SUMMARY:

• Business and visual design professional with an MBA in Information Systems with knowledge and 15 years of experience. Working in Agile methodology/ Scrum cross - functional teams.
• Excellent organizer and communicator with the ability to project and elicit interest, enthusiasm, and energy. Has experience of working in various creative environments: Fed Agency, ad agency, design firm and corporate in-house studio on building interfaces for web and online educational projects.
• Strong conceptual skills; able to translate ideas into tangible products. User Centered design processes.
• Areas of expertise include user interface design and development for websites and on line trainings, graphic design, aesthetics, typography, information architecture, usability testing.
• Full website implementation life cycle including prototyping, HTML, CSS, JS/JQ libraries, frameworks, 508 accessibility guidelines, cross-platform compatibility, responsive design, usability testing and information architecture analyses and redesigns. Experience in Enterprise Web and Mobile solutions.
• Strong commitment to and understanding of international development issues.

COMPUTER SKILLS:

UI Software & frameworks: HTML, CSS, JS, JQ, Eclips, Dreamweaver; frameworks - Bootstrap, Foundation; Mock up software Axure, Balsamiq, Visio;

Design: Adobe Suite PhotoShop, Illustrator;

Test Software: JAWS, HP Unified Function Testing, SoapUI;

Unix, SQL: IIS management (working experience) ;

Database: SSH SecureShellClient; SQuirreL SQL ClientSQL, Access, Netsuite (working experience);

Content Management Systems: Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, Confidential, Stellent (working experience)

Video software: AfterEffects, Soundbooth, FinalCut Pro, Premiere Pro, Flash;

Print: InDesign, QuarkXPress;

Photography: Lightroom, Portrait Pro;

Agile: Rally, iceScrum

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

UI/UX lead engineer

Confidential, McLean, VA

Responsibilities:

• Lead design, development, analysis efforts for multiple projects.
• Assist in requirements definitions; create low and high fidelity mock-ups.
• Work in Agile environment.

Tools: Axure, Adobe Suite, iceScram

UI/UX Design/Development Lead

Confidential, Arlington, VA

Responsibilities:

• Analyze requirements and provide User Centered Interface design and support to improved capability and performance for Confidential Automotive applications, eComers.
• Business Analysis; Information Architecture Analyses; Design; Development; Integration & Test Implementation; Enhancements of the Applications; design new components.
• Use best practices (CSS, HTML, JS, JQ, frameworks, responsive development and design).
• Use latest JS/JQ libraries.
• Work on JS adjustments for required functionalities.
• Produce layouts for mobile technologies used frameworks.
• Develop clean testable code utilizing industry best practices for user centered design strategies to define, model, design, and code intuitive, functional, and well-designed web and application interfaces.
• Participate in all stages of interface development life cycle, including, initial concept, gathering requirements, conducting stakeholder interviews, high and low fidelity prototypes, development, support functions, regression, automation testing, deployment. Work in a collaborative Agile team environment.
• Educate other project staff, business owners, developers to deploy useful software and maintain responsibility for User Interface Development to each project.(Tools: Eclips, Adobe Suite, Axure, Rally)

UI/Developer /Multimedia Lead

Confidential, Washington, DC

Responsibilities:

• Work in Training Development Department ( Confidential ).
• Lead Graphic Designer and Confidential approaches.
• Work on Concepts/ User Interface designs for web based trainings.
• Create graphic, illustrative and animation materials for content of the web based training programs.
• Integrate web based product client to server application - VLC, LCMS Evolution Development software.

Tools: Flash, Adobe Suite

UI design Lead

Confidential, Rockville, MD

Responsibilities:

• Work on project for Confidential to design User interface for database driven software.
• Work on wireframes and Usability analyses.

Tools: Visio, Adobe Suite

UI design Lead

Confidential, Wash, DC

Responsibilities:

• Work in the training team specializing in implementation of User Interface Designs for Web Training and the Online Help section.
• Develop supportive materials for internal use for training production and Confidential support team in Confidential business transformation program in effort for the US Citizenship and Immigration Services agency within the Confidential .
• Advise on repository of the images for the program. Initiate a process development and Quality Control system.
• Design GUI for On-Line training.
• Implement supportive illustrative animations and images for Instructional Content.

Tools: Adobe Suite

Adjunct Faculty

Confidential, Arlington, VA

Responsibilities:

• Teach variety of courses including Computer Applications for Arts, Interface Design, Usability Test Analyses, Information Architecture, Website Design and Production, HTML, CSS, JS, Bringing Interfaces to Mobil Devices, and Web2.0 Technologies

User Interface Lead

Confidential, Manassas, VA

Responsibilities:

• coordinate Quality Assurance procedures including testing and debugging of code.
• Designed prototype of UI for the search engine.
• Developed front- end design, participated in tests and launching developed client’s sites with CMS- Joomla.

User Interface /Graphic Designer-Developer

Confidential, Washington, DC

Responsibilities:

• Graphic Design and manipulation Images for existing websites and portals.
• Publish on line news; design and produce interfaces using HTML, CSS, JS ( Confidential ).
• Improve Information architecture and design necessary websites for support on line publishing ( Confidential )
• Support and maintain Content Management System for organization’s publishing
• Oversee and maintain On-line publishing.
• Prepare images for launching
• Maintain library of the images.