David Drucker

Current

Consultant at David Drucker User Interface Consulting

Past

VP of Creative Solutions at Business Logic
User Interface Designer/Information Architect at IBM
User Interface Designer/Information Architect at RIPE B2B

Consultant at The Kendall Group
User Interface Designer at Fidelity Investments
User Interface Architect at Infinity Pharmaceuticals
User Interface Architect at Frictionless Commerce
VP of Product Content and Design at MyHelpDesk
Technical Lead at MediaOne
Technical Lead at Ziff Davis

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Education

The Walden School
University of Cambridge
University of Cincinnati

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Industry

Computer Software

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David Drucker’s Summary

Technology Visionary, with 20 years experience designing and creating user interfaces for business, medical and scientific applications. I have a track record of best-of-industry designs for clients and employers. My goal is is to make beautiful things that work for people with the minimum of training or documentation.

I relocated to Vancouver, British Columbia from Boston, Massachusetts in 2005 after working for 15 years as both an employee and consultant for a variety of businesses.I began my work in Vancouver with a small startup, RIPE B2B, and then on contract with IBM on a large software project. I then worked briefly with BusinessLogic, a Web marketing and development company. I am currently on contract as User Interface Architect with Nicola Wealth Management, a Financial Planning company offering comprehensive and tailored solutions for investors.

David Drucker’s Specialties:

Management of teams creating interactions that support great user experiences, Business Software, User Interface Design, Multimedia, Desktop Software and Web Prototypes, Information Architecture, Information Design, User Experience Design for computers, smart phones and other devices (Medical, Consumer, etc.).

David Drucker’s Experience

Consultant

David Drucker User Interface Consulting

(Computer Software industry)

September 2009 — Present (3 months)
VP of Creative Solutions

Business Logic

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

January 2009 — August 2009 (8 months)
User Interface Designer/Information Architect

IBM

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Computer Software industry)

July 2007 — May 2008 (11 months)
User Interface Designer/Information Architect

RIPE B2B

(Computer Software industry)

December 2005 — July 2007 (1 year 8 months)

User Interface designer and Project Manager for a variety of projects, ranging from small business web sites for local companies, ongoing UI improvements for Webnames.ca, one of Canada's most prominent Domain Registrars, and web sites for a resort in Anguilla, the non-profit Ovarian Cancer of Canada and a database of B&Bs for British Columbia's Sunshine Coast. Also provided UI Consulting on RIPE's newest project (still under development).
Consultant

The Kendall Group

(Computer Software industry)

1995 — 2005 (10 years )
User Interface Designer

Fidelity Investments

(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Investment Banking industry)

September 2003 — December 2004 (1 year 4 months)

Working as a contractor, designed interface for 2 large and successful projects, Retirement Income Planner, a complex and comprehensive tool available for consumers to plan their retirement investments, budget, and other decision points, and Equity Research, a comprehensive online research library of stocks incorporating performance, analyst recommendations, news, analyst research reports, company fundamentals, and technical analysis (stock price movement and trading characteristics). Prepared and presented prototypes, user interface details, clickable HTML-based demonstrations and worked with developers to insure that HTML, JavaScript and Java implementations of designs worked as designed. Worked with on-site Usability Lab to determine feasibility and usefulness of new product features.
User Interface Architect

Infinity Pharmaceuticals

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Pharmaceuticals industry)

September 2002 — December 2003 (1 year 4 months)

Designed and produced User Interface for scientific and business applications for virtual compound enumeration and assay management and results analysis. Collaborated with informaticians, scientists, and software developers to create software user interfaces from requirements of each set of laboratory tasks as well as interviews and brainstorming sessions with subject-matter experts.
User Interface Architect

Frictionless Commerce

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

August 2001 — November 2002 (1 year 4 months)

Defined overall Look-and-Feel for all of the company’s software products maximized for greatest usability. Worked with product management to transform product requirements into new user interfaces.
VP of Product Content and Design

MyHelpDesk

(Computer Software industry)

2000 — 2001 (1 year )
Technical Lead

MediaOne

(Public Company; Computer Software industry)

1997 — 1998 (1 year )
Technical Lead

Ziff Davis

(Computer Software industry)

1993 — 1995 (2 years )

David Drucker’s Education

The Walden School

1977 — 2005
University of Cambridge

MPhil , Music Composition , 1983 — 1984
University of Cincinnati

BM , Music Composition , September 1978 — June 1982

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David Drucker’s Interests:

I've recently relocated to Vancouver Canada for personal and political reasons. Was on the Board of Directors for The Walden School - a summer program for young musicians in New Hampshire, until this spring.