SKILLS:

Full UX Lifecycle, Photoshop, Axure RP, Adobe CS Suite, OmniGraffle, VISIO, TeamSite, Urchin/Google Analytics, SiteCatalyst, HTML 4 & 5, XHTML, CSS 2 & 3, JavaScript Libraries, AngularJS, JSP, AJAX, XML, MS Sharepoint, JIRA/Confluence, Subversion/CVS, Agile Methodologies, Product Management/Strategy, Team Management and Mentoring.

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Fairfield County, CT

Owner, Director of User Experience (UX), Product Manager, Product Strategist

Responsibilities:

• User Experience Lead on commercial and government contracts software projects
• Competencies in full UX lifecycle
• Specialty in Mobile Web, Tablet and Smartphone interface design and development
• Site Analytics evaluation and implementation strategy
• Social Media strategy and implementation
• KMS strategy and implementation

Confidential, Herndon, VA

Sr. Product Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the Creative and Interaction design of multiple K - 12 online products including email, social media and global classroom collaboration applications.
• Responsible for working with Marketing, Sales and Development to create feature sets and solve current usability problems for our student collaboration and online communications suite
• Managed design agency relationships, schedules and deliverables
• Provided creative direction across multiple products

Confidential, Washington, DC

Sr. Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Created Business and Functional requirements for online programming guide
• Researched and recommended external vendor selection for online products and consultants
• Worked with the business to develop better solutions to business challenges utilizing online systems
• Conducted initial User Experience tasks such as Personas and User Stories as part of requirements
• Project and Vendor management for the migration of multiple enterprise systems with the merger of Confidential and Confidential

Confidential, Chevy Chase, MD

IT Interactive - Business Intelligence & Analytics Lead/Product Manager

Responsibilities:

• User Research and Web Analytics Product Management
• Evaluated TCM’s existing analytics platform and made implementation changes based on emerging business needs
• Developed Business and Design Requirements for a major re-design project for multiple channels including but not limited to advertising and third-party integration
• Product Manager for video chat and mobile applications from the IT side
• IT Interactive manager for live online events including Bizarre Worlds series launch and the award winning Ghost Adventures Live 2009
• Lead special project teams, including workload, budget and vendors

Confidential, Herndon, VA

Product Manager

Responsibilities:

• On team responsible for the web properties that were part of the first Confidential launch in September 2008, launched 3 websites, 2 portals, mobile site and ecommerce platform
• Supervised team of agency Front-end Developers and UX/Visual Designers, both on and off-site
• Product Manager for marketing initiatives
• User Experience Designer/Developer for prototyping and presentation layer
• Lead development and maintenance of functional prototypes of XOHM web applications for usability testing
• Worked full UX lifecycle from functional requirements and IA to visual comps, as well as developed presentation layer code for XOHM web properties including xohm.com and my.xohm.com
• Front-end developer using HTML, CSS, JQuery, PHP

Confidential, McLean, VA

Senior Consultant

Responsibilities:

• User Experience Lead and Front-end Developer using Flex and Ruby on Rails for Public Services prototyping lab
• Interaction Designer for public service applications, worked with clients to development interaction improvements for existing application and built prototypes for usability testing
• Left due to project funding issues

Confidential, Washington, DC

Senior Interface Designer

Responsibilities:

• Lead Front-end Developer and Interface Designer for User Experience team at xmradio.com
• Managed team of Developers/Producers/Designers responsible for the daily content updates for xmradio.com
• Prototyped and developed new pages for xmradio.com using hand-coded HTML, CSS, JSP, AJAX and Flash
• Responsibilities included SEO, search analysis, traffic analysis
• Usability and Front-end Development Client lead for award winning re-design of xmradio.com in 2006
• Front-end developer for Confidential Online player re-design and launch in 2005

Confidential, Alexandria, VA

Instructional Designer/Web Developer

Responsibilities:

• Designed and developed SCORM compliant e-learning courses for Confidential using ISD principles, Flash, and Dreamweaver
• Developed, maintained online education portal for Confidential and online community application using ASP and SQL Server
• Conducted Training Needs and Gap Analysis
• Project lead on multiple contracts, managed team and submitted monthly reports on project progress

Confidential, Vienna, VA

Software Developer/Interface Designer

Responsibilities:

• Designed, developed, and maintained high profile interactive websites
• Project Manager and key client contact on multiple accounts
• Front end specialist on small team of developers working on high traffic database driven applications and websites for high profile clients
• Primary GUI coder using HTML, XSLT, DHTML, ASP, JSP

Confidential, Bethesda, MD

Webmaster

Responsibilities:

• Built and maintained websites to build and promote cable channel brand
• Lead front-end developer of brand re-design in 2001
• Part of launch team for bbccanada.com in 2000
• Created graphics and assisted Graphic Designer in creation of new promotions
• Built Flash games to promote various series running on the channel
• Managed all outsourced development and on-site contract developers
• Managed co-location facility and video server
• Developed and maintained Confidential marketing mini-site