Adam Barker

Past

• User Experience Designer at Google
• Industry Fellow at University of Washington Tacoma
• User Interface Software Development Engineer at Amazon

• Senior Software Consultant/UI Lead at Tripos, Inc
• Business Analyst at Seilevel, Inc
• User Interface Architect at Mediaprise
• Technical Consultant at Trilogy

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Education

• Indiana University South Bend

Connections

280 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• Gmail and its siblings

Adam Barker’s Summary

Aimin' to make software a kajillion times better than it is.

Adam Barker’s Specialties:

Software interface design and development, interaction design, information architecture, graphic design, usability, contextual inquiry, user centered design, product and program management, strategic product design and vision.

Adam Barker’s Experience

• User Experience Designer

  Google

  (Public Company; GOOG; Internet industry)

  May 2005 — June 2009 (4 years 2 months)

  User experience design for real-time communications products and other social software at Google.
  
  - Design lead on Gmail, Gmail Chat, Gmail Voice & Video chat
  - Design lead on numerous key Gmail features, including antivirus, autosave, user photos, and the delete button
  - Lead a cross-functional user experience team of interaction designers, visual designers, and user researchers
  - Assisted user research with hundreds of user studies
  - Interviewed large numbers of candidates, screened resumes, participated in campus recruiting activities
  - Give talks to groups of industry professionals about user experience practice and process at Google (ACM SIGCHI, Stanford HCI guest lecture, etc)

• Industry Fellow

  University of Washington Tacoma

  (Higher Education industry)

  May 2008 — March 2009 (11 months)

  Josh Tenenberg and I taught Human Computer Interaction (TCSS 452) during the winter quarter of 2009.

• User Interface Software Development Engineer

  Amazon

  (Public Company; AMZN; Internet industry)

  April 2004 — April 2005 (1 year 1 month)

  I worked on the presentation layer of Amazon's global ecommerce platform. I wrote and maintained a large codebase of perl, and performed many systems release engineering duties.

• Senior Software Consultant/UI Lead

  Tripos, Inc

  (Public Company; Computer Software industry)

  October 2003 — April 2004 (7 months)

• Business Analyst

  Seilevel, Inc

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  December 2002 — October 2003 (11 months)

• User Interface Architect

  Mediaprise

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  July 2001 — January 2002 (7 months)

• Technical Consultant

  Trilogy

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)

  June 2000 — April 2001 (11 months)

Adam Barker’s Education

• Indiana University South Bend

  BS , Computer Science , August 1995 — June 2000

Additional Information

Adam Barker’s Websites:

• Gmail and its siblings

Adam Barker’s Groups:

TU2k, pcOrder, Trilogy, Amazon.com

•    Trilogy Alumni
•    WVPE Public Radio
•    Indiana University - South Bend

Adam Barker’s Honors:

2007 Google Founder's Award winner
2007 Google Executive Management Group Award winner

both for contributions to Gmail

Adam Barker’s Contact Settings

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