Michael Mistak

Current

Interface Developer / Designer at Ford Motor Company: IT Creative Design & Usability

Past

Graphic Designer (System Designer/Analyst) at Ford Motor Company: IT Creative Design & Usability
Web Developer/Technical Communication Specialist at Ford Motor Company: IT New Business & Strategic Planning
Training Specialist at EDS E.solutions Web University and Training

Courseware Developer at Lawrence Technological University: Courseware Development Studio
Graphic Arts Intern at BCBSM - Graphic and Publishing Services

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Education

Lawrence Technological University

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

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Michael Mistak’s Summary

Achievements:

Co-Presenter at 2008 Annual Ford IT Conference
Presentation: "Building a Better UI"

Co-Presenter at 2006 World Usability Day @ Michigan State University
Presentation: "Ford! Where's My Car?" -- The Story of Usability and Vehicle Order Management
(http://www.usability.msu.edu/confAbstracts2006.asp#ford)

Member of eGovernment Transition Team - Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano
(2002-2003)

Michael Mistak’s Specialties:

Visual Design, Interface Design, Usability, (X)HTML Development, DOM Scripting, Accessibility

Michael Mistak’s Experience

Interface Developer / Designer

Ford Motor Company: IT Creative Design & Usability

(Public Company; F; Automotive industry)

June 2006 — Present (3 years 6 months)

Participation in screen design and creation for key intranet/internet applications.

Technical Leadership in the execution of DOM Scripting standards that support accessibility initiatives.

Technical Leadership in adoption of code validation tools for Web Developer and QC communities.

Participation as a Technical Lead of the Ford IT Web Center of Excellence.

Participation as a presentation layer SME to the Ford IT J2EE Center of Excellence.

Perform Quality Assurance tasks for HTML / CSS / JavaScript work products.
Graphic Designer (System Designer/Analyst)

Ford Motor Company: IT Creative Design & Usability

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; F; Automotive industry)

August 2001 — June 2006 (4 years 11 months)

Technical Leadership in adoption/execution of current/emerging W3C Standards and Handicap Accessibility Standards.

Participation as part of System Designer/Analyst Community of Practice.

Participation in design/redesign of key intranet/internet applications.

Evaluation of New Web Authoring Tools for Incorporation into Ford’s standard tool set.

Participation as part of European Website Accessibility Working Group.
Web Developer/Technical Communication Specialist

Ford Motor Company: IT New Business & Strategic Planning

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; F; Automotive industry)

April 2000 — August 2001 (1 year 5 months)

Design and Development of custom IT Corporate Communications Solutions.

Design, Creation and Support of Organization-wide communication materials.

Support and Custom Content Creation for Ford iTek Center Plasma Screen Network.
Training Specialist

EDS E.solutions Web University and Training

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; EDS; Information Technology and Services industry)

July 1998 — April 2000 (1 year 10 months)

Web site design

Graphic design

Web-based training Development

Web-based help system Development

Online Help Development

Process Documentation Development

Technical Writing

Proposal Writing
Courseware Developer

Lawrence Technological University: Courseware Development Studio

(Educational Institution; E-Learning industry)

December 1996 — March 1998 (1 year 4 months)
Graphic Arts Intern

BCBSM - Graphic and Publishing Services

(Graphic Design industry)

June 1997 — August 1997 (3 months)