-sided marketplace

Research continually pointed to convenience being a determining conversion factor for consumers. Groupon pursued growth through expanded value-adds on top of their existing discounts. But...
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Guided browse for our Things To Do vertical

For this project, I partnered with our Executive PM to lead the vision with a team of Sr. PMs; engineers for desktop, touch, iOS, and...
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Design principles

A design team of 30+ needs a guiding set of principles. To provide design leadership to an organization of 3,000+, those design principles need to...
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Convenience inventory

Many Groupon products were incentivized to consumers through convenience. Bookable inventory offered merchants reliable business and yield management. For Groupon, the challenge was to change...
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Manufactured inventory

Deal density is a big deal for a hyper-local marketplace. On a map view especially, it becomes even more clear where sales are a challenge...
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  • Food as medicine
  • Design for access and dignity
  • Innovation down the drain
  • Offer page redesign—the devil in the details
  • Questioning the answer
  • Manage process, mentor people
  • Design Union, the brand
  • Groupon’s two-sided marketplace
  • Guided browse for our Things To Do vertical
  • Beyond the whiteboard
  • Seth said…
  • Design principles
  • Convenience inventory
  • Health dashboard
  • Digital mysticism
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  • Nothing micro about Microsoft
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Michael's creative vision and collaborative visual design processes inspire teams to stretch beyond stale methods. He's a change agent and a leader with passion and talent.

Shiloh Grace, VP of UX Strategy

Michael is an outstanding creative director with excellent insights into how people engage with information. He is a patient leader who is able to articulate a unique vision.

Jeff Stein, Sr Front End Developer

Easy and enthusiastic endorsement for Michael! He's first rate in his field; strong creative instincts and experience, a good eye for direction, and able to deliver.

Patrick Miller, VP of Product Development

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