Eva Kaniasty

User Experience Research, Information Architecture, Interaction Design

Greater Boston Area

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Education
  • Harvard University
  • Bentley University
  • Clark University
  • Boston University
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Eva Kaniasty’s Summary

Currently I am employed as an Information Architect at a Boston area startup, SimpleTuition, where my responsibilities include IA, interaction design, and user research.

My past work experience includes consulting at the Bentley Design and Usability Center, as well as web design, information architecture and programming in the non-profit, healthcare, and software industries.

Eva Kaniasty’s Specialties:

Usability Testing, User Research, Information Architecture, Web Analytics, Prototyping, Interaction Design, Requirements-Gathering


Eva Kaniasty’s Experience

  • Information Architect

    SimpleTuition

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Financial Services industry)

    September 2007Present (2 years 3 months)

  • Webmaster

    Neighborhood Health Plan (NHP)

    (Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

    January 2006September 2007 (1 year 9 months)

    Responsible for all aspects of operation of the corporate website, www.nhp.org, serving the health plan’s members, providers, and other customers.

  • Research Associate (Usability Consultant)

    Bentley Design and Usability Center

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    January 2006May 2007 (1 year 5 months)

    • Worked with a variety of corporate clients at a usability consulting practice affiliated with Bentley College
    • Involved in a range of user experience activities, including moderating usability tests, conducting expert reviews, developing personas and user requirements, information architecture, and writing proposals.
    • Partial Client List: Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, Bose, CVS, Raytheon, RSA Security, SAP, Upromise

  • UI Developer

    Merlin One

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

    August 2005January 2006 (6 months)

    Created user interfaces for newspaper industry web applications.

  • Webmaster

    Neighborhood Health Plan (NHP)

    (Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

    July 2001July 2005 (4 years 1 month)

  • Web Consultant

    Rational /IBM

    (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    20002001 (1 year )

    • Developed and launched three online technical newsletters
    • Hand-coded monthly issues of online magazine, www.therationaledge.com
    • Assisted Marketing department with Perl/CGI programming needs

  • Counselor

    Newton-Wellesley Hospital

    (Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

    May 1999January 2000 (9 months)

  • Research Assistant

    Human Services Research Institute (HSRI)

    (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Program Development industry)

    March 1998June 1999 (1 year 4 months)

  • Mental Health Counselor

    EIKOS Community Services

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Mental Health Care industry)

    September 1995March 1998 (2 years 7 months)


Eva Kaniasty’s Education

  • Harvard University

    Non-degree , Entrepreneurship , 20082008

  • Bentley University

    MS , Human Factors in Information Design , 20052007

  • Clark University

    Cert. , Client Server/Web Development , 20012001

  • Boston University

    BA , Psychology , 19921996


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Eva Kaniasty’s Groups:

UPA, ACM SIGCHI
Co-VP of Technology, Bentley College Graduate Women's Leadership Organization (2006-2007), IA Summit

  •    Usability Professionals' Association International (UPA-I)
  •    Bentley University Alumni
  •    Interaction Design Association
  •    Boxes and Arrows
  •    Bentley University Alum Networking Group
  •    Information Architecture Institute (IAI)
  •    Clean Energy Community
  •    User Experience
  •    SXSW Interactive
  •    Bentley College HFIDers

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