Management – Cheryl Platz

Cloud Services, Consumer Products, Cross-Channel Experiences, Ecommerce, Information Architecture, Leadership, Management, UX and Product Design, Video Games

Riot + Xbox Game Pass: Design Project Leadership

Project Brief In less than 6 months, create a seamless service connection between Riot Games and Xbox Game Pass that allows any Game Pass member to unlock a wide variety of Riot game content on a rental basis in each of Riot’s PC and mobile games worldwide, while maintaining our…

Cloud Services, Enterprise Experiences, Leadership, Management, Research, UX and Product Design

Gates Foundation Knowledge Management

Brief -- Customers -- Phase 1: Discovery -- Phase 2: Ideation -- Phase 3: Design -- Phase 4: Evaluation + Iteration Project Brief Despite its worldwide reputation as a philanthropic leader in several fields, the Gates Foundation still loses valuable information due to lack of governance, employee turnover, and tool…

Cloud Services, Enterprise Experiences, Leadership, Management, UX and Product Design

Design leadership: Power platform admin center

On November 1, 2017, I took on a new role at Microsoft as the Design Lead for a new and ambitious cross-product initiative, which 10 months later was released as the Power platform admin center. Read more about the site in Microsoft's words at the official press release. Problem Statement…

Conversational UI, Game Design, Leadership, Management, Multimodal Interfaces, Research, Touch & Tablet UI, UX and Product Design, Video Games, Voice Interfaces

Disney Friends DS

As Lead Producer on Disney Friends, I owned the vision and delivery of an ambitious new game that blended four unique cinematic universes with a single, cohesive gameplay mechanic. We became one of the first Nintendo DS titles to incorporate speech recognition, but had to do so in a way…

Cloud Services, Consumer Products, Conversational UI, Management, Multimodal Interfaces, Touch & Tablet UI, UX and Product Design, Voice Interfaces

Cortana in the Car: VUI for Windows Automotive

Design a new voice user interface (VUI) for use in the car that passes all automotive industry distracted driving safety standards. In addition, guide all 5 major feature teams on the appropriate use of speech within their areas (Start, Navigation, Media, Communications, and Car) CONTRIBUTORS: Myself (design owner) / 2…