Jaanus Kase

Current

• Director of User Experience at World Evolved

Past

• Social Marketing Manager at Skype
• development project manager at Skype
• communications manager at Sertifitseerimiskeskus

• communications manager at Privador
• webmaster at Cybernetica

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Education

• Carnegie Mellon University
• Tartu University

Recommended

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Connections

312 connections

Industry

Telecommunications

Websites

• My Blog

Jaanus Kase’s Summary

An interdisciplinary designer/engineer interested in human-computer interaction, security, user interface technology and their intersections and links with each other and to other fields. Interested in contributing skills and cross-cultural experience across teams, technologies and countries to products and projects that improve people’s lives in simple, yet profound ways.

Jaanus Kase’s Specialties:

HTML, CSS, HTTP, XML, JavaScript (jQuery, YUI, DOM), PHP, Perl, Python, Java, Objective-C, Flash, Flash Catalyst, Fireworks, Flex, ActionScript, SSL, PKI, Arduino; user research, user testing, persona design, interaction design, copywriting, release management, UI architecture and implementation, electronics prototyping (Arduino), public presenting, security & privacy

Jaanus Kase’s Experience

• Director of User Experience

  World Evolved

  (Internet industry)

  2008 — Present (1 year )

• Social Marketing Manager

  Skype

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; EBAY; Telecommunications industry)

  April 2005 — May 2007 (2 years 2 months)

  I talk to our users in various communities, and listen to them. This includes maintaining the closed beta program, working with our developer and affiliate program managers. My flagship project is http://share.skype.com - Share Skype.

• development project manager

  Skype

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  April 2004 — May 2005 (1 year 2 months)

• communications manager

  Sertifitseerimiskeskus

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  May 2002 — April 2004 (2 years )

  Communications strategy development and implementation for the Estonian national ID card project, www.id.ee. Implementation of public transport e-ticketing for Tallinn region, www.pilet.ee. My responsibilities - service planning, implementation testing, public awareness campaign in cooperation with Tallinn City Government.

• communications manager

  Privador

  (Telecommunications industry)

  2000 — 2002 (2 years )

• webmaster

  Cybernetica

  (Telecommunications industry)

  1999 — 2000 (1 year )

Jaanus Kase’s Education

• Carnegie Mellon University

  Masters , Human-Computer Interaction , 2007 — 2008

  Graduated with Master's Degree from Carnegie Mellon Human-Computer Interaction Institute in August 2008.

• Tartu University

  BA , Public Administration, Public Relations , August 1998 — June 2002

Additional Information

Jaanus Kase’s Websites:

• My Blog

Jaanus Kase’s Groups:

•    Carnegie Mellon Alumni
•    Skype Alumni Club
•    Carnegie Mellon HCI Institute

Jaanus Kase’s Contact Settings

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• career opportunities
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• new ventures
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