
User Experience Architect
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

User Experience Architect
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
I provide strategic direction and tactical oversight to improve the ease of use of web experiences. My goal is to make those web experiences more powerful, engaging, and rewarding to use by:
Assessing data from multiple sources, synthesizing it, and developing strategies for my projects
Creating user-centered designs by considering market analysis, customer feedback, and usability findings
Designing user interface, and interaction flow with an emphasis on user goals and experience
Developing conceptual diagrams, wireframes, and experience prototypes
Planning and conducting usability studies
Developing and maintaining detailed user-interface specifications
Interacting with and facilitating communication between stakeholders, developers, and end users
(Public Company; PRFT; Information Technology and Services industry)
October 2008 — Present (10 months)
(Internet industry)
March 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)
Clients:
• OLSON
• Harrison Electric, Inc.
(Public Company; IPG; Public Relations and Communications industry)
June 2008 — September 2008 (4 months)
Vendor: Horizontal Integration
Web sites:
• www.inspirewellness.com
• www.armyedspace.com
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Insurance industry)
May 2008 — June 2008 (2 months)
Vendor: ATR International
Redesigned user experience and information architecture for crop insurance quoting application.
(Public Company; BBY; Retail industry)
November 2007 — February 2008 (4 months)
Websites:
• www.bestbuy.com
• myrewardzone.bestbuy.com
(Privately Held; Hospital & Health Care industry)
April 2007 — October 2007 (7 months)
(Non-Profit; Hospital & Health Care industry)
September 2006 — April 2007 (8 months)
Websites:
• www.medica.com
• Medica Intranet
(Public Company; UNH; Insurance industry)
September 2005 — September 2006 (1 year 1 month)
www.myuhc.com
(Public Company; STJ; Medical Devices industry)
November 2001 — September 2005 (3 years 11 months)
Websites:
• www.sjm.com
• St. Jude Medical Intranet.
(Public Company; SFN; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
July 1999 — November 2001 (2 years 5 months)
Clients:
• U.S. Bank
• Medtronic
(Public Company; STK; Computer Hardware industry)
January 1998 — June 1999 (1 year 6 months)
(Public Company; IR; Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)
January 1997 — December 1997 (1 year)