As the design manager of Azure IoT, Edge & Platform at Microsoft, Stella leads a collaborative team of experience designers and researchers to build the next generation of IoT suite across devices and platforms through shared experiences, with a commitment to ethically-responsible and inclusive design. Our mission is to make the Azure IoT experience the easiest and most cost-effective way to connect and manage devices at scale, enabling customers to use IoT data in their digital transformation. Previously, Stella led innovative product experiences for the Visual Search framework, VS Developer Portal, and Visual search integration in 1PP, 3PP, and Bing Images. Additionally, she established frameworks for the WebXT Search and News consumption app. Prior to joining Microsoft, she launched and developed product experiences for Ralph Lauren, Columbia University, and the TakeTalks IT start-up. In addition to her professional work, Stella has been dedicated to educating the design thinking and creative crafts projects of students at Oongi studio.

Design experiences customers love.
Craft high-quality, data-driven experiences that delight customers and drive adoption and usage.

Work as one team.
Work as an embedded group within each product team, inclusive to time zones and cultural diversity aligned to our Microsoft values of integrity, accountability, and respect.

Senior Design Manager, Azure IoT, Edge & Platform, Cloud & AI (November 2020 - June 2022)
Leads a collaborative team of experience designers and researchers to build the next generation of IoT suite across devices and platforms through shared experiences, with a commitment to ethically-responsible and inclusive design. Our mission is to make the Azure IoT experience the easiest and most cost-effective way to connect and manage devices at scale, enabling customers to use IoT data in their digital transformation.

Project Highlights:
* Connectivity and Management Team
Enabling IoT customers to connect, secure, and manage their devices at scale.
* Extensibility Team & Insights Team
Enriching & normalizing data, so customers can discover insights and visualize their data both inside and outside of IoT Central. Extensibility team: Put your IoT data to work – use Rules, Data Export, and our APIs to connect your data to the power of the Azure cloud and deliver business results.
* IoT UI Toolkit & Brand
Establish a global design system to generate coherent and delightful experiences across all our products and services.
* Customer Stories
Focus on sharing stories on the impact we are delivering to our customers and highlight their use cases. We use visuals to tell a complex topic more understandable.

Senior UX Designer, Bing Search Engine, AI & R (May 2017 - November 2020)
Led innovative product experience for Visual Search framework, VS Developer Portal, Visual search integration in 1PP, 3PP including MS products, Huawei, Samsung Bixby and Bing Images. Additionally, established framework for WebXT Content consumption app. (aka “Super App” - Bing Search App & Microsoft News App)

Project Highlights:
* Visual Search framework, VS Developer Portal, VS Integration in 1PP, 3PP (MS products, Huawei, Samsung Bixby), Visual search skill ecosystems
* Bing Images framework (Image results page, Image details page, Visual SERP, Product ads)
* Microsoft Search & Content services app framework (Bing Search App & Microsoft News App)
Related Projects/Patent at Microsoft:
* Microsoft Patent for Real-Time Object Segmentation In Live Camera Mode
* Microsoft Hackathon 2019, pixShop, AR shopping experience
* Microsoft Hackathon 2018, STORI app, Using visual search in social media
* Microsoft Machine Learning, AI & Data Science Conference, AI tool Demo

Web Content Development Manager (August 2014 - April 2017)
Launched a new corporate employee portal (RL Today) and delivered web pages and marketing initiatives including PoloTech Shirts, RL restaurants, Polo 4D Fashion Show, Pink Pony campaign, US open, and others ; Managed sites daily; Tracked daily traffic users; Established and developed relationships with various partners and Slalom consultant team to prioritize website enhancements.

Columbia University, Designed and delivered Teacher Education & Student Teaching sites.
United Nations, Produced IT learning materials and HR resources for the United Nations’ global offices.
TakeTalks IT Start up, supported user management, marketing initiatives, and quality assurance.

Columbia University (2012 - 2014)
Masters of Arts · Instructional Technology
Scholarship Awards: 2012 - 2013 E.A Rollinson Scholarship / 2013 - 2014 R. Stevenson Scholarship

Berklee College of Music (2008 - 2011)
Bachelor of Arts · Music Business
Internship: The EchoNest (Music Intelligence Data Platform - Data QA), Boston Symphony Orchestra (Corporate Partnership department)