ABOUT
...is it Pre you're looking for? I hope so!
"Why did you decide to pursue a career UX Design?"
I answer this question with a game called Tetris...
The aim is to align different blocks together to form a complete row. Tetris is achieved when 4 rows are aligned at once. In my game, the blocks represent my different skills, experiences and certifications.
Professionally, I've achieved many a Tetri: the foundation built up on rows of software delivery experience, layered over with strong Business Analysis blocks of experience and skills.
A bit of backstory to this would take us back to school where I had to decide between a creative route or a technical one. Growing up, I was arty but, as I had family 'influence', I ended up taking the technical route from GCSE to my BSc in Computing and Business. A number of coding modules tipped me over the edge to pursue a MSc in International Business.
When I began my career after my year in New York, I was looking for the balance between tech and business. IBM's Technology Consultant Graduate Programme was the only role I felt would give me that. So, I applied, went through their rigorous assessments and eventually got the job.
At IBM I was exposed to a number of different roles and a variety of clients in the digital world. This included an early exposure to User Experience design, which I saw as creativity in a technical world. From that initial understanding, I knew that is what I wanted to become.
Throughout my tenure at IBM and Summit, I was always working with UX teams but always in a Business Analyst capacity. I took the onus to learn the theory and practiced in my own time. This added additional rows of knowledge, skill and certification. Nonetheless, the opportunity never materialised because of numerous reasons that were out of my control.
That is when I decided to pivot.
Getting additional education at General Assembly and, now, several years later with multiple clients under my belt, I am in in the prime of my career as a product designer.
My Tetris game is on 'endless mode', because I will always be challenging myself... for that is the art of learning...
prespective, is a play on my name, Pre, and the word perspective. It was created during my sabbatical in 2017, where I had time to self-reflect and value different aspects of life. That is where the “change your prespective” became my brand motto. This is also when I decided to change my trajectory career-wise.
I am an ideas person - always thinking differently and always delivering. Described as focused, disciplined and great at what I do, I add value as a key team member by not just thinking about the job-to-be-done but also how it can be done as a team.
Outside of work I am an avid traveler and amateur photographer with a fascination for the cosmos. I play badminton and snooker regularly follow a number of sports including NBA and F1.
