career objective                              

solutions-focused interaction designer eager to contribute unique blend of design and engineering skills toward actively supporting a growing organization in developing highly usable and useful software products

profile                                                

ø  offer more than six years of progressive information technology experience, with expertise in user experience and interaction design for private companies, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies

ø  demonstrated ability to identify and address client needs by working closely with end users, engineering teams, product managers, and sales representatives

ø  conduct extensive research to accurately design user models and product prototypes, gauge workflow and perform task analysis, and establish presentation consistency with brand identity

ø  depth of design knowledge with emphasis on  personas, graphical user interfaces, data visualizations, and web-based applications; strong background in network administration including

ø  proactive team player equally effective in independent and collaborative environments; experience supervising overseas development teams

ø  dynamic organization, prioritization and time management skills; consistently achieve critical deadlines while maintaining high quality standards

ø  proactive team player equally effective in independent and collaborative environments; experience supervising overseas development teams

 

~ technical proficiencies ~

unix ~ linux ~ windows ~ mac operating systems ~ flex ~ actionscript ~ xhtml ~ javascript ~ css ~

adobe creative suite

professional experience                

interaction design lead, iptivia, inc., new york, ny                                                                               2006 c present

 

front end software developer / private consultant, philadelphia, pa                                                    2006 c present

 

interaction designer / private consultant, new york metro area                                                            2008 c present

 

front end web developer, ianncomm, philadelphia, pa                                                             2004 c 2006

 

graphic designer and it support, arizona state university school of social work, tempe, az               2002 c 2004

 

~ key achievements ~

• successfully create client-specific guis to increase investment and development opportunities; steered user-center development efforts on a suite of network monitoring products to the forefront of iptivia s engineering department
• lead drupal development efforts for www.youchoose.net, a large distributed social networking site for grassroots organization, with an emphasis on nonprofit and public interest issues
• effectively maintained and repaired more than 200 staff and faculty computer for the asu community
• serve as an active board member and volunteer for  prevention point philadelphia, a community-based non-profit, public health organization

education                                           

b.a. in gender studies, arizona state university, tempe, az                                                                 2004

 

~ professional development ~

ixda '08, savannah, ga                                                                                                                        2008

international studies seminar, uppsala universitet, uppsala, sweden                                                      2004