User Interface Designer & Developer
Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
- Current
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- User Interface Engineer at Bronto Software
- Co-Founder, Design Guy at 9rules
- Past
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- Creative Director at Halogen Guides
- Co-Founder, Creative Director at Business Logs
- User Interface Designer at Northrop Grumman
- Interaction Designer at Dunn Solutions Group
- Usability Consultant at Xerox Corporation
- Education
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- Rochester Institute of Technology
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Mike Rundle’s Summary
I've been designing & developing for the web since 1996 and in that time I've worked with all types of companies: Internet startups, Fortune 500 companies, large and small consulting firms, non-profit organizations (aka, startups!), and government contractors. I've been involved at all stages of web projects from initial concept through to completion, but prefer to work on the design side crafting user interfaces and writing XHTML, CSS, and Javascript to make them work.
Lately I've been learning Cocoa (Obj-C) and designing/coding my first Mac application.
Mike Rundle’s Specialties:
User interface design & development, HTML/CSS/Javascript, jQuery & Ajax, interface prototyping, backend development with PHP/MySQL, web accessibility, Mac & iPhone interface design, Cocoa development.
Mike Rundle’s Experience
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User Interface Engineer
Bronto Software
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
March 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)
At Bronto I lead all interface design & development for their award-winning marketing software. I work with Product Managers to plan workflow and UI architecture for new features, from concept to deployment. Responsible for developing flexible web-based interface constructs & widgets for developers to use. Designed and developed the front-end for many new features within Bronto, including new informational dashboards, Ajax-powered sortable data tables, flexible reporting charts, and more.
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Co-Founder, Design Guy
9rules
(Media Production industry)
March 2005 — Present (4 years 5 months)
9rules is social content network that oversees 200+ blogs from around the world, 15,000+ Chawlk users, and aggregates content from all these users into dozens of focused verticals with a focus on quality content and discussion. 9rules won Best Community Site of the Year at the SXSW Interactive Festival.
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Creative Director
Halogen Guides
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
May 2006 — September 2007 (1 year 5 months)
Helium Report (now named Halogen Guides) is a luxury research and analysis startup and is the leading online resource for luxury consumers. I led the visual design direction across the site including their landing pages. Halogen Guides is backed by Kohlberg Ventures.
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Co-Founder, Creative Director
Business Logs
(Online Media industry)
February 2004 — March 2007 (3 years 2 months)
Business Logs was one of the very first weblog-focused full-service design and development firms in the world, working with startups and established companies to help improve their custom communication.
I led all design initiatives for our clients, including design prototyping, standards compliant XHTML/CSS code generation, weblog implementation, and all deliverables. Our work won a bunch of awards, check them out at the bottom of this profile. Business Logs was acquired by Splashpress Media in 2007. -
User Interface Designer
Northrop Grumman
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; NOC; Defense & Space industry)
May 2004 — August 2004 (4 months)
Led the standards-compliant redesign of a 500+ page computer-based training website that trains military personnel to use TBMD (Theater Ballistic Missile Defense) software as part of a U.S. Department of Defense contract. Site deployed around the world to U.S. and coalition troops, as well as NATO countries with whom we are partnered. Surpassed Section 508 Accessibility Guidelines, fixed numerous usability problems. Trained design team to use XHTML, CSS, XML, and XSLT. Developed style guide to accompany deployment which outlined all code, styles, and colors.
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Interaction Designer
Dunn Solutions Group
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)
May 2003 — September 2003 (5 months)
Worked with graphic designers to implement usability and human factors best practices into their work. Developed and analyzed user personas and task scenarios, developed user interaction and interface guidelines for Ibbotson Associates' iPlan financial planning software.
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Usability Consultant
Xerox Corporation
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; XRX; Information Technology and Services industry)
February 2003 — May 2003 (4 months)
Led a team effort to make Xerox's Support & Drivers section of their website more usable as part of a graduate class at RIT. Designed and implemented all aspects of a formal usability test, provided interface and interaction design advice based on test findings. Xerox's web team continues to redesign the driver search interface and architecture as per our recommendations.
Mike Rundle’s Education
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Rochester Institute of Technology
BS , Information Technology , 2001 — 2005
Mass Communication Minor
- Activities and Societies:
- Golden Key International Honor Society, Magna Cum Laude, 3.7/4.0 GPA
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Mike Rundle’s Interests:
Mac & iPhone interface design, icon design, jQuery, usability, web standards, small businesses, entrepreneurship, CSS
Mike Rundle’s Groups:
Member of the 9rules Network <9rules.com>, IBM
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Web Standards Design + Development
Mike Rundle’s Honors:
"Best Web Designer of the Year" Award for 2005 via artypapers.com; "9rules: Best Community/Wiki of the Year" Winner of 2006 SXSW Interactive Web Awards; "Business Logs: Best Blog Design of the Year" Finalist for 2005 SXSW Interactive Web Awards; 9rules.com #1 Voted Rebooted Site, November 2005; Plastic Pilots 2-Star Award Winner; Featured at Stylegala, CSS Vault, CSS Beauty, CSS Thesis, and many others.
Featured in a bunch of web design books including "The Zen of CSS Design" by Dave Shea, "Web Standards Solutions" by Dan Cederholm, and "CSS Mastery" by Andy Budd.
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