User Experience Professional and Program Manager
Greater Seattle Area
- Current
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- Program Manager at Skytap
- Chief Software Monkey at Chimp Software LLC (Sole Proprietorship)
- Past
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- Program Manager at Microsoft Popfly
- Program Manager (User Experience) at Microsoft (Developer Division)
- Program Manager Intern at Microsoft
- Rookie Agent (#63) at Geek Squad
- Education
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- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
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Aaron Brethorst’s Summary
Experienced Program Manager and software developer with a specialization in User Experience and Accessibility (Section 508) for rich clients, mobile devices and the web.
Aaron Brethorst’s Specialties:
User Experience, user interface design, accessibility, Section 508 compliance, Mac OS X development, project management, iPhone development, Ruby on Rails
Aaron Brethorst’s Experience
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Program Manager
Skytap
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
November 2007 — Present (9 months)
Sole Program Manager, Interaction Designer and Usability Engineer for Skytap Virtual Lab. Responsibilities include: functional specifications, scheduling & project management, visual design, usability study development, feature development, development & bug fixing.
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Chief Software Monkey
Chimp Software LLC (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)
September 2003 — Present (4 years 11 months)
Sole employee of a MicroISV developing small, innovative products for Mac OS X and the iPhone.
Creator of iRooster, the premier alarm clock for OS X. Brand development, User Experience, web site design and maintenance, Xcode, Interface Builder, Objective C, UNIX experience.
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Program Manager
Microsoft Popfly
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
January 2007 — November 2007 (11 months)
Program Manager for User Experience and social networking on Microsoft Popfly, the mashup creator for the rest of us.
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Program Manager (User Experience)
Microsoft (Developer Division)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
November 2003 — January 2007 (3 years 3 months)
Driver of User Experience for Microsoft's Developer Division. Responsible for the User Experience and Accessibility of Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio "Orcas". Crafted and executed Developer Division's strategy for supporting Windows Vista's UAC security features.
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Program Manager Intern
Microsoft
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
May 2002 — August 2002 (4 months)
Program Manager Intern for the Macintosh Business Unit. Worked on features for Office 2004 for Mac OS X.
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Rookie Agent (#63)
Geek Squad
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
May 1998 — May 2000 (2 years 1 month)
I was a Rookie Agent in the Geek Squad, the 24 Hour Computer Support Task Force before you'd ever heard of it. I still carry the badge.
Aaron Brethorst’s Education
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University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
B.S., Computer Science (Emphasis in Human-Computer Interaction), 1998 — 2003
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Aaron Brethorst’s Interests:
Program Management, Project Management, User Experience, UI Design, Accessibility, Section 508, Mac OS X, Cocoa, C#, .NET,
Aaron Brethorst’s Groups:
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Geek Squad - Current and Former Employees member
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