César Astudillo

Current

• Managing Partner at dnx

Past

• Partner at EnVision New Media
• Music Composer and Cartoonist at CACM (Self-employed)
• HCI Manager at Xfera Móviles

• Senior UX Consultant at Netjuice Consulting
• Project Leader at PYRO Studios
• Systems Analyst at Infoservicios

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Education

• Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
• IEDE - Institute for Executive Development
• Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

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César Astudillo’s Summary

I'm an interaction designer and interactive producer with a computer science background. Currently I lead the User Experience Consultancy and Interaction Design department in a leading ICT research and consulting firm.

César Astudillo’s Specialties:

Interaction Design, Innovation Management, Information Architecture, Business Development, Team Management, Project Management, Product Design, Multimedia Production, Mobile Applications and Services, Research and Development

César Astudillo’s Experience

• Managing Partner

  dnx

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

  September 2006 — Present (3 years 3 months)

  I lead the area of User Experience Consultancy and Interaction Design.

• Partner

  EnVision New Media

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

  April 2003 — July 2006 (3 years 4 months)

  Business Unit manager, in charge of the User Experience Design and Multimedia Development areas

• Music Composer and Cartoonist

  CACM (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)

  October 1985 — October 2004 (19 years 1 month)

  As a composer, under the pseudonym of "Gominolas", I composed and programmed the title songs for many 8-bit Spanish videogames developed for the firm Topo Soft.
  
  As a cartoonist, I scripted and drew the comic strip "Pepito Cepeú" for the magazines "Input Sinclair", "Input Commodore" and "Input MSX" circa 1985. Later, I scripted and drew the comic strip "Debacle" for the Spanish edition of the ICT weekly magazine "PCWEEK" (later named "EWEEK") from 1994 to 2004.

• HCI Manager

  Xfera Móviles

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  April 2001 — October 2002 (1 year 7 months)

  Head of the HCI Team in the Contents and Applications area. Managed the interaction design for a cross-media services portal for the first 3G mobile operator in Spain.

• Senior UX Consultant

  Netjuice Consulting

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)

  June 2000 — April 2001 (11 months)

  User Experience Design (requirements gathering, user research, product design, information architecture, interaction design, content design). Rapid and detailed user interface prototyping.

• Project Leader

  PYRO Studios

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Games industry)

  1996 — 2000 (4 years )

  Started as Creative Director for multimedia productions and small computer games, worked as Additional Designer in COMMANDOS: Behind Enemy Lines, the first Spanish computer game to hit #1 in UK an other countries with 1 million copies sold. Worked as Project Leader in Heart of Stone, a tactical combat and adventure game set in the XVI Century.

• Systems Analyst

  Infoservicios

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  September 1987 — March 1996 (8 years 7 months)

  Started as a Senior Programmer and later Systems Analyst. Worked as a User Interface and device control developer, mostly for projects in the banking industry. Worked for Caja de Alicante, BBV, Banco Santander and Telefónica among others.

César Astudillo’s Education

• Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

  MS , Psychology , 2005 — 2010 (expected)

• IEDE - Institute for Executive Development

  MMCM , Master in Marketing and Multimedia Communication , 1998 — 1999

• Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

  Licenciado , Informática (Incomplete) , 1990 — 1996

Additional Information

César Astudillo’s Interests:

Innovation techniques, design theory, social psychology, photography, parenting.

César Astudillo’s Groups:

•    Cadius
•    Spanish Connection
•    International Usability Partners

César Astudillo’s Honors:

2008 - Honorific member of the Spanish Classic Computing Users Association.
1993 - Selected for the graphical humour exhibition "Joven y Brillante 1993"
1989 - Man of the Year (Infoservicios S.A.)
1986 - Best Videogame Soundtrack - Microhobby

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