Senior User Experience Architect at MedAssurant
Washington D.C. Metro Area
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- Senior User Experience Architect at MedAssurant
- Principal Consultant at Jarrett Interaction Design
- Past
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- Usability Manager at Rockwell Automation
- Business Development at Rockwell Automation
- Software Team Lead/Architect at Rockwell Automation
- Staff Engineer - Software Design at Bayer Diagnostics
- Human Interface Design Architect at Rockwell Automation
- User Interface Lead at Roadway Logistics Systems
- Multimedia Software Developer at Interactive Design and Development
- Education
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- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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- Industry
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Jim Jarrett’s Summary
Inspirational and talented software design manager and team lead with expertise in user experience, usability, and interaction design; project management; requirements analysis and specification; object- and service-oriented development; agile design and development techniques; and industrial automation.
Customer-facing commercial skills, including ethnography, account management, and business development. Natural leader with strong facilitation and communication skills. Focused on delivering solutions that delight the customer and grow revenue while controlling costs and timelines and exceeding expectations.
Jim Jarrett’s Specialties:
User Experience Design, Human Computer Interaction, Contextual Inquiry, Interaction Design, Group Facilitation, Team Leadership, Software Design Management, Agile and Other Software Development Methods, Design for Six Sigma for Software
Jim Jarrett’s Experience
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Senior User Experience Architect
MedAssurant
(Privately Held; Hospital & Health Care industry)
October 2009 — Present (2 months)
Founding and heading the user experience practice for this fast-growing electronic medical records and compliance company.
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Principal Consultant
Jarrett Interaction Design
(Design industry)
1998 — Present (11 years )
Internet and product design services including user experience reviews and collaborative design workshops.
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Usability Manager
Rockwell Automation
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ROK; Industrial Automation industry)
January 2007 — October 2009 (2 years 10 months)
Leading interaction design and usability efforts for the software and architecture division of the company.
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Business Development
Rockwell Automation
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ROK; Industrial Automation industry)
January 2005 — December 2006 (2 years )
Sold customer-centered industrial automation solutions in the Washington DC metro and Maryland Eastern Shore regions.
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Software Team Lead/Architect
Rockwell Automation
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ROK; Industrial Automation industry)
November 1999 — December 2004 (5 years 2 months)
Led strategically critical product development activities.
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Staff Engineer - Software Design
Bayer Diagnostics
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BAY; Medical Devices industry)
October 1998 — November 1999 (1 year 2 months)
Led world-wide user research effort to define a new automated blood testing instrument.
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Human Interface Design Architect
Rockwell Automation
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ROK; Industrial Automation industry)
March 1994 — October 1998 (4 years 8 months)
Founded and led user interface design practice on integrated development environment for industrial automation engineers.
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User Interface Lead
Roadway Logistics Systems
(Logistics and Supply Chain industry)
April 1993 — January 1994 (10 months)
Led development of user interface framework for world-wide, real-time shipping logistics system.
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Multimedia Software Developer
Interactive Design and Development
(Computer Software industry)
August 1991 — March 1993 (1 year 8 months)
Developed multiple CD-ROM and touch-screen based multimedia systems.
Jim Jarrett’s Education
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
BA , Liberal Arts & Studies - Computer Science, Economics, Sociology , 1990 — 1992
Cum Laude graduate.
National Merit Scholar.
Additional Information
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Jim Jarrett’s Interests:
Interaction Design, Software Design, Team Leadership, Home Theater, Gourmet Food and Drink, Biking, The Ocean
Jim Jarrett’s Groups:
ACM SIGCHI, UPA, HFES
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Virginia Tech Alumni Group -
User Interface and User Experience Professional -
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ROCKWELL AUTOMATION (ALLEN BRADLEY) -
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Systems Development TG (SDTG-HFES) -
Agile Business Analyst -
Healthcare UX
Jim Jarrett’s Honors:
US Patent 6931288, User interface and system for creating function block diagrams
US Patent 7457671, Systems and methods that facilitate management of add-on instruction generation, selection, and/or monitoring during execution
Certified Black Belt, Design for Six Sigma for Software
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