Eric Nguyen

Current

User Interface Lead at Instructables

Past

User Interface Developer at Merced Systems
Framework Developer at Isomorphic Software
Director of Product Development at Syllexis Networks

Consultant at Inventa Corporation

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Education

Harvard University

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Eric Nguyen’s Summary

Experienced frontend engineer/user experience designer creating interactive products that inform, inspire, and entertain.

Eric Nguyen’s Specialties:

Professional Skills: Project Management, Product Development, Branding, Graphic Design, User Interface design, Usability Analysis

Technical Skills:
- Frontend Engineering - AJAX, Javascript, DOM/CSS hacking
- Server-Side - Java, PHP, and some LISP/Scheme

Eric Nguyen’s Experience

User Interface Lead

Instructables

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

February 2007 — Present (2 years 10 months)

Designing and implementing visual collaboration tools for the web. Instructables is an innovative website where people who are passionate about their creations share their skills and knowledge with the world. During my tenure, traffic has grown from less than 0.5M unique visitors per month to nearly 7M. Funded by O'Reilly Alpha Tech Ventures and Rob Conway's Baseline Ventures.
User Interface Developer

Merced Systems

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

March 2004 — February 2007 (3 years )

Designed and implemented 1) simple, clear presentations of complex data for untrained end-users and 2) administrative tools for the creation, exploration, and manipulation of those multi-dimensional data spaces. Helped establish the company's first team of usability professionals. During my tenure, two enterprise clients grew to over twenty, with 2x-3x growth in revenues and licenses year-over-year. Funded early on by Sutter Hill Ventures and profitable since.
Framework Developer

Isomorphic Software

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

March 2002 — September 2003 (1 year 7 months)

Developed APIs for the creation of client-side GUI components for web-based applications. Developed an AJAX framework before "AJAX" was an industry term. Performed deep browser hacking and performance tuning. Supported adoption of the product at a Fortune-500 customer and a channel partner, accounts with a combined, annual value of over $2M.
Director of Product Development

Syllexis Networks

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

May 2000 — December 2001 (1 year 8 months)

Co-founded Syllexis Networks as part of five-person team. Identified market for enterprise-level data extraction product, recruited seed team of 4 software developers, oversaw prototyping and requirements gathering, and managed product development. Primary technical contact in raising $1.5M of angel funding and during efforts to forge business partnerships.
Consultant

Inventa Corporation

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

June 1999 — May 2000 (1 year )

Led technical meetings with client executives, architected web-based applications for development teams, and provided user interface design services for several clients. Promoted in six months, first in "class" of hires. Clients included a major telecommunications manufacturing company, a B2B financial services startup, and a consumer goods company. Accounts valued at $1.3M, collectively.

Eric Nguyen’s Education

Harvard University

BA , Computer Science , 1995 — 1999

Selected Coursework:
Algorithms, Formal Systems and Computation, Chemistry, Biology, Signals and Systems, Economics, and Theory of Mind.

Activities and Societies:

Harvard Business School Business Plan Competition (Member of Winning Team, 1999), Harvard Entrepreneurs Club (Director, 1997-1999)