
Centre of Excellence - Lead
India

Centre of Excellence - Lead
India
Over 8 years of experience in the field of UI design and interaction design.
Role involves leading and guiding development teams in creating UIs affable to users and overlaps visual design, human factors design, information architecture, usability, expert reviews and development of standards.
Passionate about aesthetics and usability (A washed car runs smoother - Don Norman).
Interests include exploring and developing interfaces that shape behavior and habits and that enhance the quality of everyday life.
- Strong sense of aesthetics, an eye for detail and inspired towards creative approach to problem solving.
- Thorough working knowledge of User Centred Design and applied usability
- Advanced level skills in creating interfaces using prototypes, workflows and mock-ups for web applications, desktop applications and other media
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
May 2007 — Present (1 year 6 months)
As a Center of Excellence - Lead, my role involves leading and guiding teams in creating UIs affable to users and overlaps visual design, human factors design, information architecture, usability, expert reviews and development of standards.
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Airlines/Aviation industry)
October 2002 — May 2007 (4 years 8 months)
The role was to :
- create user interface and information design solutions to help produce high end user friendly applications on the web and the desktop by applying human centered design principles and usability expertise to solve complex GUI issues.
- develop UI deliverables such as Use case scenarios, personas, design document, process flows, information architecture, information design, interaction design, wireframes, page flows, branding, prototypes, UI development and documentation and usability testing
- Institutionalize user-centered design (UCD) principles and usability best practices in the company and establish standards and guidelines to be followed by various development teams within the company
- analyze and develop user work flows, navigation and interactive approaches for an application with an emphasis on the user’s mental model.
- Mentor and lead user interface team and programmers on usability, information architecture and user centered design principles.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
2002 — 2002 (less than a year)
Responsibilities included client interaction, conceptualizing and developing front end graphics for multimedia presentations, flash based products, presentations and websites and designing of usable layouts using Adobe Photoshop and HTML using Dreamweaver and Dreamweaver UltraDev.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
2000 — 2001 (1 year)
Working for the client Entre Solutions. Responsibilites include designing and developing front end for web sites with initial concepts, color schemes and themes.
Also interacting with the clients when required. And monitoring the project status with the programmers and co-designers.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
1999 — 2000 (1 year)
MBA, IT, 2002 — 2005
Interaction Design Association, SIGCHI, Web Standards Group, Usability in IT, F.R.I.E.N.D.S
Bengalooru
Kannada