David Crow

Current

Platform Strategy Evangelist/Advisor at Microsoft Canada
Instigator at David Crow Inc.

Past

Director of Product Management at Ambient Vector, Inc.
Assistant Manager, HR Systems Development at Ryerson University
Instructor at Humber College

Instructor at Centennial College
Senior Usability Consultant, Retail Markets at CIBC
Co-Design Lead, Austin at Reactivity
Interaction Designer at Trilogy Software, Inc.
Senior Design Engineer at Rockwell Collins

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Education

Ryerson University
Carnegie Mellon University
University of Waterloo

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Recommended

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

David Crow’s Summary

Helping companies build something that people need, love and are willing to pay for. If you build something they love, people will talk about it.

I have held roles in design, development, product management, marketing, community evangelism and business development. I help companies understand their customers, their operating environments, and technology environments to build successful brands and businesses.

Founders and Funders http://foundersandfunders.org/
StartupNorth http://startupnorth.ca/
DemoCamp http://democamp.com/
CommunityNorth http://communitynorth.ca/
TorCamp http://groups.google.com/group/TorCamp

David Crow’s Specialties:

Software design, user experience design, usability, information architecture, community, marketing, ecosystem, business development, HCI, Human-Computer Interaction, entrepreneurship, practice management

David Crow’s Experience

Platform Strategy Evangelist/Advisor

Microsoft Canada

(Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

June 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)

Securing the future of platforms.
Instigator

David Crow Inc.

(Computer Software industry)

September 2005 — Present (3 years 11 months)

Helping startups and entrepreneurs

Founders and Funders http://foundersandfunders.org/
DemoCamp http://democamp.com/
TorCamp http://groups.google.com/group/TorCamp
StartupNorth http://startupnorth.ca/
Director of Product Management

Ambient Vector, Inc.

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

June 2006 — December 2006 (7 months)

* Drive product development and vision for core part of the business.
* Evaluate new technologies to constantly improve the user experience
* Aggressively identify opportunities for improvement, and incorporate new product features on an ongoing basis
* Think through every aspect of the user experience, putting users' needs and expectations first in the definition of requirements while differentiating the product
* Build positive relationships and trust over time through strong on-time delivery, high quality output, continuous innovation, and exceeding expectations
Assistant Manager, HR Systems Development

Ryerson University

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

September 2002 — September 2005 (3 years 1 month)

Responsible for the design, implementation, integration and support of HR systems including recruiting, training, applicant management, job evaluation, tuition waiver, payroll, self-service applications.
Instructor

Humber College

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

August 2002 — December 2002 (5 months)

Taught IMGT321 - Interface Design 3.
Instructor

Centennial College

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

January 2002 — May 2002 (5 months)

Taught MEDE105 Interaction Design, Usability and Information Architecture.
Senior Usability Consultant, Retail Markets

CIBC

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; bcm; Banking industry)

September 2001 — March 2002 (7 months)

Usability consultant on Online Banking user interface. Projects include BCO-Mortgage Offer, BCO-Online Cheque Order, and numerous other homepage and secure site development projects.
Co-Design Lead, Austin

Reactivity

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

June 1999 — April 2001 (1 year 11 months)

Worked with clients to help design and develop initial working prototypes of their software user interface. Clients include Fisheye, Inc., Living.com, Salion, MetalSite.net, ThinkShed, Zaplet, Agillion, eLaw.com, and others.
Interaction Designer

Trilogy Software, Inc.

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)

September 1998 — June 1999 (10 months)

Pre-sales and deployment consulting for UI design and development projects of sales force automation tools. Documented client requirements, and developed and user tested software applications.
Senior Design Engineer

Rockwell Collins

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; col; Defense & Space industry)

August 1997 — September 1998 (1 year 2 months)

Research for Army Research Laboratory's (ARL) Advanced Displays and Interactive Displays project. Collaborated with teams from NCSA and The Beckman Institute at UIUC and Rockwell Science Center.

David Crow’s Education

Ryerson University

CIO Leadership Development Program September 2003 — April 2004

Executive Development Program offered in conjunction with The CIO Summit.

Activities and Societies:

School of Information Technology Management (ITM), Faculty of Business
Carnegie Mellon University

MS , Computer Science , July 1996 — August 1997

Worked with Roberta Klatzky (Psychology), Bonnie E. John (HCII and CS). Some indirect work with Eric Krotkov (Robotics Institute, in collaboration with Roberta Klatzky). HP/Intel sponsored project on digital photography.

Activities and Societies:

Human Computer Interaction Institute, School of Computer Science, Robotics Instititue
University of Waterloo

BSc , Ergonomics , September 1992 — May 1996

Activities and Societies:

SIGCHI, HFES, Computer Science Club

Additional Information

David Crow’s Websites:

David Crow’s Groups:

ACM, SIGCHI, UPA, IEEE, Toronto User eXperience Summit (TUXS), Toronto Usability Professionals Association (TUPA), TorCHI, TRIL98, The Industry Standard, CanUX, BarCamp, TorCamp, DemoCamp, mesh conference