Allen Smith

Current

• Senior Product Manager | User Experience at FLO TV Incorporated, subsidiary of Qualcomm

Past

• Creative Director at Digital Orchid
• Project Manager, Wireless Applications at Xsilogy
• Product Designer at CollegeClub.com

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Education

• Indiana University Bloomington

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Connections

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Industry

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Websites

• My Portfolio

Allen Smith’s Summary

In-demand creative professional with expert level knowledge of consumer-oriented mobile media product development and proven ability to transform concepts into award-winning, commercially successful products.

Allen Smith’s Specialties:

Combine creative, artistic talent with entrepreneurial mindset to deliver revenue-enhancing, market-oriented mobile products.

Allen Smith’s Experience

• Senior Product Manager | User Experience

  FLO TV Incorporated, subsidiary of Qualcomm

  (Public Company; Broadcast Media industry)

  October 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)

  Defining and creating next generation user experiences for FLO TV's mobile broadcast TV service.
  
  Lead UX Designer for FLO TV Automotive Rear Seat Entertainment products.
  
  Four patent filings with the USPTO.

• Creative Director

  Digital Orchid

  (Privately Held; Wireless industry)

  January 2003 — September 2007 (4 years 9 months)

  Directed the design (UX and visual) of award-winning and commercially successful products for: NASCAR, NHL, MLB, ESPN, IRL, Champ Car, AMA, Reef, Quiksilver, Hawaiian Tropic, and many, many others. Application design experience covers every major mobile product category and all major carriers in North, Central, and South America, with additional coverage in Europe: BREW, J2ME, PocketPC, WAP.

• Project Manager, Wireless Applications

  Xsilogy

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Wireless industry)

  December 2001 — August 2002 (9 months)

  * Functional specification documents for web-based wireless networking monitoring tools.
  
  * Prototyping of new web-based applications and designing the user interface.

• Product Designer

  CollegeClub.com

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)

  May 1998 — April 2001 (3 years )

  * Functional specification documents for all communication tools.
  
  * WAP integration
  
  * Communication tools product manager.
  
  * Editor.

Allen Smith’s Education

• Indiana University Bloomington

  B.A. , Telecommunications

Additional Information

Allen Smith’s Websites:

• My Portfolio

Allen Smith’s Interests:

Music, documentaries, video, interactive products, creative consulting, games, travelling, writing, big ideas.

Allen Smith’s Groups:

•    Interaction Design Association
•    User Experience
•    Qualcomm Inc.
•    Mobile Media Networking
•    Mobile User Experience Jobs
•    Mobile Excellence Awards

Allen Smith’s Honors:

* Recognized by KGTV Channel 10 in San Diego for contributions to fostering electronic communication in 1999.

* Functional Specification Tutorial has been adopted into the reading requirments for classes at Boston University, Creative Solutions, and Parsons: The New School for Design. Additionally, it has been profiled in Digital Web Magazine, WebWord, Elegant Hack, and many other publications (online and off).

* Grand prize winner of the 2003 Qualcomm/Verizon CMX animated ringtone contest.

* Finalist for 2006 BREW "Best Mobile Entertainment Application" of the year award.

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