Chris Bernard

Current

• User Experience Evangelist at Microsoft
• Part-Time Staff/Instructor at IIT - Institute of Design

Past

• Creative Director at IBM
• Design Director at AVID Group
• Interaction Designer at Cully & Associates

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Education

• Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology
• Illinois Institute of Technology
• University of Iowa

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Chris Bernard’s Summary

Professional Mission
To leverage skills in design planning, consulting and implementation to deliver a new dimension of business value and innovation through the application of technology and strategically driven business insights.

Selected Achievements
Conducted executive-level innovation planning workshops for Fortune 200 clients in online retailing, health care, consumer electronics and education industry segments.

Led the design and implementation of a collaborative workplace using next generation technology for a 300,000 member organization that required access to 50,000 pages of content, improving site utilization and customer satisfaction by 20% with first release.

Supervised the design and development of a consolidated self-service site for a US energy utility with 3.6 million customers in 14 states, integrating 9 sites and 12 applications.

Managed delivery on a special projects team to integrate the critical IT operations of a 30,000 employee company in 6 weeks.

Initiated the design and development of a global Web site deployed in 86 countries and 8 languages to support corporate volunteering Registered 18,000 volunteers out of a population segment of 320,000 in 30 days.

Created brand translation strategy for a major IT consulting company to support a 100 million dollar re-branding initiative.

Developed interim new product positioning for a leading sports-beverage maker.

Chris Bernard’s Specialties:

Consulting, strategy, business frameworks and design research. Analysis, synthesis, planning and implementation. Contextual research, cultural, human, physical and social factors. Business development, operations and management.

Applied skills in Photoshop, Illustrator, In-Design, Visio, Microsoft Office. Functional and directional skills in video editing, rich media development and motion graphic design including AJAX, Flash, SOA and Java.

Additional Information

Chris Bernard’s Groups:

Institute of Design, IxDA, DMI

•    PhizzPop
•    IIT Institute of Design

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