Mario Chiesa

Current

UX Manager / Project Manager at ISMB

Past

Web and multimedia consultant (Self-employed)
Founder graduate student at Interaction Design Institute Ivrea
Programmer (Self-employed)

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Education

Interaction Design Institute Ivrea
Politecnico di Torino

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Mario Chiesa’s Summary

User Experience and Web expert with broad experience in all aspects of web design, user experience design, multidisciplinary team and project management, in a wide variety of application areas and technologies. Reviewer for CHI, CSCW and UIST conferences.

Focused on user centered design approaches, service and interaction design processes and innovative practices. Interested in the internet of things, the evolution of the web (technical, aesthetical and social) and beyond.

Work experience with small and medium-big companies, in italian and international environments; responsible in international projects for web and integration activities.

Mario Chiesa’s Specialties:

User Experience and Web design, prototyping, user centered design, usability and accessibility, project and team management, innovation and strategy, research and development.

Mario Chiesa’s Experience

UX Manager / Project Manager

ISMB

(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Research industry)

September 2003 — Present (5 years 11 months)

User experience expert, project and team leader in several web and ICT projects, with direct participation in user experience, interaction design and HCI activities. Responsible in international projects for web and integration activities.

Focused on user centered design methods and techniques, web design and development, service design and prototyping, applied research and innovation.

Experience in a wide variety of projects and application areas, with the integration of several technologies: from location based services to videoconferencing, from RFID to Location Based Services, from web 2.0 to CMS and CSCW.

(ISMB - Istituto Superiore Mario Boella - is a private research institute based in Torino (Turin), Italy, focused on applied research project )
Web and multimedia consultant

Self-employed

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Internet industry)

January 1995 — August 2003 (8 years 8 months)

Concept, design and development of websites and multimedia projects for a wide variety of clients. Able to manage several project at the same time.

Active on different areas, from corporate image and brand development to marketing and search engine optimization, from graphics design to HTML and Javascript coding, from web administration to server-side development.

Focus on web design and development for cross-platform and cross-browser consistency, server-side and client-side interaction, usability issues.

Main clients:
BasicNet - Robe di Kappa
Telecom Italia Lab (formerly CSELT)
Politecnico di Torino
Continuing Education Research Institute - COREP
Founder graduate student

Interaction Design Institute Ivrea

(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Higher Education industry)

October 2001 — June 2003 (1 year 9 months)

Founder graduate student in the 2-years Masters' course in Ivrea. Courses, workshops and hands-on teamworks on designing interactive products, services and experiences based on information and communications technology.

'Applied dreams' projects with Telecom Italia Lab and Sony.

Some projects-related keywords: rfid, prototyping, sensors, service design, music services.

Thesis project's title: '1-Musiq: Music in a multi-served world... No service is an island: mental models, common tasks and objects to shape tomorrow's music services'.

Collaboration for the management of the institute's website.

(IDII - Interaction Design Institute Ivrea - acts, through its Masters Programme and the innovation projects carried out in partnership with Italian and international businesses, as a cultural centre for extending and disseminating interaction design knowledge and know-how.)
Programmer

Self-employed

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)

May 1992 — November 1994 (2 years 7 months)

Programming in C, VB, dBase/Clipper/FoxPro; db management.

Mario Chiesa’s Education

Interaction Design Institute Ivrea

Master , Interaction Design , 2001 — 2003
Politecnico di Torino

Additional Information

Mario Chiesa’s Interests:

service design, user experience design, usability, sustainability, ubiquitous computing, philosophy, poetry, slowfood, photography, the holy shroud, tennis