Eric Scheid

Current

Conference Organiser at Oz-IA Conference
Event Organiser at Sydney IA-Peers
Information Architect at Ironclad Networks

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Past

Filemaker Consultant at Australian Film Commission
Managing Editor at IAwiki.net
Information Architect at Inside Film Magazine

Founding Advisory Board Member at Information Architecture Institute
New Media Consultant at Purescript Multimedia

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Eric Scheid’s Summary

A respected leader in Australia's Information Architecture community with over 20 years of experience in technology.

As a passionate and experienced consulting IA myself, I use my expertise to provide strategy and solutions to my clients that exceed their requirements and satisfy the needs of their users.

I give back to the IA Community and am responsible for initiatives including IaWiki.net, IA-Peers and Oz-IA (see below). Through these events I have raised the awareness of information architecture within the wider web industry.

I do use technology as an enabler, and while I can code ... I don't do it for work anymore.

I am available to consult on large or small projects.

Eric Scheid’s Specialties:

Consulting: extracting and understanding stakeholder requirements, developing IA strategy and project plan appropriate to project requirements and budget, mentoring and assisting in developing your in house IA/UCD culture.

Information Architecture: wireframes, content inventories, site flows, site maps, user research, navigation design, content categories/taxonomies, functional specs, persona and scenario development, traffic log analysis.

Eric Scheid’s Experience

Conference Organiser

Oz-IA Conference

(Internet industry)

June 2006 — Present (3 years 2 months)

I organise Australia's premier Information Architecture conference and retreat. This is a hugely satisfying activity for me, well worth the intense effort involved.

The underlying philosophy and aim of the conference is to bring together IA practitioners from across Australia, providing opportunities career development in the fundamentals, awareness of work being done in new frontiers, and networking opportunities with their peers.

So far there have case study presentations, detailed how-to sessions, deep dives into niche subjects, and general 'where are we going' discussions. We also organised group participation and networking sessions/events.

In 2008 we'll be expanding the program with workshop sessions, and finetuning the format to provide greater opportunities for networking with your peers.

http://www.oz-ia.org/2006/ -- the inaugural conference
http://www.oz-ia.org/2007/ -- so good we did it again
http://www.oz-ia.org/2008/ -- we'll be doing this again
Event Organiser

Sydney IA-Peers

(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

March 2002 — Present (7 years 5 months)

Sydney IA-Peers is an informal industry networking event for Information Architects and other professionals interested in information architecture.

I seed conversations, I promote the group, I distribute invitations, and handle the venue. Other than that, everyone else just shows up and we have a good time. The Oz-IA Conference & Retreat is one spin off of the IA-Peers.
Information Architect

Ironclad Networks

(Internet industry)

January 1995 — Present (14 years 7 months)

Information Architect, consultant, and developer. Developing back end database driven web sites for small to medium businesses. Developing workgroup database applications for government departments, business units, small enterprises, etc.

http://www.ironclad.com.au/
Filemaker Consultant

Australian Film Commission

(Government Agency; 51-200 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

January 2000 — July 2008 (8 years 7 months)

Filemaker database development and maintenance and related consulting. Anything from minor day to day tweaks to full scale project development and conversions.
Managing Editor

IAwiki.net

(Internet industry)

November 2001 — August 2006 (4 years 10 months)

IAwiki.net is the leading online repository of Information Architecture knowledge.

During the early days of Information Architecture I saw the need for a place to gather together, document, and develop our knowledge as a community resource. I built the technology to enable my idea, seeded it with the current knowledge, and then won the support of industry leaders.

http://www.IAwiki.net/

(The IAwiki is currently offline due to technical difficulties. It will be coming back soon.)
Information Architect

Inside Film Magazine

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

April 2001 — February 2006 (4 years 11 months)

(Consultant/Contractor) -- Information Architecture (IA), web growth strategy, database integration and web-app development, web traffic statistics, email newsletters, technology strategy (RSS, Atom, iCal), web project management & maintenance (html, javascript, css, images).

With the redesign from my strategy proposal their traffic increased by 20 fold.
Founding Advisory Board Member

Information Architecture Institute

(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

March 2002 — October 2003 (1 year 8 months)

Provided guidance with getting IAI up and running successfully.
New Media Consultant

Purescript Multimedia

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

April 1994 — May 1999 (5 years 2 months)

Website developer/coder, internet technology consultant, database developer (filemaker pro).