Robert Owen

Current

• Product Usability Specialist at Silverpop

Past

• UI Designer / Usability Analyst at McKesson
• Software Engineer / Usability Advocate at Patient Care Technologies
• Owner at Robert Owen - Web Development and Freelance Usability (Sole Proprietorship)

• Usability Engineer at AppForge, Inc
• Human Factors Engineering Intern at NCR
• Technical Service Representative at IBM

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Education

• Georgia Institute of Technology

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Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Website

Robert Owen’s Summary

More than seven years of experience in testing and enhancing software usability including more than five years focusing on software in the health care industry. Designed award-winning software interactions. Experience and training in software development and iterative software engineering methodologies.

Robert Owen’s Experience

• Product Usability Specialist

  Silverpop

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  March 2008 — Present (1 year 9 months)

  User interface design and usability testing for Web2.0 applications.

• UI Designer / Usability Analyst

  McKesson

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

  March 2007 — February 2008 (1 year )

  Contractor through Principle Solutions Group. Created client UI designs for rich client and web based applications. Performed usability testing for various products in the Enterprise Imaging Group.

• Software Engineer / Usability Advocate

  Patient Care Technologies

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  June 2002 — March 2007 (4 years 10 months)

  Application software development in multiple programming languages, usability education and testing, programmer analyst support, custom report development, development for the home health vertical market including OASIS, HIPAA (Health Information Portability and Accountability Act), and PPS (Prospective Payment System). Also let usability testing and enhancement initiatives.

• Owner

  Robert Owen - Web Development and Freelance Usability (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)

  February 2002 — June 2006 (4 years 5 months)

  Small part-time home business. Web development, computer systems consulting, usability consulting.

• Usability Engineer

  AppForge, Inc

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  January 2001 — November 2001 (11 months)

  Development of Visual Basic add-in using multiple programming languages, Usability research and testing, and handheld application development.

• Human Factors Engineering Intern

  NCR

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Software industry)

  March 2000 — January 2001 (11 months)

  Full scale usability testing, retail application design, development of usability research support software using Visual Basic, Excel, COM, and Macromedia Flash.

• Technical Service Representative

  IBM

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Software industry)

  January 1997 — March 2000 (3 years 3 months)

  Technical support for Point of Sale hardware and software, intranet development.

Robert Owen’s Education

• Georgia Institute of Technology

  BS , Computer Science , 1995 — 2000

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Robert Owen’s Websites:

• My Website

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