Founder at Kernest.com
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
- Current
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- Founder at Kernest.com
- Founder at Cullect.com
- Founder at Working Pathways, Inc
- Past
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- Information Architect at 212 Degrees, Inc
- information architect at twohundredtwelve°
- Cognitive Designer at CyberPixie
- Interface Designer at HannaHodge
- Designer at Paragon Data Systems
- Education
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- University of Wisconsin-Stout
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Garrick Van Buren’s Summary
Garrick Van Buren’s Specialties:
user experience strategy, usability, RSS, emerging web technologies, startup consulting
Garrick Van Buren’s Experience
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Founder
Kernest.com
(Information Technology and Services industry)
March 2009 — Present (9 months)
Designed and built the first web font service to sell commercial font licenses for web use.
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Founder
Cullect.com
(Computer Software industry)
January 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)
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Founder
Working Pathways, Inc
(Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2003 — Present (6 years 8 months)
Customer research, business process improvement, collaborative software implementation. Clients including: Sun Microsystems, Best Buy.com, WestLaw, Target.com, and Lawson Software
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Information Architect
212 Degrees, Inc
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2001 — April 2003 (1 year 8 months)
Information architecture and prototyping for clients including; Orbitz.com and Sam's Club.
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information architect
twohundredtwelve°
(Information Technology and Services industry)
2001 — 2003 (2 years )
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Cognitive Designer
CyberPixie
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2000 — September 2001 (1 year 1 month)
Customer research, interaction design, and prototype development to provide location-specific services via wi-fi networks.
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Interface Designer
HannaHodge
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 1999 — September 2000 (1 year 2 months)
Customer research, prototype development, interface design for clients including; Unisys and Rolling Stone.
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Designer
Paragon Data Systems
(Information Technology and Services industry)
1997 — 1998 (1 year )
Garrick Van Buren’s Education
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University of Wisconsin-Stout
BFA , Graphic Design , 1993 — 1997
Additional Information
Garrick Van Buren’s Websites:
Garrick Van Buren’s Interests:
Web fonts, RSS, emerging technologies
Garrick Van Buren’s Groups:
MNteractive.com,
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University of Wisconsin - Stout Alumni -
Ruby Users of Minnesota -
Ralph n'Mike n'Natn n'Kirk's Beer gang -
Minnesota Venture Capital -
Usability Professionals' Association of Minnesota
Garrick Van Buren’s Contact Settings
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