| Software
Tools |
Microsoft
Visio, InDesign, Numerous content management systems, Illustrator, Photoshop,
Acrobat, GoLive, Dreamweaver, Flash, Java/Processing, microcontroller
programming, Macintosh and Windows platforms
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| Professional
Experience |
Avenue
A | Razorfish (MSFT) San Francisco, CA
Sr. Information Architect, User Experience Team August 2007
- Present
- Participating in the transformation of a global network communications
company's web presence.
- Designed home page architecture for a California power utility.
- Contributed to new business pitches and user testing sessions.
Sapient, Inc.
San Francisco, CA & New York, NY
Sr. Associate Creative Design, Information Architecture April
2006 - August 2007
- Participated in the relaunch of a Fortune Global 50 financial company's
multilingual web site operating in over 40 countries.
- Developed testing materials for participatory design, concept testing,
and usability in Asia, Europe, and the United States.
- Leading User Interface and Information Architecture track for CRM
data cleansing application for global investment management firm.
Hill Holliday
Advertising, Inc. (IPG) New York, NY
Senior information architect Summer 2005 - April 2006
- Replaced senior information architect to continue development on major
redesign of a Fortune 500 company marketing and product site.
- Collaborated closely with client to perform usability testing of existing
site. Discoveries informed creation of clickable wireframe schematics
that were also the subject of thorough usability testing.
- Developed final wireframe schematics, site maps, functional specifications,
and use cases as final site documentation.
- Collaborated with visual designers to produce final site look and feel.
Tribal DDB New
York, NY
Information architect Spring 2005
- Created 70 pages of schematics in three weeks for a national home exterior
products web site with customized content targeting consumers, professional
contractors, home builders, and distributors.
- Rapidly familiarized myself with the relationships between hundreds
of products in order to create clear and concise site maps and architecture.
Ruder Finn Interactive New York, NY
Lead information architect Fall 2004 – Spring 2005
- Replaced three previous information architects. Quickly brought deliverables
up to date restoring client confidence in the project.
- Created specific and detailed schematics allowing non-technical stakeholders
to comprehend and approve site architecture quickly.
EAR (Electronic
Arts Research) Studio, Inc. New York, NY
Freelance associate 2004 – 2006
Studio manager/project manager/interaction designer 2002 –
2004
- As the first full-time employee my efforts allowed the principal of
the company to pursue new business and together we managed as many as
12 simultaneous projects. Revenues tripled in two years.
- Project manager for Listening Post art installation.
Exhibited Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, NY
Winner 2004 Prix Ars Electronica Golden Nica for interactive art
Winner 2003 Webby Award for Net Art
- Responsible for bookkeeping, human resources, and ongoing web site maintenance
and development.
META Group Inc.
(acquired by Gartner Group) Stamford, CT
Director, On-Line Services. 1994 – 1997
Directed a $1M budget and seven programmers, technical support, design,
and production staff for a $200M independent information technology market
assessment firm. Responsible for the development, maintenance, and electronic
delivery of research, analysis, and advisory products to 1200 clients
worldwide in HTML, CD-ROM, Acrobat, and Lotus Notes formats.
Vastly improved monthly research CD-ROM product:
-Cut production and fulfillment costs in half.
-Cut best-case production time from 4 weeks to 6 hours.
-Reduced search times from 4 minutes to nearly instantaneous.
-Improved the internal perceptions of the product. The sales force began
using it as a leave-behind company promotion.
-Tenfold increase in distribution to clients in a two-year period.
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| Academic
Experience |
New
York University New York, NY
Assistant adjunct prof. of communications Fall Semesters 2003
- 2006
- Professor of "Introduction to Physical Computing" in the Tisch
School of the Arts' Interactive Telecommunications Program.
- Graduate course covers basic electronics, microcontroller programming,
production of physical interfaces (focusing on input, and serial communications),
and interaction design.
Guest Speaker
on Information Architecture and Physical Computing:
- NYU School of Continuing Education
- Pratt Institute Manhattan
- Integrated Digital Media Institute at Brooklyn Polytechnic University
Selected
Interactive Art Exhibitions
Sonic Pong
New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME) at Eyebeam, NY 2007
Pong.Mythos
Exhibition
- Games Convention Leipzig, Germany 2006
- Württembergischer Kuntstverein Stuttgart, Germany 2006
Aphrodite Project:
Platforms by Norene Leddy
Collaborating as Technology Lead
Mobilefest Sao Paulo, Brazil November 2007
Make Faire 2007 San Mateo, CA May 2007
Wired Nextfest
New York, NY September 2006
ISEA San Jose, CA August 2006
Unravel: The SIGGraph2006 Fashion Show Boston, MA July 2006
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| Education |
New
York University New York, NY
Interactive Telecommunications MPS 2002
May and Samuel Rudin Scholarship, Barnett Lipton Scholarship
Focus on creating interactive public art. Studies included learning the
effects of technology on culture, developing alternative interfaces to
the computer, and combining unproven tools for creative expression.
Carnegie Mellon
University Pittsburgh, PA
Industrial Design major with computer graphics emphasis BFA 1991
received with university honors.
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| Preparation |
Conferences
& Associations - Information Architecture Institute (IAI), Usability
Professionals' Association (UPA), International Design Conference in Aspen
(IDCA, 18 Years), Arts & Sciences Collaborations, Inc. (ASCI), American
Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), Internet World, Association for Computing
Machinery Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics (ACM SIGGRAPH),
Burning Man.
Additional Studies - Contemporary art, architecture, and industrial
design, cinema, beginning Japanese, figure drawing, welding.
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