Adrian Chong

Current

• Senior Interaction Architect at Blast Radius

Past

• Interaction Architect at Blast Radius
• User Experience Consultant at nForm
• Quality Assurance at Electronic Arts

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Education

• Pratt Institute
• Simon Fraser University
• Italia Design (SFU)

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Industry

Design

Websites

• Twitter

Adrian Chong’s Summary

Adrian Chong is a Senior Interaction Architect at Blast Radius New York. He received his undergraduate degree from the School of Interactive Arts and Technology (SIAT) at Simon Fraser University in Interaction Design. He is currently pursuing a graduate degree in Design Management at Pratt Institute. Adrian has worked for Electronic Arts Inc and nForm User Experience previous to his current employment with Blast Radius. He has experience with a wide range of government clients as well as Citigroup, Comcast Cable Communications, Cox Communications, Electronic Arts, Microsoft, Nike, Nintendo of America, Palm, Quiksilver, Starbucks, and Xbox

His primary interests are continuous computing, design research, design thinking, information architecture, interaction design, multi-modal interaction, natural interaction, semantic web, and social software.

Adrian Chong’s Specialties:

User Experience, Interaction Design, Information Architecture

Adrian Chong’s Experience

• Senior Interaction Architect

  Blast Radius

  (Public Company; wpp; Internet industry)

  July 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)

  Client List:
  Citigroup
  Cox Communications
  Kimberly-Clark
  Microsoft
  Palm
  Regence
  
  Duties included:
  Concepting, Card Sorting, Concept Models, Information Design, User and Stakeholder Interviews, Usability Testing, Prototyping, Wireframes, Site Maps, Flow Diagrams, Client Facing, Knowledge Sharing, Mentorship of Junior IAs, New Hire Interviews

• Interaction Architect

  Blast Radius

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)

  June 2006 — June 2008 (2 years 1 month)

  Lead UX and was client facing on accounts for:
  -Canadian Tourism Commission
  -Electronic Arts
  -Nintendo of America
  -Quiksilver
  -Starbucks
  -Visa
  
  Executed UX work for:
  -Electronic Arts
  -Intrawest
  -Jenny Craig
  -Meredith
  -Nike
  -Polo Ralph Lauren
  
  
  Duties included:
  Concepting, Card Sorting, User and Stakeholder Interviews, Usability Testing, Prototyping, Wireframes, Site Maps, Flow Diagrams, Client Facing, Knowledge Sharing

• User Experience Consultant

  nForm

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  September 2005 — June 2006 (10 months)

  Executed UX work for:
  -Comcast Communications
  -University of Alberta Libraries
  -ATCO Blue Flame Kitchen
  -Alberta Teachers Association
  -Alberta Centennial
  -Alberta Learning Information Service
  
  Duties included:
  User Interviews, Usability Testing, Prototyping, Wireframes, Site Maps, Flow Diagrams, Alignment Modeling, Persona Creation, Heuristic Evaluation, Competitive Analysis, Affinity Diagraming, Use Cases

• Quality Assurance

  Electronic Arts

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ERTS-Q; Computer Games industry)

  March 2005 — September 2005 (7 months)

  Executed Test Plans for:
  -MVP 06 Baseball
  -Marvel Nemesis
  -NHL 06
  
  Duties included:
  Creating and executing test plans to ensure bug free software

Adrian Chong’s Education

• Pratt Institute

  Master , Design Management , 2009 — 2011 (expected)

  The identification and allocation of creative resources for sustainable strategic advantage

• Simon Fraser University

  B.Sc. , Interaction Design , 2001 — 2005

  School of Interactive Arts and Technology, Formerly known as TechBC

  Activities and Societies:

  Director - FlowByDesign

• Italia Design (SFU)

  Field School Study 2004 — 2004

  Studied Italian history and toured Italian design firms completing 6 intense team based design projects.
  
  http://www.sfu.ca/italiadesign/

Additional Information

Adrian Chong’s Websites:

• Twitter

Adrian Chong’s Interests:

Continuous Computing, Ubiquitous Computing, Natural Interaction, Semantic Web, Social Software, Sustainable Design, Multi-Modal Interaction, Design Thinking, Architecture, Hockey, Tennis

Adrian Chong’s Groups:

•    Interaction Design Association
•    Information Architecture Institute (IAI)
•    User Experience
•    DMI Design Management Institute
•    School of Interactive Arts + Technology(SIAT)
•    The Designers Accord

Adrian Chong’s Honors:

2009 - Q1 Ace Award for Excellence
2008 - Internet Retailer: Hot 100 Retail Web sites - Roxy.com
2008 - FITC Design + Technology E-Commerce Award - Jordan Flight Club
2007 - Exception external Client Service

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