Dwayne King

Dwayne King

Strategist | User Experience Designer | Information Architect

Portland, Oregon Area

Current
Past
Education
  • Oregon State University
  • Lewis and Clark College
  • Cuesta College
  • California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
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Industry
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Dwayne King’s Summary

• Skilled at balancing idealism and pragmatism, finding solutions with real-world constraints
• Ability to find consensus between alternative views to advance projects
• Talented at developing solutions that meet business goals and user desires

Dwayne King’s Specialties:

Information Architecture, User Experience Design, Information Visualization, Statistical Analysis, User Testing


Dwayne King’s Experience

  • President / Enterprise Collaboration Strategist

    Gestalt Effect

    (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

    March 2009Present (5 months)

    Gestalt Effect is a consultancy created to meet the challenge of fostering effective Collaboration in the Enterprise. I lead efforts to understand the needs of the business and the needs of the workforce to design collaborative teams. Requisite buzzword until I have time to do this proper: Enterprise 2.0, Web 2.0 for the Enterprise, Enterprise Collaboration, and so on.

  • Interaction Design Instructor

    Portland State University

    (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

    2009Present (less than a year)

  • President / User Experience Strategist

    Pinpoint Logic, LLC

    (Privately Held; Internet industry)

    2002Present (7 years)

    Provide strategy consulting and user experience design. Clients include:
    Boeing, etc.

  • CIO

    White Horse

    (Privately Held; Internet industry)

    19982002 (4 years)

  • CIO

    White Horse

    (Internet industry)

    19982002 (4 years)

    Managed a team of 35 technology professionals.

  • Java Programmer

    Zoot Enterprises

    (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

    19971998 (1 year)


Dwayne King’s Education

  • Oregon State University

    MS , Statistics , 19951997

    Working as a faculty research assistant at the time, completed course load and research to qualify for degree, but due to perceived conflict of interest, OSU is not able to grant advanced degrees to faculty. Did course work for own self interests.

  • Lewis and Clark College

    BS , Biology , 19931995

  • Cuesta College

    19921993

  • California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo

    19921993


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Dwayne King’s Interests:

kayaking, snowboarding, cycling

Dwayne King’s Groups:

usability professionals association, chifoo, wilderness education association, Oregon Entreneurship Forum , CHIFOO, Oregon Entrepreneur Network

  •    Usability Professionals' Association International (UPA-I)
  •    Catalyze Community
  •    Interaction Design Association
  •    Oregon Entrepreneurs Network
  •    Pinpoint Logic
  •    Design Thinking
  •    Enterprise 2.0 professionals
  •    User Experience
  •    Enterprise 2.0 Group
  •    PDX Technology Professionals - Portland Oregon
  •    Lewis & Clark College Alumni
  •    CHIFOO
  •    Refresh Portland
  •    Business 3.0 beta
  •    Business 3.0 (Business Owners Only!)
  •    Get down to business with Great Monday

Dwayne King’s Contact Settings

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  • consulting offers
  • new ventures
  • job inquiries
  • expertise requests
  • business deals
  • reference requests
  • getting back in touch

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