Resume

Experience
Senior Interaction Designer
Sling Media - Mar 2010 to Present
Working on new streaming products and services for tv and mobile devices.

User Experience Lead
Cisco Systems - Jul 2009 to Mar 2010
Design Lead in collaboration business technology group. Designed an enterprise collaboration platform that enhances organizational productivity. Worked closely with user researchers, business devleopment, visual design, and engineering in an agile environment. Communicated designs to all levels of the organization.

Interaction Designer
IU School of Informatics and Computing, Shareable User Interface Research Group - Aug 2008 to May 2009
Research focused on how gaming tabletop technology can shape computer-mediated relationships in domestic settings. Designed and prototyped collaborative and competitive games on a DiamondTouch™ Table. Work was accepted in the 2009 Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces Conference. Advisor: Dr. Shaowen Bardzell.

User Interface Designer / Developer
2Wire - Apr 2005 to Jun 2007
Successfully launched AT&T Homezone set-top box advocating a user-centered design process. Responsible for user interface specifications, prototypes, and front-end development for tv and Yahoo! music services on the MediaPortal platform.

Web Developer
Synopsys - Oct 2000 to Mar 2005
Developed web applications that support corporate marketing initiatives and support UI implementation efforts on the Synopsys' corporate website. Facilitated project meetings and communications with business stakeholders.

Web Developer
Fatbrain.com (acquired by Barnes & Noble) - Feb 2000 to Aug 2000
Managed information architecture and UI development for online bookstore start-up.

Education

MS Human-Computer Interaction Design, 2009
Indiana University - Bloomington, IN

BS Management Information Systems
San Jose State University - San Jose, CA

Design & Methods

Interaction & Interface Design
High & Low Fidelity Prototyping
Affinity Diagrams
Process Flows & Conceptual Models
Wireframes
Storyboards
Contextual Inquiry

Tools
Dreamweaver
Photoshop
InDesign
Illustrator
OmniGraffle
After Effects
Wacom Tablet

Technical
(X)HTML
CSS
XML
XUL
MooTools, JQuery
PHP / MySQL

Professional Groups
BayCHI
Interaction Design Association