SUMMARY:

• A Gifted hands - on UX/UI designer and business analyst specializing in Human Factors engineering by using a User Centered approach solutions throughout the design process, including user testing and certification. Extensive on time and on or under budget Agile project management success for federal and commercial clients.
• An expert in delivering interactive presentations / training scenarios using tools such as Captivate and PowerPoint. Virtuoso in UX/UI design, from the creation of personas, scenarios, to workflows and mockups to development and production for use in any operating language or application.
• Skilled at wireframes, visualizations, workflows, requirements gathering, JIRA application management, JavaScript, JQuery, HTML 5, CSS, Axure/Visio, Bootstrap. Umbraco CMS, SharePoint, Broad range of team leadership work for international corporations, the federal government and private industry.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• JIRA
• Justinmind Prototyper iRise
• Axure
• Balsamiq
• Visio
• Adobe Create Suite (Photoshop
• Illustrator
• Flash
• Fireworks
• InDesign
• Dreamweaver
• Contribute and Captivate)
• Final Cut Pro
• AVID video editing
• Acrobat
• WYSIWYG
• Microsoft Office Suite
• CSS
• HTML 5
• JavaScript
• XHTML
• Action Script
• J-Query
• AJAX.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

UX / UI Designer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Design and produce wireframes and workflows for certify. Small Business Administration. Using Axure and Agile software (Confluence) combined with Rally, as the companion management tools. Specialized in user interface design (UI), user experience (UX), human factors engineering, focus group testing using clickable wireframes, information architecture, and 508 Compliance standards implementation. Work includes creating hi fidelity wireframes, screen mockups, navigation based on user groups, workflows and visualizations including continuous updates to existing wireframes flawlessly and on time.

Business Analyst / Human Factors Engineer / Web Designer

Confidential, Alexandria, VA

Responsibilities:

Lead for design and development for new ARIMS (Army Records Information Management System) Dashboard. Project lead for special project to create a “real time” data driven user experience showing key deliverable factors utilizing the latest html 5, CSS 3 and bootstrap design. This involved creating wireframe screen mockups and visualizations, requirements documentation to working prototype utilizing JSON data to populate screens and assisting with User Acceptance Testing and Integration testing. The Project was successful and well received by client.

Business Analyst / Human Factors Engineer

Confidential, Alexandria, VA

Responsibilities:

Document, design, and produce functions and workflow for Team Picasso for the U.S. Customs & Border Protection’s Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) application. Expert in creating wireframes, screen mockups and visualizations including continuous updates to existing wireframes flawlessly. Using Justinmind Prototyper and Axure to provide a positive user experience in Agile software development and JIRA, the companion management tool. Specialist in user interface design (UI), user experience (UX), human factors engineering, knowledge management, information architecture, usability testing, and 508 Compliance. Participated in Agile scrum management training and ceremonies. Deliver visual design and modeling of systems and applications based on requirements gathered from subject matter expert stakeholders (SME’s). Develop workflows, interaction flows/information architecture, navigational flows and mock-ups including conditional logic and decision points to inform how best to build new products and services. Assess strengths and weaknesses to deliver working solutions for each production cycle. Consistently deliver successful process-solution program management support.

Human Factors Engineer- Business Analyst

Confidential, Springfield VA

Responsibilities:

Served as human factors engineer for the U.S. Army’s Automated Movement and Identification Solutions (AMIS). Designed and developed AMIS graphic user interface based on creating personas and user scenarios to workflows and storyboards based on them in the design process. Resulting in all projects delivered on time, on schedule and on budget. Consistently produced positive results derived from intensive user feedback. Implemented Agile scrum development techniques (Processes and ceremonies) to deliver front end UX/UI design and measurable project management. Designed and developed all products to ensure Section 508 Compliance.

New Media Manager

Confidential, Arlington, VA

Responsibilities:

New Media Project Manager/GUI designer for Confidential ’s global projects for the Department of Defense Military Health System, Department of Defense Wounded Warrior Initiatives and the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Created designs and managed development of Flash-based modules for the Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record and its Single Sign-On Configuration Management tool. Designed GUIs for Confidential .

Creative Director

Confidential, Washington DC

Responsibilities:

Led all creative projects for this national multicultural marketing firm. Created high-quality, award-winning marketing materials, print, electronic, and digital media for national and international clients. Developed, managed, and conducted periodic market surveys and analysis. Created and managed all project guidelines, designs, and branding techniques and policies. Provided business solution recommendations to clients using the latest global communication strategies. Seasoned graphic designer with the ability visually capture clients’ messages and consumers’ imagination.

Project Manager

Confidential, Washington DC

Responsibilities:

Led and produced creative concepts, configuration management, and coordinated live release of the U.S. Mint main Web site and its children’s. Completed total redesign and promotion of the Mint’s main Web site in less than six weeks. Managed team of designers and developers for the Mint’s first e-commerce Web site named by The Financial Times as one of the top 20 most profitable e-commerce sites in the world. Led web design, project planning, budgeting and workflow processes for all web projects. Created all web design project planning, budgeting and workflow processes for management.

Production Manager

Confidential, Durham NC

Responsibilities:

Managed creation and production of high-quality trading cards for the National Football League, the Confidential, the Confidential and Confidential . Each card line was an instant sell-out. Solicited, negotiated, and scheduled all vendors/partners to ensure cards were printed and delivered on time and under budget. Managed all efforts of the company’s in-house and vendor design/production teams. Prepared time-sensitive schedules, budgets, and coordinated the card lines’ entire creative, pre- press, printing and conversion process.

Officer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Pilot. Cross-trained to Logistics Management. Managed 90 people in a warehouse operation with more than $250 million in assets. Reorganized warehouse operation resulting in best-run operation in the command.

Production Artist

Confidential, Burbank CA

Responsibilities:

Trained in original character design and development, sculpture, animation, mural painting and graphic design production. Managed all finance, budgeting, scheduling and marketing efforts for 15-person department specializing in designing business plans, schedules, brochures and newsletters. Supervised all public relations and marketing projects for this section. Coordinated several video production animation projects and multi-media presentations.