Resume.AntoineRJWright

 

Bio

Antoine RJ Wright is an experienced organizational strategy and process designer who has worked with various teams and business-forward organizations. Following earning his B.S. in Speech Communications (Millersville University, '02), Antoine has continually embraced and extended new and existing initiatives and innovations - communicating complex technologies and processes into applicable, accessible, and usable behaviors and tools for teams and organizations. From entrepreneurial projects (Mobile Ministry Magazine, Avanceé), to collaborations on several open source efforts, his track record of re-engineering complexity has been a valued asset in the digital space. He is often recognized for maintaining and elevating projects and teams through impactful responsibilities. In addition, Antoine's coaching, corporate training, mobile, smart city, and sketchnote seminars across North America, Europe, and Australia for faith-based, environmental, and other industries - extend lessons-learned into physical spaces, enabling individuals and teams to take proactive steps forward in this changing world.

 

Experience Summary

A seasoned communicator iterating on the present from a futurist's perspective — distinctly creating, empowering, and teaching at that intersection. Described as the Beyoncé of UX and the The Grandaddy of Mobile Ministry at previous stops, Antoine RJ Wright expresses a unique acumen in user experience, service design, business strategy, and coaching/mentoring across various fields, leveraging over two decades of work experience to shrink the space between ideas & products through impactful responsibilities. Board member of Maryland Bicycle and Pedestrian Advocacy Committee, Howard County Maryland Multimodal Transportation Board, and mentor to several new and seasoned professionals in design, civic tech, and other upcoming fields.

Antoine RJ Wright is a strategic instigant cutting roads and building blocks for innovation uncovered by individuals and teams. Through a diverse and expansive quiver of tools and talents, Antoine creates, empowers, and teaches others to discover their problem boxes, then pens intuitive solutions through leveraging experience design, theological inquiry, and relevant levels of psychosocial frameworks and methods.

 

Current Activities

Design Director

Alcor Technical Solutions Aug 2022

Founder/Lead Coach of Strategic Design

Avanceé Nov 2016

 

Gateway Master Plan Advisory Committee

Maryland 2024

Howard County Multimodal Transportation Board

Maryland 2023

University College Advisory Council

Millersville University 2023

Maryland Bicycle and Pedestrian Advocacy Committee

Maryland 2020

Advisory

Glorystone.TV 2012

 

Innovation

Tymbals Edge Design House 2018

Advisor

Green Bounty CAPS 2020

Advisor

Everett Advisors 2022

Advisor

Melalogic 2022

 

Past Activities

Change Management/Implementation Consultant; Corporate Trainer

IT Training & Solutions Sept 20102023

African American-Latino Alumni Scholarship Committee

Millersville University 2007 (Chair, 2019) — 2023

Millersville University Foundation’s Board of Directors

Millersville University 20172022

Senior Designer/Design Lead

Fearless Sept 20192021

Mentor

User Experience Professionals Association (DC) 20182020

Mentor

Higher Achievement (South Baltimore) 20162020

Senior UX, Lead

Mindboard, Inc. Apr 20172019

Process & Workshop Sketchnote Artist

Sketchnotes.ARJW Sept 2011As Commissioned

Contributed Forward: Lust, Love, & Loss

Mystkue May 2019 (written) — July 2019 (submitted/reviewed)

Web/Application Development Advisory

Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC) 2010Fall 2018

Contributor

Humanaizing Tech/The Mission 20162018

Contributor/Co-Host

TheoTek News 20152018

Associate (Consultant)

Lightsys Dec 20152018

Contributor

Church Tech Today 20152017

Contributing Author: Tiny Humans Have Tiny Brains

Manuscript submitted for publication June 2017Dec 2017

Facilitator

Mobile Ministry Training Course 2013Dec 2016

SharePoint Implementation Contractor/Trainer

The Judge Group: Learning Solutions Feb 2015Feb 2017

UX & Participant Experience Designer

Allegis Group Jan 2016Nov 2016

Founder; Mobile Technology Evangelist

Mobile Ministry Magazine Oct 2004Nov 2016

Branch Services Manager

YMCA of Greater Charlotte Mar 2013Nov 2015

Vice-Chair

ICCM Americas 20142016

Digital Experience Facilitator

Digital Stories Charlotte Project 20132014

Faculty

Christian Leadership Alliance December 20122014

Continuing Education Instructor

Corporate and Continuing Education at CPCC Aug 2010Dec 2011

Associate Editor, Mobile SME, Telecom SME

Brighthand Jun 2003Aug 2011

SharePoint SME, Mobile SME/Practice Consultant

NouvEON May 2008May 2010

Cold Fusion Developer/Front-End Developer, Web Design SME

Garrison Enterprises, Inc. Jul 2007Feb 2008

Front-End Website Developer, Mobile/Email Optimizations SME

Fleishman Hillard Aug 2006May 2007

Website Designer

IDI, Inc. Nov 2004June 2006

Instructor/Instructional Designer

Upward Bound Program, Millersville University Summer 2002Summer 2004

Tutur/Tutor Coordinator

Arbor Place Teen Center Oct 2002Nov 2003

Digital Photographer's Assistant

Communications & Marketing, Millersville University 19992001

Web Designer

Millersville University (various departments) 19992000

Web Designer

On the Verge Entertainment 19982002

 

Education, Portfolios, & Skills

Speech Communications

Millersville University 2002

UI, UX, & Service Design

Summary of Projects (2019), Collaborative & Indie Project Artifacts, Website/Marketing Branding Design Deck, Mobile Ministry Magazine Analyizer, UX Audit Tool, YMCA Charlotte Service Redesign, Simmons YMCA Online Forms, Beyond the Portfolio: Maturing UX in Large Organizations (2018), Customer Journey Map Design Deck (2019), Formal and Informal Frameworks for Sensemaking (2020), This Resume (View Source)

Sketchnotes

Sketchnotes.ARJW

Software

Mobile App/Service Design Deck, Wearable App Deck, All Books (Aged) UI, HTML5 Poetry Template, This Resume (View Source)

Speaking/Workshops

Present.ARJW, Visual Story Network (2009), Biola Digital Ministry Conference (2012), Ignite Charlotte 4: Digital Finger Painting (2013), Beyond the Portfolio: Maturing UX in Large Organizations (2018), Fearless Lightning Talk: Personal Methods of Organization (2020), From A Future 2021, From A Future 2021, Code for America 2021: Designing For → With → By: How a Movement is Shaping Equity Across the Social Sector, Eroding and Building Trust: Dark Patterns and Selfish Design

Writing/Research

PDAEd: Student at Millersville Uses A PDA, Contributing Author: Tiny Humans Have Tiny Brains, Contributed Forward: Lust, Love, & Loss, Blog.ARJW (incl. writings for Mindboard, Humanizing Tech, Avanceé, et al), Avanceé Publication at Medium, Mobile Ministry Magazine Articles, Mobile Ministry Magazine Reports, Brighthand Articles/Posts, From A Future 2021

Interviews

BBC Outriders, Charlotte Viewpoint, Cool Christian Nerds, Interview: Is Your Technology Use Hurting Your Church, MissionalTech, TheoTek Extra, Chazmanian Dinkle, Social Media Church, The Voicemail, No Ties Allowed Podcast, Meet Fearless, From A Future 2021, Wealthy Tiger Podcast (2022): Theology of the Metaverse, Everett Advisors (2022): Humane Wearables

Knowlege Areas & Skills (Reset Filter)

Board, Civic Tech, Fractional Executive, Innovation Strategy/Facilitation, Entrepreneur, UX, Service Design, Process Mapping, Strategy, Mentoring, Develop/Manage Mobile Content, Corporate Education, Technical Writing, Automation, Augmented Intelligence, Market Research, Mobile Ministry, Writing/Authorship, Information Architecture, Remote Work, Advocacy, Graphic Design, Front-End Web Design, User Analysis, UX Research, Usability & Accessibiltiy Evaluation, User Acceptance Testing, UX Audits, Product Mapping, System Process Mapping, Mobile Usability Flow Design, Workflow (Mapping, Development, Implementation), Data Analysis, Business Analysis, Business Presentations, Reporting, Gap Analysis, Professional Coaching, Instructional Design, Curriculum Development, Smart Cities, Applicant Tracking Systems, SCRUM/Agile, Experience Design, Design Consulting, Management, Continuing Education, Freelance Design, Product Design, Product Managment, Process Management, Change Management, Teaching, Protopia Frameworks, identity design/mapping, alt-currencies, cryptocurrency, Web3, DeFi, Identity & Access Management

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, Comp CC, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, PhoneGap), Axure, Paper/Paste (iOS), InVision, Marvel, Balsmiq, Microsoft (Visio, Excel, Word, SharePoint, Office365/Microsoft365, Mobile, Project, Power BI for iOS, Teams, MS Whiteboard, GitHub, Fluent Design System), Alphabet/Google (Docs, Sheets, Drive, Forms, Analytics, Android, ChromeOS, Material Design), Mercury/HP Quality Center, Concepts, Procreate, Salesforce Lightning Design System, Basecamp, Atlassan (Jira, Confluence, Trello), Evernote, Workflow/Shortcuts, Perspectives, AirTable, Textastic, BitBucket, JotForms, Zapier, Mindnode, Mural, Miro, Apple HIG, Figma (via Figurative), ServiceNow, Deque Axe, Web.Dev/Measure, ForgeRock, Radiant Logic