Sara Thomas Smith

Past

• User Researcher at Cisco
• IT Administrator at Child Advocates
• Network Administrator at Notre Dame High School

• Network Administrator at Ensera
• Systems Administrator at Findlaw
• User Support Supervisor at Red Herring Communications
• Support Specialist at EDS
• Area Associate/Project Coordinator at Apple

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Education

• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• Franklin University
• Foothill College

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Portfolio

Sara Thomas Smith’s Summary

Recent M.S. in Human Computer Interaction graduate with one year experience as a usability researcher/junior interaction designer. Ten years experience in information technology as systems administrator/inside technical support and two years providing administrative and project support for a large UE team.

Currently seeking position within a dynamic user experience team, with preference towards generalist positions that combine research and design and possibly even prototyping.

Sara Thomas Smith’s Specialties:

Excellent writing and research skills, heuristic analysis, qualitative user studies, wireframing, prototyping, HTML, CSS, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, Flash, web design, web server administration, project management, interaction design, creative problem solving, passion for improving tools and processes.

Sara Thomas Smith’s Experience

• User Researcher

  Cisco

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

  April 2007 — February 2008 (11 months)

• IT Administrator

  Child Advocates

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Civic & Social Organization industry)

  July 2005 — July 2006 (1 year 1 month)

• Network Administrator

  Notre Dame High School

  (Educational Institution; Information Technology and Services industry)

  March 2002 — August 2005 (3 years 6 months)

• Network Administrator

  Ensera

  (Computer Software industry)

  2001 — 2001 (less than a year)

• Systems Administrator

  Findlaw

  (Public Company; Internet industry)

  2000 — 2000 (less than a year)

• User Support Supervisor

  Red Herring Communications

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  2000 — 2000 (less than a year)

• Support Specialist

  EDS

  (Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)

  1997 — 1999 (2 years )

• Area Associate/Project Coordinator

  Apple

  (Public Company; AAPL; Computer Hardware industry)

  1995 — 1997 (2 years )

Sara Thomas Smith’s Education

• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  MS , Human Computer Interaction , 2007 — 2008

• Franklin University

  BS , Information Technology , 2004 — 2006

  Minor in Digital Communications, Graduated Cum Laude

• Foothill College

  AA , Social Science , 2000 — 2004

Additional Information

Sara Thomas Smith’s Websites:

• My Portfolio

Sara Thomas Smith’s Interests:

interaction design, user experience, learning, theatre, travel, singing, cooking, crafts, interior design/architecture, reading

Sara Thomas Smith’s Groups:

San Jose Lyric Theatre, Silicon Valley Web Guild, BayCHI

•    BayCHI
•    Interaction Design Association

Sara Thomas Smith’s Honors:

MCSE

Sara Thomas Smith’s Contact Settings

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