Profile

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About me :

Remote or Onsite.
I have over 20+ years of Information Technology experience and worked pre-dotcom, dotcom and post-dotcom worlds of Websites, Web-based Applications, GUI Enterprise Applications, RIA Applications, 508-Compliant Applications, Mobile (iPad, iPhone, Android, Windows Phone 7 and Blackberry) and Kiosks. My hybrid background has provided me with both a highly technical and creative design background. I have experience with Waterfall and Agile for small startups and large-scale initiatives.

Key Skills

Proficient or familiar with a vast array of platforms, technologies, toolsets, concepts and design principles, including:

User Experience

Documentation

Prototyping

Documentation

User Experience

Branding, Wireframe, Concepts, Taxonomy, Navigation, Layout, Data Visualization and UI Design.

User-Stories, Personas, Surveys, Usability Testing, Analytics, and Feedback.

Technical and Design Specs, Flow Charts, Diagrams, and Content.

Prototypes in HTML, XAML, HTML5, JQuery, CSS3, J2EE, .NET and 3rd Party Toolsets.

Technical and Design Specs, Flow Charts, Diagrams, Content and Copy Editing.

User-Research Labs, Surveys, Usability Testing, Analytics, and Feedback.

Work Experience

Confidential

Internship

Lead UI Designer / UX Architect

2011 – Present

• Strategy / Interviews, UI Workflows, Wireframes, Design, Functional and Technical Spec documentation.
• UI Designer for concepts utilizing Silverlight 5, WPF .NET, Flash and Java with 3rd-party UI Components.
• Create designs for 2D/3-D Interactive Mobile Gaming applications for social media and brand-awareness.
• Prototypes for web sites, web-apps, portals, mobile (iPhone, Windows Phone 7, Android, iPad) and Kiosk.
• Remote work, with daily, weekly and bi-weekly deliverables.

Confidential

Lead UI Designer (Intelligence and Information Systems)

2010 – 2011

• Design, Concept, Wireframe and Prototype a Classified DoD mission critical web-based Portal and UI.
• Document user-flows and concepts for 2D/3D User-interfaces to visually represent massive datasets.
• Work daily with remote teams to build rapid prototypes for J2EE, JBOSS and JETSPEED Portal/Portlets.
• Create Rapid Application Design, Interactive Canvas and Libraries (RADICAL-UI) to mitigate obsolesce.
• Remote work with daily scrum meetings.

Confidential

Internship

Lead UX Architect / Information Architect / UI Designer

2010

• Concept, Designed and Prototyped new flight search engine for Expedia.com website.
• Set up Usability Testing and Review Lab Results for prototypes in J2EE Environment.
• Work with J2EE and available internal toolsets for first major update to Expedia Flight Search in 10 years.
• User-Research Analysis for Usability Testing (Eye-Tracking, Metrics, Analytics and Feedback).
• Onsite and Remote work.

CONFIDENTIAL

Internship

Lead UX Architect / UI Designer / UX Interaction Design

2009 - 2010

• Design, Concept, Wireframe and Prototype 2D/3D user-interfaces for GIS asset management application.
• Document user-flows, Diagrams, Flow Charts, UI Concepts and Prototypes for XAML/Silverlight and Flash.
• Create prototype and designs for web-applications and kiosks.
• Onsite, FTE Employee (90+ Hour work weeks).

Confidential

Internship

Senior UI Designer / Information Architect 2009

Jun 2010 to Dec 2010

• Strategize with stakeholders. Concept, Designed and Prototype SaaS web-based portal application
• Prototype and hand-code dynamic client-based CSS for client-friendly style guides.
• Create Section 508 Compliant RIA web-application for ASP.NET Portals for Supply Chain Financing App.
• Onsite Contractor.

Confidential

Senior Information Architect, UX Architect 2008 - 2009

• Design, Concept, Wireframe and Prototype a new websites for Lines Of Business
• Document existing site architecture
• Consult and advise on proposed SEO optimizations, navigational schemas and layouts for MSNMoney
• Participate in User Research, Metrics and Feedback.
• Onsite and Remote Contractor.

Confidential

Senior Information Architect (Freelance) 2007 - 2008

• Translate Requirements into personas, storyboards, user-flows, taxonomy and navigation schemas.
• Design, Concept, Wireframe and Prototype new client websites
• Create new diagrams, layouts, designs, sitemaps and user-flows for proposed website updates.
• Onsite and Remote Contractor.

Confidential

MSN.COM (MSNMoney.COM)

Senior Information Architect, UX Architect 2008 - 2009

• Design, Concept, Wireframe and Prototype a new websites for Lines Of Business
• Document user-flows and concepts for internal client based applications for WPF and .NET
• Create layouts, wireframes and content for CMS portal.
• Onsite Contractor

Confidential

Senior e-Commerce Analyst, 2006 - 2007

• Support and Maintain existing Workflow Automation Software (SaaS) web-portal application.
• Create and Analyze Business processes for client workflow automation.
• Improve business efficiencies through analysis of existing processes.
• Onsite Contractor

Confidential

Product Manager, Web Designer 2005 – 2006

• Design and Concept different UI Concepts for new startup for Medical Based Question Sales App.
• Create documentation and sales material for new startup.
• Manage product deliverables and contractors.
• Onsite Contractor

Confidential

Product Manager, Web Consultant 2004-2005

Instant Questioner, LLC

• Design and Concept different UI Concepts for new startup for Medical Based Question Sales App.
• Create documentation for non-profit charity website.
• Remote FTE

Confidential

Account Manager, Business Development, Web Analytics Analyst 2002 – 2003

• Responsible for sales (SaaS) and implementing national web analytics initiative for New Zealand.
• Implement, train and consult on capabilities and product offerings for web analytics site monitoring.
• Setup Usability Testing for clients across New Zealand for Usability Labs.
• Onsite FTE in Auckland New Zealand

Confidential

2000 – 2002

• ASP Developer for a variety of Dotcom startups and website portals.
• Create websites and content.
• Onsite Contractor

Confidential

1999 - 2000

• Responsible for US & European implementation of HW/SW for Oracle Suite of Applications.
• Support and trouble-shoot all configuration and setup issues.
• Assist with new website projects for ASP development.
• Onsite travelling Contractor

Confidential

OS Support – Escalations Engineer 1998 - 1999

• Final, 3rd-tier support of Operating Systems including Windows 98, Windows NT and Internet Explorer.
• Onsite Contractor

Confidential

Network / Operations / Infrastructure Support 1996 - 1997

• 2nd/3rd-tier support of hardware for workstations, servers and LAN/WAN and software implementations.
• Lead Technical Advisor for Internet and Intranet Steering committee.
• Onsite / Travelling Contractor

Toolsets

Design

Axure, Adobe CS5, Visio, iRise, Balsamiq, Omnigraffle, Keynote, SharePoint Designer

Development

Visual Studio, Eclipse, Microsoft Expression

Animation

3D Studio Max, Adobe Flash, Google Sketchup.

Toolkits

Telerik, ComponentArt, Google Web Toolkit (GWT), JQuery, Dojo, EXT, MooTools

Special Interests

Internet

I have been an Internet enthusiast since the mid 90’s and also involved with BBS’s of the early and middle 1980’s.

Mobile

I like working with advanced UI functionality of social medial mobile apps of all types.

Traveling

I am open to 100% Travel for national and international projects and have a preference for remote projects as well.