User Experience Researcher, Designer and Software Technical lead
San Francisco Bay Area
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- User Experience Engineer, Designer, Technical Lead at EchoUser
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- IT Consultant: Project Management, Software Development, at Self Employed
- Project Manager, Business Analyst, Lead Software Developer at Concordia University, Department of IITS
- Founding Partner, CTO at FreakJob.com
- IT Technical Support and Network Engineer at Concordia University
- Education
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- San Francisco State University
- Concordia University
- The University of Western Ontario
- Dawson College
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Etan Lightstone’s Summary
Innovative, experienced and passionate User Experience Engineer, Designer, and business Strategist with particular expertise in web-based applications and enterprise software..
General Skills:
User Research
Usability Testing & Analysis
Interaction Design
Software Architecture and Development
Languages/Scripts:
A lot of them (Java,Ruby Rails, PHP, HTML, Javascript including AJAX, some Flex, some Flash, and everything in-between).
Server Tech:
Linux, Apache, PostgreSQL, MySQL,Oracle
Other:
UML
OOP
Project Management
Systems Analysis
Business Analysis
Etan Lightstone’s Specialties:
Usability Analysis, End-User testing, Web-based applications, business strategy, Interaction & UI Design, Gaming Experience & Design
Etan Lightstone’s Experience
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User Experience Engineer, Designer, Technical Lead
EchoUser
(Privately Held; Design industry)
December 2007 — Present (2 years )
Right this moment I am doing:
User Research
Usability testing
UI design, UX design
Software development lead / engineering (and some product management)
Business development -
IT Consultant: Project Management, Software Development,
Self Employed
(Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2006 — January 2008 (1 year 8 months)
Consultant in the realm of Software Development, and IT solutions.
Projects Include:
* IT strategy consulting for a web-based music entertainment company which needed to expand into new areas, and required advice for improving their current server and software architecture.
* Developed a custom user friendly content management system for the web presence of circus and entertainment company. This included not only management of textual content, but fully configurable photo and video galleries.
* Developed and deployed an email newsletter and subscription system for a web-based video entertainment company.
* Troubleshooting server (Linux / Apache / MySQL / automated backups) deployment issues for the online component of a video rental company. -
Project Manager, Business Analyst, Lead Software Developer
Concordia University, Department of IITS
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
September 2001 — November 2007 (6 years 3 months)
Project / Technical Lead, Systems/Business Analysis and Software Development at the IT Department of Concordia University.
Major projects and responsibilities include:
Moodle: An open-source LMS (learning management system) similar to WebCT, which Concordia uses to supported thousands of students and teachers via online material and activities.
* Lead role in deploying, customizing (portal Integration, and other programming modifications), and ongoing technical support of this project.
* Presented at the MoodleMoot educational technology conference in 2007. (Discussed Moodle integration and usability)
* Supports thousands of teachers and students.
Provotrack: A custom web-based application, which provides an environment that supports Concordia's curriculum changes. (Dossier forms, tracking, approvals, publishing).
Other projects include: locker rental system, parking rental system, two credit-card transaction systems.
Responsible for 3 heavily used web servers. -
Founding Partner, CTO
FreakJob.com
(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Human Resources industry)
November 2006 — June 2007 (8 months)
Founding Partner of FreakJob.com a community driven web-based job board, where posted jobs can be ranked and published to the front page by the site users themselves.
Responsibilities included:
* Designing and developing the software which powered freakjob.
* Planning and deploying the web server and database back-end.
* Aiding in FreakJob's overall business strategy.
* Writing promotional material -
IT Technical Support and Network Engineer
Concordia University
(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; E-Learning industry)
May 1998 — August 2000 (2 years 4 months)
Responsibilities included:
* Desktop Hardware and Operating System Support for Staff and Faculty throughout the University.
* Supporting of network infrastructure
* Modifying (code changes and improvements) the problem tracking software to suit the evolving needs of the Desktop Support Team.
Etan Lightstone’s Education
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San Francisco State University
Independent Student , Industrial Design, Product Design , 2009 — 2010 (expected)
Courses Completed:
DAI 320 Drafting and Sketching for Design (in progress) -
Concordia University
MSc, Computer Science HCI 2004 — 2006
Master's level courses completed:
COMP 6751 Human Computer Interface Design
COMP 7761 Intelligent User Interfaces
SOEN 6771 User Interface Development Tools and Techniques -
The University of Western Ontario
B.Sc , Computer Science , 1998 — 2001
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Dawson College
Pure and Applied Science 1997 — 1998
- Activities and Societies:
- * Maintained an above average grade level
* Completed extra mathematics course in order to leave early and enter the Ontario university system
* Achieved highest score at the school in a computer programming competition.
Additional Information
Etan Lightstone’s Websites:
Etan Lightstone’s Groups:
Interaction Design community
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UX Professionals -
Cisco Certified -
User Experience
Etan Lightstone’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
