Human Factors and Usability Principal Leader Resume Arlington, VA - Hire IT People

SUMMARY

Experimental design and analysis studies including requirements gathering, user research, usability testing, interviews; focus groups; prototypes, quantitative and qualitative data (including gestures, verbal protocol, and other non - verbal interaction
Coordination of technology development team and cross-discipline stakeholders
Creative and innovative analyses of unprecedented problems
Proficient wif Lotus Notes, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Office Suite, SharePoint, HTML, SAS, SPSS, Photoshop, VisualBasic

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Human Factors and Usability TEMPPrincipal Leader

Confidential, Arlington, VA

Responsibilities:

Tested and recommended interface designs
Supported DARPA program managers by proposing usability tests, interface design guidelines, prototypes, and cognitive task analyses
Developed aspects of teh use of communication and planning systems and modeled action of small units.
Served as Human Factors Monitor; providing input to human-cognitive agent interaction issues; developing CONOPS
Evaluated systems - system comparisons and performance, comparison to MIL standards, and requirements
Identified and elucidated teh operations of human factors in technical systems

Human Factors and Usability Consultant

Confidential, Arlington, VA

Responsibilities:

Managed installation of systems and user feedback
Supported several Program Managers by proposing, investigating, and managing human factors/usability issues and CTAs
Reviewed proposals and supporting Source Selection activities
Assisted transitions of technologies
Evaluated tool supporting Intelligence Analysts
Identified requirements of user populations

Navy Acquisitions Intern

Confidential, MD

Responsibilities:

Rotational assignments at Naval Under-sea Warfare Center (NUWC):Newport, Office of Naval Research, Naval Research Laboratory, and DARPA
Developed database of funded projects relevant to Decision-Making and Command and Control (received On-Teh-Spot Award)
Reviewed research proposals and whitepapers emphasizing Human System Integration technologies from several sources
Observed and participated in U.S. Navy software development procedures
Developed preliminary Marine Corps requirements for weather information system and network integration
Analyzed eye-tracker data from submarine navigators using experimental interfaces
Published evaluation of Human Factors issues in teh Integrated Submarine Radio Room and recommended possible solutions to Human Factors issues and methods of introducing automation to teh Common Submarine Radio Room

NASA Graduate Student Researcher

Confidential, VA

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Knowledge Engineer01

Confidential, VA

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Investigated research on teh TEMPeffects of individual differences on decision-making.
Modeled situation assessments by simulated agents emphasizing individual differences.
Developed Bayesian Networks using Hugin Software.

Human Factor Specialist

Confidential, CA

Responsibilities:

Developed video annotation system for Future Flight Central using VisualBasic
Analyzed and proposed hardware requirements for recording data.
Investigated issues relevant to Human Factors (e.g., visualization perspectives, simulator sickness).

Software Engineer

Confidential, New York

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Human Factors SpecialistSummer

Confidential, TX

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