
Product Design / Community Building & Event Management
Vancouver, Canada Area

Product Design / Community Building & Event Management
Vancouver, Canada Area
A highly-creative, fast-learning and computer-literate individual, with over 10 years of experience designing, managing, developing and promoting profitable IT projects for companies doing business in: Internet, mass-media, marine and oil industry, multimedia, healthcare, defense, tourism/show business, B2B, e-learning and instructional design; Specialized in user experience, event planning and management, product design, usability and data architecture, with a growing passion for open source and free IT culture.
event planning, event management, product design, community building, product management, project management, UI, HCI, UX, usability, user experience, Web architecture, CMS, front-end design, branding, inter-browser compatibility, SEO, website traffic, analysis, product advocacy, technology advocacy, project management, interpersonal skills, organizational skills, report-writing skills, diligent, pragmatic ,work ethic, sense of humor, Web 2.0, W3C, open source, user centered.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2007 — Present (1 year 2 months)
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
January 2006 — Present (2 years 5 months)
- Came up with idea of setting up an IT FLOSS conference in Eastern Europe, which will put together North American and European speakers and meet the local IT entrepreneurs and specialists
- Connecting and managing groups of technical and non-technical professionals around the world to attend the goals of the event
- Initiated ROSI - Romanian Open Source and Free Software Initiative
- Built / continue building ROSI and eLiberatica communities
- Founded and established partnerships with strategic organizations
- Handling invitations and contacts
- Event project management, research, documentation, implementation and coordination
- Community and media event advocacy
- Marketing of the event
- Planed, designed, developed and implemented the official eLiberatica website
- Promote eLiberatica and FLOSS (writing articles, weblog posts, attending interviews with IT magazines), and speaking on behalf of the organizational committee to industry press and analysts
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
October 2005 — March 2007 (1 year 6 months)
Company provides maintenance and simulation training aid software based on the NGRAIN 3D technology for the defense, aviation and manufacturing industry.
- Determine and define customer requirements from a usability standpoint and anticipate problems
- Design the applications data architecture schematics
- Develop advanced user interfaces using various tools
- Implement in compliant XHTML / CSS / DHTML / DOM Scripting and Flash behaviors within browser applications
- Use OO/DOM design principles with NGRAIN Mobilizer API and client side scripting
- Responsible with usability analysis and user flow analysis
- Work with the project managers and programming team to monitor the development process and deliverables
- Bug tracking and solution identification
- Assist QA team to ensure all deliverables meet customer quality requirements
- Supervise the webmaster on web site core updates and assist the marketing director in preparing email campaigns and branding issues.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
September 2004 — October 2005 (1 year 2 months)
Company provides identity network solutions (the SXIP protocol), facilitates single sign-on and management of private information.
- Diagramed user interfaces / site architectures using wire frame schematics and site maps
- Developed storyboards, mockups and prototypes for Sxore web app. (www.sxore.com)
- Implemented the company web sites (sxip.com/.net/.org) using open source CMS
- Web sites documentation, QA and usability feedback, SEO and inter-browser compatibility
- Responsible for brand identity and marketing materials (posters, invitations, banners)
- Drove the sxip.com news section, emails campaign, working closely with marketing team
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
February 2004 — August 2004 (7 months)
Company provides Healthcare Data Management Systems software.
- Created use case mockups for the corporate web sites and web applications
- Client and server side scripting (template implementation with web applications)
- Maintained web content and product updates for the company multi-lingual website
- Developed flash tours for web, multimedia presentations and e-learning applications
- Interviewed users and stakeholders regarding new requirements and enhancements
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2001 — August 2003 (2 years)
Company developed LIMS (Laboratory Information Management Systems) solutions - software that manipulates, integrates and stores pharmacology and chemistry data.
- Led the web&multimedia design team, responsible for GUI and information architecture
- Defined, documented and advocated company software GUI standards, frameworks, principals and practices
- Developed the user interfaces for the entire Q-DIS software products family
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
September 2000 — September 2001 (1 year 1 month)
Company provided B2B and Content Management Systems web solutions.
- Documented all levels of web portal prototypes through final specifications to include UI behaviors, user interaction models, workflow and branding consistency
- Worked with client's content owners to implement their business objectives and brands
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
October 1998 — September 2000 (2 years)
Company developed multimedia solutions for show business, commerce and tourism industry.
- Managed / troubleshoot Internet connectivity and web sites problems, security, and communication integrity, LAN hardware, software and desktop problems
- Worked with the web team to integrate web sites and multimedia applications
- Managed all the aspects related to digital imaging
- Shoot, captured, edited and compressed digital photos, video and sound
Course, New Product Development, 2007 — 2007
Sauder School of Business | Executive Education - New Product Development Course with Professor Tim Silk
certificate, Information Technology Project Management, 2006 — 2006
certificate, Linux/Apache Web Server, June 2004 — July 2004
certificate, XML for Web Application Development, March 2004 — June 2004
certificate, Adobe Certified Expert Photoshop, May 2003 — June 2003
certificate, Project Management, February 2003 — March 2003
certificate, Macromedia Certified Professional Flash MX, January 2003 — March 2003
certificate, Macromedia Certified Dreamweaver Developer, October 2001 — January 2002
certificate, Maya, 3D modeling courses, May 2000 — September 2000
certificate, Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer + Internet, April 1999 — August 2000
certificate, programming, September 1998 — August 1999
Bachelor degree, electronics, August 1986 — August 1989
event planning, event management, community development, new product design, user experience, social networking, usability, ergonomics, user interface design, HCI, user interface design, Web technology, open standards, web standards, professional networking, Open Source, Free Software, advocacy, sociology, physiology, meeting people, learning about different cultures, architecture, interior design, literature, cinematography, Science Fiction, digital photography, ethnography & customs
ROSI - The Romanian Open Source and Free Software Initiative, group coordinator
eLiberatica - The Benefits of Open and Free Technologies - intiative / project coordiantor