Prashant Poladia

Current

Technical Lead at ValueLabs

Past

Design Interaction Manager at CXI Design
Interaction Designer / Graphical User Interface Designer at Monitor Group
Visual Interface Analyst at Oinam Software

Web Graphic UI Designer at Esaya Software (India) Pvt. Ltd.
User Interface Designer at Xisource inc
Web Designer at Servtech Systems

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Education

Shri V L N High School
University of Mumbai
Hinduja College of Commerce

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Connections

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Industry

Design

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Prashant Poladia’s Summary

As an interaction designer my aim is to design effective and efficient user interfaces for various desktop applications and websites. My core interest is in improving user experiences using Usablity Evaluation and User Centered Methodologies.

Prashant Poladia’s Specialties:

• Prototyping Tools & Interaction Design
Paper & Pencil, White-boarding, Visio, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash, Sketch-Up, Usability Studies, Interviews, Contextual Inquiries

• Programming, & Scripting
XHTML, CSS, Action Script, Java Script, XML, HTML, DHTML, Visual Studio

• Areas of Interest
Visualization, Design Research, Exploring Design Patterns, Quantitative Usability Research, Usability Consultation, Workflow engineering, Questionnaire Design

Prashant Poladia’s Experience

Technical Lead

ValueLabs

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

August 2009 — Present (4 months)

Current Role: Web Producer for Snapfish
Design Interaction Manager

CXI Design

(Information Services industry)

October 2008 — July 2009 (10 months)
Interaction Designer / Graphical User Interface Designer

Monitor Group

(Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)

April 2006 — September 2008 (2 years 6 months)

I was responsible for interaction design of inhouse applications like PTO, Security Compliance, Policy and ClientNet and also responsible for Integration of working prototype with .Net environment. I was actively involved in development cycle (design phase, development, implementation and testing) of various applications.
Visual Interface Analyst

Oinam Software

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

December 2005 — March 2006 (4 months)

I was responsible for user interfaces of Flash Applications and Mockups designs of various websites.
Web Graphic UI Designer

Esaya Software (India) Pvt. Ltd.

(Information Technology and Services industry)

May 2004 — November 2005 (1 year 7 months)

I was responsible for handling entire creative work for the company. It includes GUI Designing, Websites and Demo of company products.
User Interface Designer

Xisource inc

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

September 2001 — January 2003 (1 year 5 months)

Working Prototype of company’s products in HTML and websites were handled by me.
Web Designer

Servtech Systems

(Design industry)

1998 — 2001 (3 years )

Prashant Poladia’s Education

Shri V L N High School

1988 — 1998
University of Mumbai

2001

Certified Usability Analyst (CUA) from Human Factors International (Jul 2007)
Advanced Flash ActionScript from TechnoPoint Multimedia

Activities and Societies:

Member of IxDA
Hinduja College of Commerce

Additional Information

Prashant Poladia’s Websites:

Prashant Poladia’s Interests:

usability research, user experience designer, management training, new technology, organizational development, strategic planning, digital photography, professional networking, international travel, playing cricket, chess, carrom,