Steve Kwan

Current

• User Experience Designer at Zen Point

Past

• User Experience Designer at Vitrium Systems Inc.
• Lead Software Engineer at Eloquent Systems Inc.
• Software Engineer at MINISIS Inc.

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Education

• British Columbia Institute of Technology
• British Columbia Institute of Technology

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Connections

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Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Blog
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• My Company

Steve Kwan’s Summary

Steve Kwan is a user experience designer from Vancouver, BC. He currently designs and develops for Vitrium Systems.

Steve is an honours graduate from the British Columbia Institute of Technology.

Steve Kwan’s Specialties:

User experience design, usability, user interface, human-computer interaction (HCI), knowledge management, information architecture, web design, accessibility and usability engineering.

Steve Kwan’s Experience

• User Experience Designer

  Zen Point

  (Design industry)

  November 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)

• User Experience Designer

  Vitrium Systems Inc.

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

  April 2007 — November 2008 (1 year 8 months)

  o Designed docmetrics, Vitrium’s flagship product
  
  o Enhanced corporate sales and marketing efforts
  
  o Led and managed customer success team

• Lead Software Engineer

  Eloquent Systems Inc.

  (Computer Software industry)

  August 2004 — April 2007 (2 years 9 months)

  o Led development of Eloquent’s web-based knowledge management suite
  
  o Gathered requirements and designed solutions for major clients

• Software Engineer

  MINISIS Inc.

  (Computer Software industry)

  October 2002 — August 2004 (1 year 11 months)

  o Redesigned M3, one of the top-rated museum applications in the world
  
  o Customized software and handled relations for major clients

Steve Kwan’s Education

• British Columbia Institute of Technology

  B.Tech , Computer Systems Technology , 2002 — 2008

  Major in Human-Computer Interaction.
  Honours student.

• British Columbia Institute of Technology

  Dipl.T , Computer Systems Technology , 2000 — 2002

  Major in Data Communications.
  Honours graduate.

Additional Information

Steve Kwan’s Websites:

• My Blog
• My RSS feed
• My Company

Steve Kwan’s Interests:

User experience design, user interface, information architecture, human-computer interaction, knowledge management, web design, software engineering, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, hiking, video games, socializing

Steve Kwan’s Groups:

VanUE, BCIT Alumni

•    Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA)
•    UX Professionals
•    Vancouver User Experience Group
•    BCIT Alumni
•    Leading UX & UI professional Network
•    Vancouver Digital Marketing
•    Vancouver Enterprise Forum

Steve Kwan’s Honors:

University of British Columbia (UBC)
Two time guest lecturer. Topics: Information architecture in records and archives.

Federal Government of Canada
Enhanced reliability clearance with MINISIS Inc.

Steve Kwan’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
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• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
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