I am an experienced Interaction Designer with an advanced degree in Human-Computer Interaction. I have a proven history of creating elegant and appropriate user interfaces and working well with Development teams to get them implemented.
Experience
Lead Interaction Designer at Pharmacy OneSource
Madison, WI (August 2011 - present)
Develop best in class design resources that other members of the Interaction Design team can use to ensure that products across the company are consistent and highly-usable.
Oversee the quality of the designs that other members of the Interaction Design create.
Provide coaching and mentoring as necessary to keep Interaction Designers on-track towards their performance goals.
Define and promote design principles and processes that set expectations of what customers and other stakeholders can expect from the Design team.
Interaction Designer at Pharmacy OneSource
Madison, WI (June 2010 - August 2011)
Create UI models, user task and interaction flows, screen designs, and user-interface interaction details that promote ease of use and optimize the user experience for various online products.
Partner with User Research team members to better understand the user and test the usability of features and conceptual designs.
Make logical decisions to ensure the overall success of projects by creating designs that seamlessly address customer and business concerns and objectives.
User Experience Designer at Ataccama Corporation
Prague, Czech Republic (August 2008 - May 2010)
Introduced a user-centered design process to radically transform a Developer-only tool into a novice-friendly product by creating easy-to-use new designs and making existing features more intuitive.
Designed wireframes, performed expert reviews and conducted usability studies as the sole User Experience resource.
Wrote and performed video tutorials that were published on the company website.
Senior Interaction Designer at Sun Microsystems
Monrovia, CA (September 2004 - August 2007); Prague, Czech Republic (August 2007 - July 2008)
Performed UI design and usability studies as the User Experience lead for several key Java development tools in NetBeans IDE.
Contributed to higher-level User Experience reforms, such as creating a UI review process, defining a User Experience vision and designing for accessibility.
Graduate Research Assistant at Georgia Tech HCI Lab
Atlanta, GA (August 2002 - August 2004)
Conducted and directed research studies in Human-Computer Interaction, focusing on accessibility tools and mobile devices.