SUMMARY:

To secure a position with a successful organization where I can use my extensive experience, broad skill set andpersonal enthusiasmto lead the User Experience Design and Development practice.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

OS: Windows 3.1, 95, 98, NT, 2000, XP, Vista, 2008 Server, Windows 7, Macintosh OS 6.0.4 - OS X Mountain Lion, Ubuntu Linux. Software Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Director, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash and Freehand; Microsoft Office, Visio, Visual Studio, Visual Source Safe, Content Management Server. Eclipse. Highly skilled in Web authoring software and technology, including HTML, HTML5, AJAX, ActionScript 2.0 & 3.0, JavaScript, JSON, C#, XML, XSL, CSS, ASP.NET, Java and PHP/MySQL. I have extensive experience testing and debugging

SOFT SKILLS:

I am a User-Centered Design practitioner, a motivated self-starter able to succeed working independently or as a team member. I’m a problem solver and trouble-shooter. I am an excellent oral and written communicator, a mentor to junior team members.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

User Experience Designer

Confidential, Lincolnshire, IL

Responsibilities:

• Specializing in user interface and interaction design using HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript.
• Designed and developed interfaces and interactions for Your Spending Account migration to new “UPoint” technology platform.

Lead User Experience Designer

Confidential, Des Plaines, IL

Responsibilities:

• Specializing in user interface and interaction design using XAML and VB.Net.
• Redesigned user interface and interactions for dispatcher views of new radio alarm system.

Confidential, Westchester, IL

UX/UI Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• I specialized in User Interface and Presentation Layer design and development.
• Developing user interfaces for a vehicle auction application built on the jQuery library and ASP.NET (C#).
• Lead UI Developer for a banking portal using Dojo and jQuery on Oracle Weblogic Portal Server.
• I identified and championed a solution to a show-stopper technical issue using User-Centric Design combined with a revised technical architecture that resulted in a 600% improvement in site performance.
• I designed and implemented a User Interface for a mobile CRM application demo that helped.
• Led a team that won third place in a hack-a-thon for the American Cancer Society using Angular.js and Bootstrap on ASP.Net.
• Redesigned and implemented the interface for an ID management portal using Angular.js and Bootstrap on JBoss portal server. Conceived, planned and helped execute a collaborative design workspace (war room) in the Chicago office.

Confidential, Schaumburg, IL

Senior Consultant

Responsibilities:

• I specialized in User Interface and Presentation Layer design and development.
• Projects included: Developing user interfaces for a vehicle selector application using faceted navigation built on the EXT-JS library and ASP.NET (C#), developing user interfaces for an insurance application program, using EXT-JS on IBM WebSphere Java Server Pages and developing a Pharmaceutical inventory reporting/charting application built on the Pentaho Business Intelligence (BI) Suite and Java Server Pages with a “dashboard” built in Adobe Flex.

Confidential, Oakbrook Terrace, IL

Senior Web Designer/Developer/Usability Analyst

Responsibilities:

• I helped to design and develop a new informational web application for Confidential ’s extranet. Built in ASP.NET (VB) with AJAX, jQuery and Adobe Flash/Flex on the User Interface, the application is an example of a Rich Internet Application (RIA).
• I saved the department $9,000.00 in outside vended costs by providing User Interface Design expertise.
• I initiated User-Centric design practices by suggesting user tests. I helped to pre-screen potential candidates for other roles on the team.
• I designed and created style sheets (CSS) and JavaScript for a redesign of the Extranet
• I participated in the redesign of their client on-boarding application and delivered web forms built with HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

Confidential, Riverwoods, IL

Senior Web Developer

Responsibilities:

• I maintained a custom Content Management Solution built on Lotus Domino and AJAX.
• The CMS used several JavaScript frameworks including: Prototype/Scriptaculous, ExtJS and YUI as well as several other JavaScript libraries and internally developed code.
• The CMS supported an ITIL Service Catalog for internal Discover customers.
• I directly supported the Service Managers as well as providing customer support for internal clients.
• I worked on Flash and Flex-based eLearning modules for the NRA Educational Foundation’s premier product: ServSafe.
• Working within a team of developers, I applied Spanish translations and bug-fixes to the ActionScript 3 code base.
• Using the Flash IDE, I applied updates, debugged and performed Quality Assurance to the modules and updated the Sharepoint QA logs.
• I also helped screen new candidates for the development team--All during a very aggressive delivery schedule.

Confidential, Lincolnshire, IL

Responsibilities:

• I prepared Web-based HTML, CSS and JavaScript-based demos for sales presentations and re-branded existing templates for customer web portals using HTML and CSS.
• I prepared potential designs in Photoshop (comps) and upon approval executed the designs in HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Java using DreamWeaver and a custom Java-based build tool. Some of the clients I prepared branding templates.
• Some of the delivery times were same day for multiple concurrent projects.
• I also interfaced with the offshore development team and performed quality assurance on their deliverables to ensure compliance with Hewitt standards.
• Converted existing CD-ROM-based hospital tour into website using Macromedia Director and Shockwave.
• This immersive tour, aimed at younger viewers, prepares them for their experience while at the hospital. It includes music, audio and video.
• The videos are QuickTime VR, which enables a panoramic view of the operating rooms, recovery rooms and waiting rooms.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Responsibilities:

• Assisted in creation of website for TSTD using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML and PHP.
• Utilized several JavaScript libraries including MooTools and JQuery for rich interface elements, including Accordion controls and the Google Maps API to locate the nearest clinic.
• I improved the architecture and maintainability of the site by implementing PHP server-side includes for the common page elements.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Lead Interface Designer/Competency Lead

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for design and implementation of interfaces for desktop and web applications for the firm.
• Designed and developed MS CMS 2002 solution for B2C e-Commerce web site using ASP.NET (C#). Performed site inventory and prepared taxonomy for site navigation.
• Designed page wireframes and templates.
• Provided heuristic usability evaluations and planned and executed user testing.
• Provided estimates of resources required for project completion.
• Provided guidance, performance reviews and training direction of designers.

Confidential, Aurora, IL

Independent Professional (Freelancer)

Responsibilities:

• Specializing in Internet/Intranet and New Media solutions using XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP/MySQL, Flash with ActionScript 2.0 component architecture, Object-Oriented architecture (classes).
• I designed, developed and implemented custom and open-source content management solutions as well as DHTML and Flash-based courseware for use in SCORM-compliant Learning Management Systems.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Lead Web Application Developer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for planning, budgeting, procurement, and implementation of technology assets for Experience Design Group.
• Mentored junior members, coordinated training and provided technical support.
• Supervised creation and maintenance of database catalog of hardware and software assets.