About Me

As a side job when I was still attending Cal Poly as a Print/Graphic Communications major on the beautiful central coast, I worked in the College of Science and Math IT department, troubleshooting students'/professors’ software and hardware. Day in and day out the same questions kept on coming up over and over, I would hear what people were trying to do and see how they were trying to do it. After CalPoly I was in and out of school pursuing other degrees like marketing and business. It wasn’t until I watched Ready Player One that I knew that I wanted to use my design brain to tackle new interactions in this new virtual space.

Fast forward to now, I went back to school and before I graduated, after using various machine learning/AI services I realized that I want to spend my career as a UX Researcher interrogating automated decision-making. When I am not working remotely traveling North America in a van with my dog. Mostly chasing waterfalls and visiting Roadside America attractions.

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"On the side"

Here is a curated list of "side" projects.

BV Horizontal 3 x 3

Chief Excitement Officer and Travel Agent

Two students in snorkel gear taking notes underwater.

UX Consultant / That Tech Guy

Interactive light sculpture with 8 LED Leaves

Interactive Sculpture

Floating VR Sculpture, mix of materials like water and grass and an arctic backdrop.

VR Sculpture

Tools on the bat utility belt

This is just what I would reach for first to get the job done.
 

Life:

  • Zip-ties
  • Gaffers Tape
  • Multi-tool Card
  • Compass
  • North America Museum Pass
  • Eye drops and nasal decongestant
  • Doggie bags, in every piece of clothing
     

Research/Collaboration:

  • Figma/Figjam
  • UserInterviews
  • Braze, Salesloft, and Salesforce
  • Atlassian Jira
  • Confluence
  • Zoom/Meets
  • Not Microsoft Teams...please

Analysis and Automation

  • Heap
  • Mixpanel
  • Looker
  • Sigma
  • Airtable
  • Zapier

Press Mentions and Interviews

Awards, Fellowships, Grants, and Honors

Presenter/Workshops

SAP (Internal) - Designer Enablement (4.28.21)

Drop me a line

I am interested in the confluence of Artificial Intelligence, and human interaction. Let's connect especially if you are part of a social good non-profit. I work fully remotely so am always open to video coffee chats and more!

woof@dillonchi.com

Decorative: Artists representation of Dillon's grey dog mimi, a Maltese poodle.