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Education
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute M.S. - Human Computer Interaction (HCI) |
Troy, NY Graduated May 2008 |
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MIT Sloan School of Management Entrepreneurship Development Program |
Cambridge, MA Completed Jan 2008 |
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute B.S. - Computer Science and Psychology Minds & Machines Program |
Troy, NY 08/2000 - 12/2003 Graduated Dec. 2003 |
Skill Set
Interaction Design:
Persona Development, Task Flow Analysis, Story Boarding, Wire Frames, Prototype Development (high fidelity & low fidelity), Visual Design, Competitive Analysis, Style Guide Development, etc.
Usability Research & Testing:
Experiment Design, Contextual Inquiry, Ethnographic Study, Surveys, Questionnaires, Heuristic Evaluation, Individual Interviews, Statistical Analysis, Formal/Informal Usability Testing
Software, Programming & Scripting:
Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Visio, Java Script, PHP, ASP, SQL, HTML5, CSS3, Objective-C, C++ etc.
Key Strengths
- A passion for making massive data systems usable through highly scalable UI and visualization methods- Working collaboratively in multi-disciplinary environments to bring products to market
- Skills to take designs from pie-in-the-sky ideas to a working proof of concept
- Attention to detail and the desire to create rich user experiences for products of all types
- A solid understanding of technologies and design challenges for web, software, and mobile apps
- An eagerness and curiosity to learn new skills and derive simplicity from complex problems
- Champion user needs aggressively while being mindful of business, time-to-market, and technical restraints
- Synthesize research and usability studies into actionable product improvements
Employment
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Neustar - Webmetrics Webmetrics Engineering - Senior User Experience Designer |
San Diego, CA Nov. '09 - Dec. '11 |
- Specialized in the design of highly scalable systems to navigate, manage, and view massive amounts of data
- Specialized in information visualization to design state-of-the-art dashboards, reports, and drill-down tools
- Worked with multiple agile development teams to drive feature design and coordinate design efforts
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iPhone/Mobile Application Design & Development Self Employed - Entrepreneur |
San Diego, CA May '09 - Present |
- Worked tirelessly to design highly usable touch-screen apps with a focus on minimalism and stunning visuals
- Completed all graphic design and development work for both the iPhone applications and the interactive website
- Received praise and was featured on websites including Gizmodo, Well-Placed Pixels, and others
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Hewlett-Packard Core Technology Lab (R&D) - Interaction Designer |
San Diego, CA Nov. '06 - May '09 |
- Balance business, marketing, and technical requirements while advocating for the end-user
- Developed innovative solutions to foster positive user experiences around web printing
- Increased usability of products through testing, analyzing metrics, and incorporating HCI/UCD methodologies
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Benefitfocus.com Product Management - Interaction Designer |
Charleston, SC Aug. '04 - Nov. '06 |
- Design and prototype interfaces incorporating new features into the existing software architecture
- Collaborate with engineers, business analyst, and customers to add new features and increase usability
