User experience, Interaction design - Netlife Research
Oslo Area, Norway
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- Consultant at Netlife Research
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- Jury, Web page of the year 2007 at The Norwegian Communication Association
- Technical consultant at Opera Software ASA
- Software developer at StepZilla.com
- Master's student at University of Southern Denmark
- Design Intern at FAST Search & Transfer ASA
- Consultant, usability/interaction design at Kraftvaerk
- Freelance web design (Self-employed)
- Web team at Studentersamfundet
- Education
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- Syddansk Universitet
- Høgskolen i Sør-Trøndelag
- Otta college
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Anders Hoff’s Summary
I am working with user experience at Netlife Research, Oslo, Norway. My focus is within interaction design, strategy and usability for web, software and devices. I often utilize my technical skills (for prototypes and deployment), but my main focus is within functional design.
Tasks include strategy/planning, prototyping/mockup/sketching, user testing, teaching/courses, writing articles/blog posts and more.
I completed a Masters/Graduate degree in IT Product Design in Sønderborg - University of Southern Denmark. The course focused on three areas of design: User Centred Design, Interaction Design and Design Research. I wrote my Masters thesis in collaboration with FAST Search & Transfer, a world leader in enterprise search.
Anders Hoff’s Specialties:
search, interaction design, user-centered design, usability, participatory design, www, user experience, user interface design, user testing
Anders Hoff’s Experience
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Consultant
Netlife Research
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2007 — Present (1 year 3 months)
User testing, strategy, prototyping, specifications, design, accessibility.
Clients include: Posten, EDB, Acta, Jotun, Norges bank, Storebrand, Telenor, Innovasjon Norge, Institutt for Skog og Landskap, Skyss.no, Nordea, Helsedirektoratet, Norway.org.uk, Trolltind.
Conferences: Webdagene 2007, Yggdrasil 2007, FastForward 2008. -
Jury, Web page of the year 2007
The Norwegian Communication Association
(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
December 2007 — April 2008 (5 months)
Jury for the Webpage of the year 2007.
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Technical consultant
Opera Software ASA
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; OPERA; Computer Software industry)
May 2001 — August 2007 (6 years 4 months)
I have been working with a range of different tasks including: Web development/marketing, Quality Assurance, Technical customer service, Usability analysis. I have been working with multiple platforms including MacOS, Windows, Linux, BeOS and Mobile/devices.
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Software developer
StepZilla.com
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 1999 — July 2007 (8 years 1 month)
Company owner; have been working with design, software development, marketing, deployment.
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Master's student
University of Southern Denmark
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)
August 2005 — June 2007 (1 year 11 months)
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Design Intern
FAST Search & Transfer ASA
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; FAST; Computer Software industry)
January 2007 — May 2007 (5 months)
I wrote my Masters thesis in collaboration with FAST Search & Transfer, Oslo. The thesis is related to design of search interfaces, and how a search interface can support the user better before and after showing search results. Scope was search within health information.
Work include:
- A complete user-centered design process.
- Extensive market research.
- Literature/research and technology review.
- Implementation of fully working prototype based on Fast ESP. Development of administration interface, dictionary system, extensive javascript and PHP code.
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Consultant, usability/interaction design
Kraftvaerk
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
May 2006 — May 2007 (1 year 1 month)
Interaction design and usability analysis for major Danish and Swedish clients including Meca, Zoomio, Food4Me and Dansk Energi.
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Freelance web design
Self-employed
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 1997 — January 2007 (10 years 1 month)
Customers include Grotli Hotel, Sel muncipal, Suvitek, Ottamartnan, Spray.no, Vilteksperten and others.
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Web team
Studentersamfundet
(Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Internet industry)
September 2002 — April 2004 (1 year 8 months)
Team leader for 6-8 people developing samfundet.no and other sub-sites.
Anders Hoff’s Education
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Syddansk Universitet
M.Sc., IT Product Design, Interaction design, User-centered design, Usability, 2005 — 2007
Participation in the following related conferences:
- CHI 2006 Montréal, Canada - 22-27 April 2006
- reboot8 Copenhagen, Denmark - 1-2 June 2006
- HCI 2006 - Engage! London, United Kingdom - 11-15 September 2006
- UIST (ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology) Montreux, Switzerland - 15-18 October 2006- Activities and Societies:
- Project with Philips, Danfoss and other, smaller companies. Participated in startup of the company "Useus". Member of the career network Nova100 (http://www.nova100.com/public_dk/stud_about.asp).
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Høgskolen i Sør-Trøndelag
Bachelor, Computer engineering, 2002 — 2005
Courses: Various programming courses for desktop/web/mobile, Project techniques, Entrepreneurship, Data communication, Administration, Physics, Chemistry, Software quality, Matematics, Economy, Statistics and more.
Project with Boost Communication and Njord Seafood.- Activities and Societies:
- Student board - The Norwegian Society of Engineers (NITO), Project in entrepreneurship at The Norwegian University of Science and Technology
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Otta college
General and business 1999 — 2002
In addition to general courses such as English, Norwegian literature, Mathematics and Physics this study was specialized within Economy (Accounting...) and Technology (Web development and use of various software titles including Excel, Word and PowerPoint).
- Activities and Societies:
- Leader of graduation school paper, Active in Student board.
Additional Information
Anders Hoff’s Websites:
Anders Hoff’s Interests:
Interaction design, User-centered design, Usability, Software, WWW, Graphics, User Interface design
Anders Hoff’s Groups:
Nova 100, NovaPro, The Norwegian Society of Engineers and Technologists, The Norwegian Society of Chartered Scientific and Academic Professionals, CHI, SIGCHI, User Experience meetup Oslo/uxnet.
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Interaction Design Association -
Refresh - Promoting design, technology,and usability. -
User Experience Group -
Nova Pro -
Nova 100
Anders Hoff’s Honors:
- Entrepreneur scholarship awarded by Oppland muncipality
- Business scholarship by Sel muncipality
Anders Hoff’s Contact Settings
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