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Designing for
power plants

 
 

ABOUT GE POWER

GE Power creates the energy technologies of the future and improves the power networks that we depend on today. GE creates a third of the world’s electricity. This technology equips 90% of power transmission utilities worldwide. And 40% of the world’s energy is managed by their software.

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Empowering the people who run the world’s best power plants.

While working at GE I helped to shape and elevate their digital experiences. I also collaborated on marketing campaigns and design of physical products.

KEY ACTIVITIES

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Conducting discovery sessions with stakeholders.

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Distilling big problems into actionable tasks.

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Understanding the activities and challenges of different personas.

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Conducting off-site interviews and research.

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Applying and conforming to Design Systems.

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Driving design from sketches to polished visual designs.

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Creating complex prototypes.

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Conducting validation alongside subject matter experts and end-users.

 

PROCESS HIGHLIGHTS

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Conducting workout sessions with stakeholders. In the shot above, a snapshot of a four day design sprint.

 
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Doing field visits to learn about the domain, conducting interviews, and performing user testing.

 
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Shaping and defining product matrix and capabilities.

 
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Building empathy with our target users by understanding their needs and working conditions.

 
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Defining product modularity and validation of key use cases.

 
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Creating applications that forecast, track and report power plant capabilities and performance in order to empower economic and operational decisions.

 
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Creating charting systems to deliver easy to understand insights and actions.

 
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Contributing to the IIDS and Predix Design Systems.

 
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Creating advanced prototypes to validate ideas and conduct user testing.

 
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Creating marketing materials to promote the impact of out software in the environment.

 
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Helping to shape the design of our hardware products. Rendering above showcases GE hardware placed at customer facility.