summary : User Experience and Creative Lead with over 10 years of technical and creative experience in a diverse set of information technologies and customer domains. Proven performer with excellent communication and problem solving skills.

training & certifications :

• Rational Unified Process for Software Development (certified)
• Facilitated Work Sessions and Requirements Gathering (internal Ernst & Young certification)
• Siebel 7 (training)

• multimedia: Adobe Creative Suite 3
• sound & video: Studio Vision, ProTools, Sound Designer, Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effects, Wavefront Composer, some experience with AVID editing suites
• animation, VRML and VR: 3D Studio Max, Cosmoworlds, Coryphaeus (Workbench, Easy Terrain, and Easy Scene Animator), WaveFront Kinemation, Maya 4.5, Swift 3D 2.0
• development languages and scripting: C with OpenGL for virtual reality development, HTML, CSS, javascript, experience with Java development, and PHP database experience.

CHEIL/BARBARIAN GROUP  January 10 - present
Freelance User Experience Strategist

• User experience strategist for redesign of Samsung.com
• Creation of high-level user experience strategy and documentation for use by vendors
• Team lead for cross platform/device application development for re-launch of Samsung applications store
• Strategic planner for web, e-commerce and mobile application efforts

RIOT/180 Amsterdam  August 09 - present
Freelance User Experience Strategist

• User experience lead for adidas.com
• Creation of all user experience documentation for migration to Enterprise CMS for adidas
• Liaison between digital, print, broadcast and event teams to coordinate across-the-line campaigns
• Strategic planner for all social media efforts

SAATCHI & SAATCHI March 09 – June 09
ALEXANDER INTERACTIVE June 09 – July 09
Freelance User Experience Lead

• User experience lead on redesign efforts of USO & I ♥ NY campaign site
• Liaison between technical and creative departments
• Creation of strategic recommendations with Director of Strategy
• Creation of all user experience deliverables
• User experience brief
• Personas
• Process flows
• Wireframes

AGENCY.COM & TBWA / Jun 07 - Jun 09
Director of User Experience / ACD : head of user experience department for NYC offices also function as an Associate Creative Director in the Creative department.
Duties as follows:

• Work with other information architects and strategy departments to define cross-platform strategies
• Plan & lead the development of internal and external integration components
• Establish development documentation and nomenclature standards for all AGENCY COM clients
• Conduct detailed design reviews
• Navigations structures and syntax for all internal and external client facing applications
• Audience profiling based upon user research
• Overall site strategy incorporating brand, marketing and business goals
• Process, work and task flow analysis

Freelancers Union / June 07 - present (freelance)
Dec 06 - June 07 (full time)
(Freelance) Director User Experience : serve as lead on redesign effort of Freelancers Union current site.
Duties as follows:

• Facilitated work sessions for business documentation and external user needs
• Navigations structures and syntax for all internal and external client facing applications
• Overall site strategy incorporating brand, marketing and business goals
• Process, work and task flow analysis
• Responsible for all interaction design documentation : including process flows, wire frames, user schemas
• Liaison with technical team and member services department for coordination of development projects

RGA / Feb 05 - Dec 06
Interaction Design Lead: serve as co-creative lead on web, mobile, interactive kiosk and digital signage projects.
Responsibilities as follows:

• Navigations structures and syntax for all internal and external client facing applications
• Audience profiling based upon user research
• Overall site strategy incorporating brand, marketing and business goals
• Process, work and task flow analysis
• Competitive and content assessments
• Requirements gathering during business development for use in creation of registration, user segmentation, content management, and branding recommendations
• Technical recommendations for front-end development as regards to database structure and middle-ware needs
• Creation of user schema and levels of user-access and security
• Responsible for formal documentation of all Technical and all Graphical User Interface standards

Contractor Positions / Jul 04 – Feb 05 : freelance Art Direction and Information Architecture

Cap Gemini / Mar 00 - Jul 04
Information Architect / Interactive Designer/Project Manager :
My role while at CGEY has been as front-end development lead, where I serve as the liaison between the client and internal creative, strategic, and developmental teams for a given project.
Responsibilities as follows:

• International market research, online community management and affiliate program development
• Requirements gathering during Business Development for use in creation of Business Use Cases & Data Modeling
• Facilitated sessions with clients to determine needs and wants for prospective inter/intra-net requirements
• Technical recommendations for front-end development as regards to database structure and middle-ware needs
• Creation of Information Architecture: navigations structures and syntax for all internal and external client facing applications
• Inclusion of third party and legacy information systems
• Management of Portal(s) and Partner Applications
• Workflow management
• Creation of user schema and levels of user-access and security
• Responsible for formal documentation of all Technical and all Graphical User Interface standards
• Test lead for Quality Assurance initiatives during application development
• UI Lead for combined North American & Mumbai, India based UI teams
• Training of Client Resources

Contractor Positions / Sep 98 - Mar 00

FOX Broadcasting / Sep 99 - Mar 00
Art Director : responsible for the network's Broadband Web Portal
Responsibilities as follows :

• Original graphic design and programming for web portal
• Inclusion of video and sound elements provided by the broadcast division
• Creation and staffing of special projects (i.e. World Cup coverage, elections, Olympics)
• Forging of new business relationships with outside service providers
• Served as liaison between technical development staff and upper management
• Responsible for formal documenttion of all Techincal and Graphical User Interface standards

Boutique Advertising Agency / Aug 98 - Aug 99
Project Manager
Responsibilities as follows :

• Responsible for staffing and budget for projects
• System support for NT and Macintosh work stations
• Requirements gathering for project kickoffs
• Responsible for tracking of project progress
• Served as production manager for most projects overseeing HTML, javascripting, graphics production
• Created testing scenarios and user acceptance testing criteria

Online Health Information Site / Sep 98 - Sep 99
Interactive designer & information architect. Responsible for design of information architecture of database driven projects with lead database programmer. Tailoring of front end to meet back end design.

Multex Systems / Mar 97 - Apr 98
Production Manager
Responsibilities as follows :

• Responsible for design and upkeep of the company's intra/internet sites
• Creation of all graphic content
• Liaison between the company's editorial staff and development team]
• Created testing scenarios for the web-site, and customer's web-sites
• Quality Assurance Lead for front-end web development
• Research and processing of all web-site content
• Creation of formal documentation for web-standards for satellite offices in London and Hong Kong

School of Visual Arts / Sep 96 - Aug 98
Sound Manager & System Administrator
Responsibilities as follows :

• Systems support for Macintosh based system and UNIX based editing suites
• Oversaw integration of sound stations with all video and 3D graphic stations
• Created documentation as reference for students and faculty on sound procedures and remedial sound software guides

education:

• School of Visual Arts | MFA: Interactive Telecommunications and VR development 1998
• Wright State University | Masters of Humanities: Photography and English 1994
• Miami University | Bachelor of Philosophy: Film Studies and French 1991

current live sites :
Bank of America | interaction design lead
Be a Brit Different | user experience lead
Be a Brit Different / Transatlanticism | creative direction, user experience lead
Combos | user experience lead
Del Monte | user experience lead
Fashion Wire Daily | creative direction, interaction design lead
Hotels | user experience lead
Israeli Mission U.N. | interaction design lead
Jones Lang Lasalle | interaction design lead
Loreal Paris France | interaction design lead
Loreal Paris USA | interaction design lead
illy Coffee | creative direction, interaction design lead
Juan Anon | creative direction, interaction design lead
McGraw Hill | creative direction, interaction design lead
Meow Mix | user experience lead
Passages of distinction.com | creative direction, development lead, interaction design lead
Snickers | user experience lead
Repohistory | creative direction, interaction design lead

client list
automotive : General Motors, Nissan
consumer electronics : LG, Nokia
cpg : Del Monte food and pet brands, illy coffee, MARS brands (Snickers, Combos, Skittles), Purina
fashion & beauty : Dior, Juan Anon, L'Oréal
financial services : American Express, CIT, GMAC, Merrill Lynch, Bank of America
healthcare : HCA
media : BMG, HBO, McGraw-Hill
non-profit : Freelancers Union, New York Blood Center, Praxis Housing Organization
pharma : Hoffman-LaRoche, Novartis
telecom : ATT, Sprint
travel : American Express, Holiday Cruise Lines, Passages of Distinction, Visit Britain Council

language :
Fluent in French and English, Reading comprehension of Italian

references :
provided upon request