Leading the charge in sustainable software innovation

set of six screens displaying various screens of code, designs, metrics
Rollup of all the proposed potential green software features
vectorized woman looking at a screen of a github actions page
Concept of a GitHub Action that monitored your carbon impact
vectorized woman looking at two screens one of a plugin in visual studio and the other showing how the plugin looks activated in visual studio
Concept of a Visual Studio plugin that would track your carbon impact as you developed and made recommendations on how to be more efficient
screen design concepts for incorporating green features into a developer cloud
Concept that would add green features and capabilities to Developer Cloud
a long powerapps page with various inputs and selections for calculating and comparing the carbon output
Early concept for a PowerApps tool that was a ui to the SCI (Software Carbon Intensity) formula created by the Green Software Foundation 

Impact & Results

By joining Intel’s green software initiative, I played a pivotal role in advancing sustainable software practices, leading UX research, design, and development efforts when leadership stepped away to commit to the Green Software Foundation. I founded the Green Software Practitioners Community to raise awareness, creating presentations and visual concepts that clarified the impact of green software features, helping audiences understand how simple changes can significantly reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions.

Problem Statement

Green software is an emerging and complex field, and there is a critical need to raise awareness about its impact on climate change. As leadership transitioned to focus on the Green Software Foundation, the challenge was to continue driving the message and educating others on integrating sustainability into software development.

Process & Approach

Stepping in when leadership shifted their focus to the Green Software Foundation, I led the green software team at Intel, conducting UX research and creating design concepts that illustrated the benefits of green software. I established the Green Software Practitioners Community to educate and engage the wider audience, using demos and visual aids to make the complex topic accessible. My work emphasized the importance of sustainable features and their potential to reduce the environmental footprint of digital products.

Tools & Methods

Powerpoint
Yammer
Snagit
PowerApp
Axure
Figma
ClipChamp
Jira | GitHub

PowerPoint to show off storyboard flows and concepts
Yammer was used as a way to share and communicate with the community
Snagit provided quick and easy ways to capture screens and video
PowerApps for building of quick concept to be tested
Many interactive concepts conducted in Axure
Figma for designs of concepts
ClipChamp for creating demos of concepts in action 
Work tracked in Jira & GitHub