Chris Fournier's Resume

Experience

TigerConnect, Lead Product Designer

Santa Monica, CA  2023 — 2024

  • Elevated healthcare communication platform UX through evidence-based design, increasing user satisfaction by 35%
  • Implemented WCAG AA compliance initiatives, expanding market reach and earning recognition from disability advocacy organizations
  • Developed design system that reduced UI inconsistencies by 72% and streamlined feature development by 3x

Bigleaf Networks, Senior UX Designer

Portland, OR  2022 — 2023

  • Redesigned Cloud-first SD-WAN services interface, increasing user adoption by 30% while reducing support costs by $180K annually
  • Created design system using Sketch and Storybook that reduced visual inconsistencies by 85% across all digital products
  • Implemented usability testing program that optimized workflows, increasing task completion rates from 62% to 91%

NuORDER, Design System Lead

Los Angeles, CA  2020 — 2022

  • Designed scalable e-commerce pattern library that drove 42% increase in checkout conversions
  • Built enterprise design system, reducing developer queries by 40% and saving 230 development hours monthly
  • Established design-engineering workflow achieving 95% implementation accuracy

Enservio, Senior UX Designer

Needham, MA  2018 — 2020

  • Engineered responsive design system in HTML/SCSS that reduced feature implementation time by 70%
  • Unified insurance claims processing interface, improving consistency by 85% and reducing support escalations by 37%
  • Implemented high-fidelity prototyping process that reduced production errors by 50%, saving $420K annually
Enservio project page

Panera Bread, Senior Manager Digital Strategy and UX

Needham, MA  2007 — 2018

  • Led panerabread.com UX/UI transformation, delivering 30% increase in mobile conversion
  • Optimized checkout flow using behavioral analytics, reducing cart abandonment by 25% across 8.5M+ users
  • Pioneered prototype-first approach with coded components, reducing design iterations by 40% and development time by 20%
  • Implemented pre-launch validation process cutting design-related bugs by 50%, saving $275K in emergency development costs
  • Created digital asset management system expanding brand-consistent marketing collateral by 375% across 2,100+ locations
  • Directed digital experience strategy for loyalty program launch, contributing to 40% year-over-year growth and 28M+ members
Panera project page

Technical Skills

Design Tools

Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), Figma, Sketch, Zeplin, Abstract, Storybook

Development

HTML5, CSS3, SCSS/Sass, JavaScript, jQuery, Git, GitHub

UX Methodologies

User Research, Usability Testing, Wireframing, Prototyping, User Journeys, Information Architecture, Accessibility (WCAG)

Design Systems

Apple Human Interface Guidelines, Google Material Design, Component Libraries, Pattern Documentation

Project Management

Agile, Jira, Asana

Analytics

Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, A/B Testing, User Behavior Analysis

Business Domains

B2B, B2C, SaaS, E-commerce, Retail, Healthcare, Fintech

Contact me

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