Software Architect and Interaction Designer
Indianapolis, Indiana Area
- Current
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- Software Architect at Double-Take Software
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- Client Team Manager at Double-Take Software (formerly NSI Software)
- Software Designer at NSI Software
- Senior Software Developer at NoInk
- Architect, Visual Product Design at InstallShield
- Senior User Interface Designer and Developer at InstallShield
- User Interface Developer at InstallShield
- Education
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- Indiana University - Kelley School of Business
- Indiana University Bloomington
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Roger Deetz’s Summary
Experience in technology design and development, focusing on user interaction design. Eager to blend creative vision with technical expertise to deliver engaging and robust solutions.
Roger Deetz’s Specialties:
software development, interaction design, user interfaces, graphic arts, project management
Roger Deetz’s Experience
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Software Architect
Double-Take Software
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; DBTK; Computer Software industry)
March 2007 — Present (2 years 9 months)
Director of user interface design and research for the entire product line. Responsible for ensuring consistent and high-quality UIs for all products, as well as fostering UI development best practices. Participates in charting company and product strategy, particularly from a visual design perspective.
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Client Team Manager
Double-Take Software (formerly NSI Software)
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; DBTK; Computer Software industry)
September 2006 — March 2007 (7 months)
Manager of a team that is responsible for all design and development of the user interfaces to the company's products. Leader of the interaction and visual design for the entire product line.
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Software Designer
NSI Software
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)
February 2005 — September 2006 (1 year 8 months)
Designer of user interfaces for all products across the product line.
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Senior Software Developer
NoInk
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
April 2004 — February 2005 (11 months)
Designed and implemented a custom medical device registration form for the Pocket PC form factor.
Customized Pocket PC-based sales force automation applications by working with clients to gather requirements, author detailed design documentation, and implement the customizations.
Designed and developed a server-side data integration system using Java. The system determines the differences between two tables in a relational database, and then applies the changes from one table to another. -
Architect, Visual Product Design
InstallShield
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)
July 2002 — April 2004 (1 year 10 months)
Guided the visual and user interaction design of the entire InstallShield product line. Educated development teams in solving user interface problems, and helped develop and communicate the company’s vision for user experiences.
Authored the InstallShield Visual Guidelines, which define company-wide standards for user interaction and visual design.
Researched and prototyped new user experience concepts and technologies, and served as a facilitator for bringing those concepts into production software.
Administrator and primary developer for a departmental Web server running Windows 2000. Implemented intranet applications using ASP, ADO, and .NET technologies. -
Senior User Interface Designer and Developer
InstallShield
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)
July 2000 — July 2002 (2 years 1 month)
Key contributor to the visual design and product strategy of DigitalWizard, a consumer-focused download and digital media manager.
Leader of the user interface technical design and development for DigitalWizard.
Architect of a dynamic engine for rendering the DigitalWizard user interface, built from ATL-based COM objects and advanced HTML, CSS, and JScript. -
User Interface Developer
InstallShield
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)
June 1998 — July 2000 (2 years 2 months)
Responsible for technical design and implementation of features for InstallShield for Windows Installer 1.0 (ISWI), a development environment for authoring Windows Installer-based setups.
Contributed to user interaction design of new features for ISWI.
Implemented user interface components using Visual Basic 6, HTML, CSS, VBScript, and C++.
Roger Deetz’s Education
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Indiana University - Kelley School of Business
BS , Business Administration, focusing on Computer Information Systems , 1994 — 1998
- Activities and Societies:
- CIS Club
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Indiana University Bloomington
BS , Business Administration, focusing on Computer Information Systems , 1994 — 1998
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