Objective and Qualifications

I am an enthusiastic (US citizen) candidate with five years development experience and two years design experience. I have a background in Interaction Design, English, Computer Engineering, and the Arts, making me comfortable with multi-disciplinary teams and multiple stakeholders. My strength is in bridging disciplines through effective communication. Contact me if you're looking for a creative, multidisciplinary mind always on the hunt for a unique solution.

Relevant design experience

Cook Medical - Shared Services
Interaction Design Intern | Bloomington, Indiana | May 2009 - August 2009

Championed interaction design user research methods, design ideation, and sketching with many different colored pens. Prototyped with hand-drawn sketches, white board sessions, wireframes, image mock-ups, and working HTML/CSS/Javascript.

Reflex Design & Technology
Web Developer Intern | Columbus, Ohio | June 2008 - August 2008

Efficiently multi-tasked content maintenance and front-end development for ten clients using Ektron, Kentico, PHP, ASP, and .NET technologies. Converted and deployed PSD-to-HTML websites and emails. Assumed lead for front-end deployment of Hob Knob Boutique Hotel.

The Ohio State University Scoreboard Animators
Student Animator | Columbus, Ohio | May 2005 - February 2006

Experimented with animating paper sketches, and controlled video, ribbon, and traditional scoreboards for football, baseball, volleyball, gymnastics, basketball, hockey, and wrestling.

The Ohio Supercomputer Center
Research Intern | Columbus, Ohio | June 2004 - September 2004

Transcribed gargantuan, inefficient, and confusing Python user interface into a compact, multi-tabbed, and intuitive Java user interface. The interface communicated with Perl query scripts, allowing access to grid database backend.

Education

MS Human Computer Interaction Design
Indiana University | Bloomington, IN | Graduated May 2010

BS Computer Science & Engineering
Minor in English
     (business/technical writing, folklore, poetry, 19th C American lit)
The Ohio State University | Columbus, OH | Graduated June 2008

Activities and Accolades

  • Published Empowering Products: Personal Identity through the Act of Creative Appropriation in the Extended Abstracts of CHI 2010. Atlanta, GA. ACM Press, New York, NY.
  • 2009 - 2010 Insitutional Chair of the Indiana University Graduate Informatics Student Association
  • Creator of serial comic The Adventures of Nerderella
  • Presenter and reviewer for the 2010 IST Conference at Indiana University
  • 2009 Co-founder of the HCI Design Club at Indiana University
  • 2009 Interaction Design Practice mentor
  • 2005 - 2008 Editor-in-Chief, Arts Editor, and Webmaster for Ohio State Engineer magazine, for The Ohio State University Engineering students
  • 2004 - 2007 Social Chair, President for ACMW at The Ohio State University

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