Jim Jarrett

Current

• Usability Manager at Rockwell Automation

Past

• 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

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Education

• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Connections

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Industry

Industrial Automation

Websites

• Rockwell Automation
• Jarrett Interaction Design

Jim Jarrett’s Experience

• Usability Manager

  Rockwell Automation

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ROK; Industrial Automation industry)

  January 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)

  Leading interaction design and usability efforts for the software and architecture division of the company.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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

• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  BA , Liberal Arts & Studies - Computer Science, Economics, Sociology , 1990 — 1992

Additional Information

Jim Jarrett’s Websites:

• Rockwell Automation
• Jarrett Interaction Design

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

•    Usability Professionals' Association International (UPA-I)
•    Interaction Design Association
•    The Official Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Group
•    UPA DC Metro Chapter
•    Rockwell Automation Alumni
•    Virginia Tech Alumni Group
•    User Experience
•    Systems Development TG (SDTG-HFES)
•    Agile Business Analyst