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I took care of the website re-design for Nimble Storage, a publicly traded company headquartered in Silicon Valley.
When the company I work for assigned me to this project, I immediately started analyzing the existing navigation.
The website had a double navigation menu, where some of the items of the primary menu appeared within categories of the secondary menu too. It was unclear and very hard to process for the user.
It needed to be re-structured from the ground up.
I started from the Product Page. It originally was more of a marketing page for the company's best products and it went far and wide about why they're the best on the market.
I felt that if the user lands on the parent Product page the most useful thing s/he may need is an overview of all available products. So I proposed to include that at the top of the page.
Unfortunately though, the scope didn't allow for such drastic changes, so I went for a slight review of naming and positioning of the items.
I blended everything together with a blue background which gave it an elegant look.
UX and Wireframing
Since the navigation was taken care of, I started sketching out wireframes, straight in Sketch.
Once I had all the screens ready on my side we set up internal design critiques, and presented the results to the client through multiple in-person meetings.
As the scope demanded, I analyzed every screen and suggested quick actionable fixes to improve the user experience.
Visual redesign
It was then time to gather all the approved screens and move to the visual redesign.
Nimble has a very strong brand identity that they just recently established, so my job was to freshen up the website a little bit without compromising their identity.
The quick feedback turnaround from the client allowed us to move fast through the iterations, enough to have some time to spend on details like icons and content placeholders.
Before & After
The project lasted almost 6 months and I'm very satisfied with what came out of it. Below are a few before&after comparisons that give a clearer view of the visual work involved in this redesign.


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We have a lot of cool projects we are working on today, busy day at Sloan Product Ltd. Look out for our new shirts with our new logo. Thanks Sloan Product
Risher fabricating fenders for bigger tire fitment.
New paint on the 1967 Chrysler GTX HEMI this is 1 out of 40
Putting some nice new tint on 2014 Corvette stingray. We also are polishing and cleaning up the purple ranger for an upcoming show in Tennessee.
Here is a look at our new logo, let us know what you think.

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Watch the trailer for the Shotgun Players production
"Director Mark Jackson and actors Megan Trout and Joe Estlack rank among the top Bay Area theater artists by any critical metric, high or low, for their talent, vision, and commitment."
"The talents of director Mark Jackson and actors Joe Estlack and Megan Trout keep the audience mesmerized as Adam Peck's unique take on the story unfolds… A riveting production… A poetic retelling of the myth… Jackson uses sound, video and dance to create a strong mood to the piece. The result is a rewarding show."
"What's so interesting about this piece, especially in the hands of a gifted director like Mark Jackson, is that the text almost becomes secondary to the tone of the piece, which is more performance art than play, incorporating dance, soundscape and video projections. It's a Bonnie and Clyde story by way of art installation, and it's gorgeous… One ravishing stage picture after another… The traditional play in which Bonnie and Clyde fret and fight is interrupted by compelling moments of fantasy and dance and foreboding."
"Compelling and tragic… The lovers' more fraught moments are bracketed by poetic and charged movements… At turns frantic, poppy, and sensuous… Riveting throughout… The whole atmosphere is pervaded by a sense of both exhilaration and doom… The play brings a devastating energy to the task of making Bonnie and Clyde's legend mortal once more."
"Shotgun's Bonnie and Clyde is a thrilling production in every respect… 80 minutes of breathless excitement… A wonderful show."
"It's the quieter, frailer, more delicate moments in Mark Jackson's robust, at times transcendent staging that prove most memorable in this Shotgun Players production. It's a sign of Jackson's sure intelligence as a director that he can let a moment happen here wordlessly, without recourse to cut-and-dry cues of one sort or another… Enthralling… Embodying the play's only characters, Trout and Estlack are outstanding, dynamic and utterly persuasive. They'd be worth seeing even if the play and production were half as good as they are."
"Two actors weave a mesmerizing spell on an almost bare stage in the Shotgun Players' Bonnie & Clyde… Tight and compelling…"
"The word 'gorgeous' doesn't even begin to brush the surface when it comes to describing the production as a whole. Just as the story of Bonnie and Clyde holds the elements of a great and lasting American myth, Shotgun Players' Bonnie & Clyde contains all the vital ingredients of good theater. This work, directed by Mark Jackson, is a hybrid form of theater-meets-performance-art. Alluring in almost every way, the production boasts a script equally delicate and dramatic, with dreamlike interludes of internal monologues and poetry reading, coalesced with gorgeous visual projections and modern dance."
Adam Peck's script leaves ample room for its collaborators to finish it in performance. Working on it felt very much like devising a new piece rather than staging an existing play. This dynamic process helped us to get inside Peck's rendition of these two famous figures. Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow comprise one of the lasting American myths. Our version of Robin Hood: two young lovers on the road in a fast car, fashionably dressed, sticking it to The Man. They were living out the fantasies of many Americans who viewed the law as their oppressor, the rich as their aggressor, and the American dream as a cheat stripped naked by the crashing economy. While they lived, Bonnie and Clyde themselves were consciously caught between their own mythic status and just being two people. The one fact complicates the other, and it's a complication that chews at the heart of the American experiment. How to reconcile our tangled relationships with authority, class, greed, need, desire, and the American dream? I loved how Joe Estlack and Megan Trout handled this question in performance. Their work was inspiring and beautiful, and I'll always be grateful for it.


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We partner with local retailers and co-ops to facilitate camps. Read through the details below, and if you're interested in learning more, fill out the form at the bottom of this page.
- Provide meeting place for 75+ attendees four times per year. Meeting place must include chairs and tables, internet access, and audio/visual equipment (projector, screen, sound)
- Provide meals (some sponsors find industry suppliers to pay for meals)
- Coordinate meeting dates and times with Randy Dowdy
- Provide a local camp administrator to assist with signups, NDAs, billing, and a first line of defense on grower questions regarding the program
- Interact with 50+ growers throughout the season - builds excellent long-term relationships
- Sales opportunities to meet the demands of the camp members*
- Create new products based on camp findings
- Build trusted partner relationships with others in the Next Level network
*While we encourage growers to work with sponsors who are price competitive, growers are not required to buy products or services from camp sponsors


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Great-West Lifeco is on track to meet its cost reduction targetsBy Hubert Roy | November 01 2018 01:30PM
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After announcing the reduction of 1,500 jobs in the spring of 2017, Great-West Lifeco's goal was to achieve $200 million in annual cost savings by the end of the first quarter of 2019 in Canada. This target is about to be reached.
Every quarter, Great-West Lifeco provides an update on this objective. The company did so again when disclosing its results for the third quarter of 2018 on Oct. 31. As at September 30, 2018, the company estimates that it has achieved $180 million in annual savings since making that announcement.
For its Q3 2018 results, Great-West Lifeco reported net income of $689 million, up from $581 million in Q3 2017. This profit would have been higher had it not been for a charge of $56 million related to restructuring costs in the United Kingdom.
"The Company's operating performance was solid in the third quarter with strong sales growth, particularly in Europe," said Paul Mahon, President and Chief Executive Officer, Great-West Lifeco. "Our investments in customer experience and operational efficiency are yielding meaningful results and our strong capital position allows us to act on opportunities that support our strategic objectives."
Canada segment
Great-West Lifeco disclosed net earnings of $315 million in the third quarter of 2018 for its Canadian operations, an increase of $19 million over the same quarter in 2017. The insurer attributes this increase of 6 per cent primarily to "continued strong Group Customer morbidity results and higher contributions from insurance contract liability basis changes."
For the first three quarters of 2018, Great-West Lifeco reported net earnings in Canada of $965 million, which is $229 million higher than in the first three quarters of 2017.
Overall, for the first three-quarters, the combined net earnings of the company were $2.25 billion. This is $494 million higher than the first nine months of 2017.


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Investing for Good Conference and Marketplace 2017
Investing for Good is a platform for organisations, governments and investors to come together to explore pathways to financial sustainability and social investment. Join Australia's leaders in social impact investing to get the knowledge, skills and networks you need to become investment ready, increase your readiness capacity and create social change.
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- See keynote presentations, case studies and panel discussions from local players and world leaders in social impact investment.
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- Sign up for 15 minutes FREE consultation with an intermediary of your choice.
- Take advantage of networking, partnership and funding opportunities.
We have an exciting line up of speakers, including world thought-leader David Carrington who brings over 2 decades experience in impact investment in the UK and internationally, and Belinda Bell, Director of Cambridge Social Ventures, University of Cambridge. See more speakers
The Investing for Good Marketplace, operating in tandem with the Conference, presents an opportunity for civil society organisations, investors and government to showcase their initiatives and to engage with each other around how to develop the impact investment ecosystem.
NOTE: Due to catering and booking commitments, cancellations made within three days (excluding public holidays and weekends) of the course/event cannot be refunded.


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Lupita Nyong'o has proved she is more than just an A-list actress.
Aside from starring in blockbuster hits like Black Panther, Lupita has become one of the most recognizable fashion icons in the world.
Having been named the "Most Beautiful" by People magazine in 2014, the actress became the first black spokesperson for Lancôme and has graced the covers of Vogue, Allure and Elle magazine.
She is also known for her signature afro, walking the red carpets of the Met Gala to Cannes Film Festival in looks which embrace her natural beauty and African roots.
"My hair is something that, historically, has been shunned," she said in an interview with Porter Magazine. "Being featured on the cover of a magazine fulfills me as it is an opportunity to show other dark, kinky-haired people…that they are beautiful just the way they are."
Stating Eartha Kitt and Katherine Hepburn as style inspirations, the Star Wars actress has given us many memorable looks over the past few years.