Chad Mortensen

Current

• Sr. Interaction Designer at Vegas.com

Past

• Sr. User Interface Designer at PCD Group
• User Interface Manager at Vegas.com
• Partner / User Interface at The Good Tech, Inc.

• User Interface / Usability Specialist at Succeed Corporation
• Senior Web Designer at visitalk.com
• Lead Web Designer at Systems Technology Group
• Web Developer / Designer at iTravel Partners

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Chad Mortensen’s Summary

User Interface designer for the web with extensive experience working with high volume travel/commerce, corporate intranet, web applications and the business processes that go into a large web presence.

Chad Mortensen’s Specialties:

Usability, Site Analytics, Search Engine Optimization, A/B Testing, Graphical Design

Chad Mortensen’s Experience

• Sr. Interaction Designer

  Vegas.com

  (Privately Held; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

  May 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

  User Interface designer in charge of user experience and visual look and feel of the Vegas.com, LasVegas.com and it's affiliated websites.

• Sr. User Interface Designer

  PCD Group

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

  March 2007 — September 2007 (7 months)

• User Interface Manager

  Vegas.com

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

  March 2004 — March 2007 (3 years 1 month)

• Partner / User Interface

  The Good Tech, Inc.

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

  September 2003 — March 2004 (7 months)

  Ran full operations in Visalia California of a web design and information technology company
  Developed web design division of The Good Tech, Inc. an established information technology company out of Missouri
  Built tools to unify web development standards and practices

• User Interface / Usability Specialist

  Succeed Corporation

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

  January 2002 — August 2003 (1 year 8 months)

  Assisted with the design and development of a small business web portal from beginning concepts to final product launch
  Provided experience and knowledge of usability as well as customer experience for all projects
  Contributed to the graphic design needs of the company including web, print and all advertising media
  Managed the production and organization of an expansive website template creation project for use with the iBuilder product

• Senior Web Designer

  visitalk.com

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

  1999 — 2001 (2 years)

  Prototyped and brainstormed improvements and new features for the visitalk.com web site
  Graphic Designer in charge of creating HTML templates used by the web developers
  Kept strict adherence to high usability concepts for this widely visited website

• Lead Web Designer

  Systems Technology Group

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

  January 2001 — October 2001 (10 months)

  Worked closely with various clients including Vertel, Phoenix Symphony, Scottsdale Center for the Arts, ASU Research Park
  Consulted through STG to the Arizona Department of Education to design the Child Nutrition Programs Web system (A multi-million dollar Federally funded web application) which was built on a multi-tiered architecture with heavy ASP and database integration

• Web Developer / Designer

  iTravel Partners

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

  November 1997 — December 1999 (2 years 2 months)

  Designed and constructed web sites from start to finish for a wide variety of clients
  Worked with developers to design and architect a hotel booking system, online casino games and a tee-time management system
  In charge of implementing and maintaining search engine optimization for several web sites

Additional Information

Chad Mortensen’s Websites:

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Chad Mortensen’s Interests:

Rock Climbing, Cooking, Dining, Movies, Hiking, Traveling, Web Design and the technology behind it, Technology News, Mac's, My dog Jack, My new house, My new home Portland

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