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User Centered Design Consultant
New England Region
Responsible for user research, interaction design, usability engineering and project management of B2C, B2B, wireless, UMPC, Internet 2.0, Intranet, IT and consumer goods. Specialize in User Centered Design process and product innovation, Universal Design, contextual design for start-ups through Fortune 100 companies, across a broad range of product categories.
10.2005 - present
Sr. User Interface Designer | Sr. Human Factors Engineer
Intrado Corporation, Boulder, CO
Lead user interface development of web-based, desktop and client server 9-1-1 emergency services management applications. Assured user centered UI design through contextual research, usability evaluations and testing, rapid prototyping and iterative design methodologies. Responsibilities include user interface specification, design and production, employing a wide variety of usability and user centered design processes.
03.2002 – 10.2005
User Experience Consultant
Lextant, Corp., Boulder, CO
Responsible for interaction design, usability engineering and project management of consumer, wireless, 3G, B2B and IT products. Specialize in Universal Design, contextual design, and user-centered design methodologies on hardware, software and experience design projects.
10.2000 - 03.2002
Interaction Designer | Project Manager
elektravision, Fort Collins, CO
Responsible for interaction design, usability engineering and project management of complex web and interactive products: generate proposals and functional specifications, build product teams from out-sourced and in-house personnel, manage the production process, time-line, and budget.
08.1998 - 08.1999
Sole Proprietor | Contract Project Manager
Contract Production
MuehlWurks Productions, Marin, CA
Design, produce and manage web site, CD-ROM, and corporate communications projects. Design UI’s, sound and video. Provide creative and production services from conceptualization through deployment.
09.1996 - 08.1998
Executive Producer | Project Manager
Addwater Inc., San Francisco, CA
Responsible for all aspects of interactive media production: generate proposals, build production teams from freelance and in-house personnel, manage the production process including time-line and budget, and deliver on-time/on budget web, CD-ROM and other digital based media projects.
01.1998 - 08.1998
Project Manager
Digital Evolution, Brentwood, CA (currently US Interactive)
Produced and managed Intranet, CD-ROM, Kiosk, digital video (Avid) multimedia projects. Provided creative and production guidance from conceptualization through delivery. Interacted with company heads, clients and development team. Responsible for design, scheduling, budgeting, staffing and progress.
08.1995 - 09.1999
Clinical Research
Coordinator
California Clinical Trials & Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Conduct and manage the testing of new drug agents. Conduct psychometric
and physiometric testing with Alzheimer, MID, Cancer and Sickle Cell patients.
Design drug trial protocols, design paper and computer based tests, design
trial management software, manage research associates and manage multi-site
drug trials.
11.1990 - 07.1995
M.A. Human Computer Interaction (4.0 GPA)
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 08.2000
B.A. Psychology/Pre-med (Cum laude)
Clark University, Worcester, MA 05.1989
Software Proficiencies
Graphic Design, layout, office productivity, web authoring, media creation, multimedia authoring, rapid prototyping
Additional Training, Awards & Interests
1st Place, 1999 Anderson Consulting eCommerce Challenge.
Post-bac course-work in computer graphics, industrial design, and philosophy.
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