Anders Ramsay

Current

Product Strategist at Licensing Planet, Inc.

Past

Consultant, Strategist at Self - Employed (Self-employed)
Director, User Experience at MediaMorph
Senior Interaction Designer at Funny Garbage

Sr. Information Architect at Schematic
Lead Information Architect at Wolters Kluwer
Information Architect at Media Farm
Production Manager at Fullserv, Inc.

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Education

University of Michigan

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Anders Ramsay’s Summary

I am a User Experience Designer, Product Strategist, and Agile Coach. Since designing and building my first commercial website in 1997, I have been leading the product strategy and design of user experiences for both consumer-facing and enterprise applications, at everything from boutique agencies to multi-nationals. Previous clients (either direct or through an agency) include AOL, CBS, Deutsche Bank, FOX, JP Morgan, Sony Pictures, Turner Broadcasting, Viacom, and the City of New York. I am currently an independent consultant in New York City.

I also have a book in progress, "Agile Experience Design," which provides non-technologists, such as interaction designers and information architects, with a path for adopting Agile practices and becoming valuable and thriving members of Agile teams.

Anders Ramsay’s Specialties:

• Product Strategy.
• Agile Coaching.
• Domain and User Research.
• Prototyping and Specifications.
• Practice Leadership and Creative Direction.
• Collaborating with Agile and iterative software development teams.

Anders Ramsay’s Experience

Product Strategist

Licensing Planet, Inc.

(Internet industry)

June 2009 — Present (6 months)
Consultant, Strategist
Self - Employed (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Internet industry)

October 2008 — June 2009 (9 months)

Consulting clients on product strategy and design. Coaching organizations on empowering design teams with Agile methods.
Director, User Experience

MediaMorph

(Internet industry)

November 2007 — October 2008 (1 year )

Designed and prototyped a data auditing application, in which operators validate thousands of daily sales records. Working with the Lead Developer, we won this job by building a fully functioning skeleton version of the application in two weeks.
Designed and prototyped a Sales Tracking application and a Programming Optimization application, both of which were part of an integrated suite of applications.
Senior Interaction Designer

Funny Garbage

(Privately Held; Animation industry)

May 2006 — October 2007 (1 year 6 months)

Designed an interface allowing for posting comments directly on a video in real time.
Designed a module-based site template for local affiliates of a major television network.
Designed a search concept that was so well received by the client that they modified their overall strategic direction to incorporate ideas presented in the concept.
Sr. Information Architect

Schematic

(Public Company; WPPGY; Internet industry)

December 2005 — February 2006 (3 months)

Led workshops which used storytelling and game-like activities to uncover product requirements.
Performed rapid production of wireframes and concept explorations.
Lead Information Architect

Wolters Kluwer

(Public Company; WKL; Publishing industry)

August 2002 — December 2005 (3 years 5 months)

Designed a broker-dealer licensing training tool that emulated the archaic user interface of the actual licensing exam.
Prototyped new product concepts, including a securities compliance alerts aggregator.
Participated in bringing the organization in compliance with CMM Level 2.
Eliminated a resource shortage by creating a summer internship program.
Information Architect

Media Farm

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

January 2000 — February 2002 (2 years 2 months)

Gathered and managed business and user requirements
Co-write creative briefs
Led focus groups
Designed User Interfaces
Produced and maintained functional specifications
Production Manager

Fullserv, Inc.

(Media Production industry)

August 1996 — January 2000 (3 years 6 months)

Designed and built the company web site, allowing customers to submit imaging jobs online.
Managed production workflow, and consulted customers on imaging production.