Harvard University Graduate School of Design

University of Houston

Founder at Primary UX

Amazon

Senior UX Designer

McKinsey & Company

Associate Design Director

primaryux.com
- Executed entire design vertical for an innovative Consumer Reporting Agency (CRA) product
- Conducted Product Management and Product Design 101 workshops
- Presentation coaching and design

Primary UX

Founder

Harvard Innovation Lab

Resident

Fully designed, product-managed, and shipped 3 digital products: a crowd-sourced mapping app, a seamless video calling app, and a chatbot that connects people through humor
Raised $1MM seed financing and recruited/managed a diverse team of employees
Extensive public speaking, notably: two Demo Days, NY App Festival (winner), 3mo filming for Apple’s Planet of the Apps, pitch coaching at Entrepreneur’s Roundtable Accelerator

Place Pixel Inc.

Created schematic designs, 3D models, renderings, and construction documents for numerous projects in China, the UAE, and the United States, most notably: Business Bay, Dubai and Evelyn’s Park, Houston

SWA Group

Landscape Architecture Designer

Established a computer lab to teach computer literacy to students and community members
Established extracurricular English and Life Skills programs, including a school and community newsletter Assisted the Star of Sea NGO with their HIV/AIDS efforts

Peace Corps

Schools and Community Resource Volunteer

Conducted architectural work for a local clinic:
- Client acquisition and interaction
- Contractor/consultant interaction
- Research and site studies
- Code compliance
- Schematic design, design development
- Construction documents
- Presentation production
- Accounting and legal tasks

Liang Taplet Design

Partner

(August 2009 to March 2010, then 2012)
Oversaw the creation and distribution of the Air Quality Initiatives Report, facilitated Transportation Demand Management meetings, and handled relations with the NuRide and School Pool ride-matching systems

Houston-Galveston Area Council

Air Quality / Commute Solutions Planner

ARCH 4373 Urban Environments
ARCH 4344 Architectural Programming

Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture

Instructional Assistant

Contributed to schematic design, design development, and construction documentation of numerous buildings in the United States, most notably: The Fellowship of the Woodlands, Houston

Scott Liang