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Deb Penny

Product Design Engineer
Digital | Tech | Healthcare
User Interface, User Experience, and Human Factors

A successful product experience often times comes down to what users can't see -- the more familiar prompts you provide, the more likely users will not abandon it. 

Latest Work

Projects

Use Cases

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Project 1

Tools used:

  • Design

  • Heuristics

  • Content

  • Use Flows

  • Prototypes

  • Illustration

  • Requirements

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  • Figma, FigJam, Marvel App, ProtoPie, and UXPin

  • HTML, CSS, JS

  • InDesign

  • Illustrator

  • Photoshop

  • IFUs

  • Workflows

  • Journey Maps

  • Personas

  • Design Patterns

  • ISO, HE Standards

  • Mobile App

As an experienced product design engineer, my focus is on enhancing product usability, understanding user's issues and advocating for design solutions throughout the design process. Personas and task flows help me to identify use issues early-on to write clear, concise content for IFUs as well as inform mobile app flows and designs. This affords quick, iterative prototypes, and to get branded deliverables out the door on-time. Click view more for deeper look at this project.

Heuristic & Experience Design Engineering

Project 2

Product UX Engineering for Medical Devices, Mobile, and Digital Web 

Image of analytics dashboard, its prototype, and mobile app login screen.

Tools used:

  • Design Strategy

  • Information Architecture

  • User Specifications

  • Product Requirements

  • Angular and Materials SaaS App Coding & Implementation

  • Web and Mobile SAMD

  • HTML, Angular, JS

  • Bootstrap, Materials

  • Medical Device Wearable

  • Sounds & Instrumentation Design

  • Human Factors Engineering

  • ISO Standards and QMS

  • Product Use Design

  • User Disability Factors

I strongly believe that design should be user-focused and driven by natural, logical patterns. Whether you're looking to improve the usability of your software, hardware, or medical device wearable, I am here to provide you with the best possible design solutions. The user should always be at the forefront of any design project -- my approach focuses on creating designs that are tailored to meet the unique needs and preferences of the target audience. Whether you need help designing a new product or want to improve the usability of an existing one, I can help you achieve your design goals. 

Project 3
drawing concept of mobile app design

Human Factors & Usability

Tools: Standards, ISO, Regulations, IFUs, Labels & Packaging, URRA (uFMEA), MAUDE, Med Sun, Sunshine Act Reporting, Use Specs, and UX Requirements

Good design is not just about aesthetics, but also about usability, risk, safety, and a whole lot more. I am very familiar with FDA regulations around medical devices, ISO Standards, HE-75, CDER, and CDER-H. As well as application to IFUs, labels and packaging, and instrumentation design.

Project 4

Design Engineering and Illustration for Wearable Technology

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Demonstration of patient placing tradename

Tools: Human-centered design thinking, solving human product use issues, designing smart, ergonomic, usable, and sustainable products.

Design is not just about solving problems, it's also about creating experiences and thinking deeply about how users will use your product. 

Wearable devices should be designed to improve patient and user outcomes and empower healthcare professionals decision making. From monitoring vitals to prevent hospitalization to tracking patients' progress during disease management, design solutions can help improve the quality of care throughout the entire healthcare ecosystem.

I am passionate about Human Factors, User Experience, and
User Interface in Digital and Product Design Engineering

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Project 5
Examples of my mobile and desktop application work.

Mobile-First 
Apps and Application Design & Development

Starting out as a software engineer first, has helped me to be a better designer.  Not only can I bridge the gap between design and engineering, but I can code to get pixel-perfect outcomes as intended. Being a nerd is a bonus!

Tools used:

  • Angular

  • Ruby

  • Bootstrap, Materials

  • HTML, CSS, Sass

  • Javascript

Analytics dashboard for ModoLabs.

Workflows are imperitive to good software design and architecture.  In fact, use a task, use, or human workflow diagram before you start any project to understand where to start and end.

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Hello!  Thank you for visiting my site. Feel free to use the social media icons to reach out.  Be sure to check out my portfolio of use cases.

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I am looking forward to the next journey to integrate AI and making products even safer and easier to use! I have many UX Design skills I would love to put to good use and help make an impact.

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I'd love to work with you to discover and help solve your biggest user experience issues and usability challenges.

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