
Software Engineer / Interaction Design
Greater Chicago Area

Software Engineer / Interaction Design
Greater Chicago Area
It does not really make a difference if my interaction solutions are exposed to thousands (a software vendor company) or just a handful of users (in-house development) - I would be equally happy if I bring a bit more enjoyment to their work.
15+ years of experience in software industry
Interaction design, user interface usability
C# / .NET
C/C++ / MFC (just for the list of experiences - I'm spoiled by .NET so I won't go back to this world)
Foreign exchange and equity derivatives
Great ability to resolve conflicts.
System-level knowledge of DOS, all flavors of Windows
HTML and web design
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator: INFP
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Investment Banking industry)
November 2006 — Present (3 years 2 months)
Responsible for user interface/interaction design and implementation of propriotary trading software.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Software industry)
August 1996 — May 2006 (9 years 10 months)
Played a key role in designing and implementing dtCompass suite (the company’s comprehensive set of pricing, risk management and back office products)
Supervised interaction design for all the other suit’s products (GUI, look and feel, usability)
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
September 1995 — July 1996 (11 months)
Design and implementation of the Quotation System for Tuthill Corp., Coppus Turbine Division.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
September 1992 — August 1995 (3 years )
Coordination and support of multimedia projects, development of multimedia encyclopedia environment. Design and implementation of the Courseware “Sensor Dynamics” for technical universities.
Master , Computer Science & System Engineering , 1981 — 1987
GPA: 4.6 (of 5.0); Diploma thesis defended with honor.
Poetry; Cooking (a kind of poetry); Traveling; Sleeping on the sofa with my warm and silky dog;
Master degree diploma thesis defended with honor.