Muthu Kumar ( www.thedfactor.com )

Current

• Manager - Information Architecture at Sapient

Past

• User Experience Architect at Allstate Insurance (Contract)
• Senior User Experience Analyst at Kanbay - A Capgemini Group Company
• Secretary at Usability Professionals' Association Hyderabad Chapter

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Education

• IDL, Chennai, India
• Bharathiar University

Recommended

11 people have recommended Muthu

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Blog
• My Website
• HCI Professionals SalarySurvey

Muthu Kumar ( www.thedfactor.com )’s Summary

Career Highlights:
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9 years of Industry experience in providing User Experience thought leadership for clients inculding Fortune 500 companies in the following domains:

- Insurance (Allstate Insurance, Erie Insurance, Sunlife Insurance)
- Banking (OCBC bank)
- Sales and Auction Management (Andale, Manheim)
- Publishing (SourceMedia)
- Automobiles (Maruti Suzuki, Ashok Leyland)

Professional Goals (2008)
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--> Contribute to Industry whitepapers, articles on user centered design.
--> Build more business connections

I work closely with;
--> end users of the software applications,
--> client stakeholders,
--> technical architects

My key responsibilities include;
--> collecting business requirements from clients and appropriate stakeholders,
--> evaluating and analyzing user interfaces with end users;
--> producing detailed user experience strategy documents/task flows/wireframes in support of enterprise and process portal initiatives.

Affiliations:
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-->Secretary, UPA Chapter, Hyderabad, India (2006-07)
-->ACM member

Presenting and Organizing UX community events in Hyderabad, India

Launched All India HCI Professionals Salary Survey online and published the report at http://upahyderabad.org/hci_professionals_salary_survey_2006.pdf

Online Presense:
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Website : http://www.thedfactor.com
Blog : http://makingiteasy.blogspot.com
UCDJobs Blog : http://ucdjobs.blogspot.com

Contact:
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Cell Phone Number: 1-404-819-8618

Muthu Kumar ( www.thedfactor.com )’s Specialties:

Web 2.0, Information Architecture, User Experience Design, Usability Testing, Flex, Branding, Sales and Auction Management Solutions, Internet Banking, Intranet, Extranet, Enterprise Information Portal, Content Management System, eBay, Website Development,Flash,Flex, Rich Internet Applications, Motion Graphic Design,Video Editing, Insurance, Oracle Enterprise Solutions, Team building

Muthu Kumar ( www.thedfactor.com )’s Experience

• Manager - Information Architecture

  Sapient

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; SAPE; Information Technology and Services industry)

  March 2008 — Present (7 months)

Muthu Kumar ( www.thedfactor.com )’s Education

• IDL, Chennai, India

  Advanced Diploma in Internet technologies 2001 — 2001

• Bharathiar University

  Bsc, Visual Communication, 1996 — 1999

Additional Information

Muthu Kumar ( www.thedfactor.com )’s Websites:

• My Blog
• My Website
• HCI Professionals SalarySurvey

Muthu Kumar ( www.thedfactor.com )’s Interests:

Travelling, Music

Muthu Kumar ( www.thedfactor.com )’s Groups:

Secretary at Usability Professionals' Association Hyderabad Chapter, Member of ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

•    eOffice
•    World Wildlife Fund
•    On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
•    Interaction Design Association
•    SHiFT! - Leverage 'Trigger Events' To Outsell Your Competition
•    Sapient Family
•    India Product Management Forum
•    Expertise for Hire
•    UX Professionals
•    Capgemini Alumni Network
•    India Leadership Network
•    HCI India
•    Startup Specialists
•    User Experience
•    Information Architect, IA
•    inUX
•    HCI researchers

Muthu Kumar ( www.thedfactor.com )’s Honors:

1) Team Member award from Intiqua, Singapore for completing Oracle Flash Micro website project ahead of delivary targets.

2) Team Member award from Andale, Bangalore for revamping and launching Auction Tools Activation module and interactive Flash demo for the same.

Muthu Kumar ( www.thedfactor.com )’s Contact Settings

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