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February 2004 - Present
OHO, Cambridge, MA - Human Factors and Information
Architecture Consultant
Responsible for usability preparation, testing, analysis and logging for
various clients, including the Jonathan Edwards Center at Yale University
and Montefiore Medical Center's web sites. Information Architecture and
wireframe-level design for the Jonathan Edwards Center at Yale
University.
July 2004 -
December 2004
Fidelity Investments - Lead Designer/Information Architect
As
a part of Fidelity eBusiness Design, led the design and completed both
visual design and information architecture for high profile projects on
Fidelity NetBenefits, including Loans, E-mail aggregation and user
preferences, E-Learning integration, Health and Welfare online
enrollment, and Defined Contribution online enrollment and income
deferrals. Also participated in design for One Fidelity, the retail
side of the company. Responsibilities include managing the production
of complete working prototypes in HTML and JavaScript, visual design of
individual pages using existing and new components, producing IA
artifacts including site maps, navigation specifications, “clickable”
screen inventories, alternate scenario documentation,
schematics/wireframes, and design review documents. Managing a small
design team (2-4 people).
April 2003 – September 2003
Softplex, Inc., Freelance Projects - Information Architect
Freelance information architecture for a variety of clients, including Softplex, Inc. and Staples, Inc.
For Softplex.com: edited HTML code to match updated company profile,
edited website directory structure for usability purposes.
For Staples.com: performed usability testing/logging, gave
recommendations for site redesign as well as layout issues. Created
schematics to express recommendations.
December 2001 - September 2003
GNOME Foundation - Information Architect
Redesigned the look and feel of the Gnome Foundation websites,
including GUADEC.org (Gnome Users and Developers' European Conference)
and GNOME.org. Responsibilities included interaction design, heuristic
evaluation, information architecture, documentation including info
boards, site-map, navigational flow, navigational model, paper
prototypes, and schematics.
October 2001 - June 2002
Rheuminations, Inc. - Information Architect
Developed new website dedicated to disease research, education, and
empowerment of the patient. Responsible for interaction design,
heuristic evaluation, information architecture, documentation including
sitemap, navigational flow, navigational model, content matrix, paper
prototypes, schematics.
Designed and developed content management and group authoring software
specific to the client, with the same design deliverables as above.
Said software is still in use today.
November 2000 - March 2001
NerveWire, Inc. - Interaction Designer
Planned and documented user interfaces for client applications.
Evaluated usability heuristics, advised coders during the building of
web applications. Used Visio, PowerPoint, Dreamweaver, HTML and other
documenting tools to create information architecture artifacts.
Re-evalutated and redesigned internal company methodology and knowledge
management software.
May 1999 - November 2000
Snickelways, Inc. - Information Architect, User Interface Developer
Designed and developed e-commerce websites for various types of
clients, both B-B and B-C, including the first company to bring direct
marketing to the Web. Used Visio, Photoshop, ASP, VB, HTML, JavaScript,
SQL and Microsoft IIS to design and develop web applications. Helped
create some of the first Web information architecture standards which
are still in use today.
May 1998 - May 1999
CyberSites, Inc. - User Interface Developer, Technical Writer
Internship. Designed, developed and documented some of the first
community Web sites, including their flagship website,
AncientSites.com, now AncientWorlds.net. Was the first developer in the
company to use SQL in conjunction with proprietary scripting language
(RAGE) to create some of the first dynamic sites on the Web. |