Usability Specialist
Greater New York City Area
- Current
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- Application Engineer (Usability Specialist) at New York Life
- Owner/Operator at Lil' Fingers Inc.
- Past
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- Cubmaster at Boy Scouts of America
- Web Development at Freelance
- Web Developer at World Almanac for Kids
- Web Development at Interevco
- Artist at Susan Caughman
- Game Developer/Senior Art Director at Uproar.com
- Electronic Publishing Specialist at Collier's Encyclopedia
- Art Director at Baldi Bloom Whelan Advertising
- Production Artist at King Features Syndicate
- Education
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- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- School of Visual Arts
- Commack High
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David Lumerman’s Summary
I have over 17 years experience developing web sites, web applications, game development, usability consulting, usability testing, CD ROM Application design, Flash, GIF and Director animations, package designs, in-store displays, book designs, mailers, logos, newspapers, and advertisements for newsprint, magazines, and multimedia.
I have worked in the publishing, game design, internet and print fields for various companies.
My varied experience includes financial web sites for New York Life, Package design for King Features Syndicate and The Museum Company, game design and development on Family Feud and To Tell the Truth.
I have also developed over 100 websites.
David Lumerman’s Specialties:
usability, human factors, user centered design, experience design, HTML development, print design, project management
David Lumerman’s Experience
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Application Engineer (Usability Specialist)
New York Life
(Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Insurance industry)
April 2001 — Present (8 years 4 months)
As the liaison between internal and external business areas, I am responsible for translating the New York Life brand to make current web applications and existing sites more usable, and to apply my human factors and web experience to new project development.
Projects of note include developing a customer access view of all New York Life policies, creating a usable front end interface (on an SAP back end) for employee benefits enrollment in conjunction with IBM, and developing an application service template to decrease the time to market for future web applications.
My duties also include overseeing and mentoring 3 usability professionals, refining existing information architectures, running usability tests, and documentation. -
Owner/Operator
Lil' Fingers Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
February 2000 — Present (9 years 6 months)
As the owner/operator of lil-fingers.com I have developed numerous games, written and illustrated over 20 storybooks, and produced activity pages, holiday sections, HTML and graphics.
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Cubmaster
Boy Scouts of America
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
September 2005 — January 2008 (2 years 5 months)
Volunteer position for Local Theodore Roosevelt Council, Rough Rider District Pack 423; Plainview/Old Bethpage.
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Web Development
Freelance
(Computer Software industry)
1990 — 2007 (17 years)
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Web Developer
World Almanac for Kids
(Computer Software industry)
2002 — 2006 (4 years)
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Web Development
Interevco
(Computer Software industry)
2003 — 2005 (2 years)
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Artist
Susan Caughman
(Computer Software industry)
2004 — 2005 (1 year)
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Game Developer/Senior Art Director
Uproar.com
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
March 1998 — June 2000 (2 years 4 months)
In conjunction with Pearson Television and other partners I was in charge of developing the creative and strategic direction of games, promotions, and online community. In particular I was responsible for developing the television property "To Tell the Truth" for an online market to coincide with the TV launch.
Additionally, I developed profit and loss documentation and recommendations to retire or enhance web properties. -
Electronic Publishing Specialist
Collier's Encyclopedia
(Privately Held; Publishing industry)
March 1995 — June 1998 (3 years 4 months)
As part of the editorial staff I was involved in the CD ROM development, web and print production for Collier's Encyclopedia, Yearbooks, Young Student Learning Library, and Newfield publications products.
Working with Sierra Online I participated in the creation of Collier's '98 CD ROM in conjunction with Sierra Online. Specific responsibilities including voice over creation, photo retouching, and product testing, as well as creating product-marketing demos. -
Art Director
Baldi Bloom Whelan Advertising
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Graphic Design industry)
October 1992 — June 1995 (2 years 9 months)
Responsible for concept, design and pre-press mechanicals for advertising clients. As well as supervising freelancers and staff.
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Production Artist
King Features Syndicate
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Publishing industry)
1989 — 1992 (3 years)
David Lumerman’s Education
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
2004 — 2007
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School of Visual Arts
BFA , Illustration , 1986 — 1990
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Commack High
Undergrad , 1982 — 1986
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David Lumerman’s Websites:
David Lumerman’s Interests:
poker, design, home improvement, usability
David Lumerman’s Groups:
Disciples of Poker, Poker Players Alliance, Association for
Computing Machinery (ACM)
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David Lumerman’s Honors:
Cool Site of the Day (multiple)
David Lumerman’s Contact Settings
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