Taylor Hayward

Taylor Hayward

Contract Web Developer

Greater Boston Area

Current
Past
  • User Experience Manager at Virgin Life Care
  • Contract Web Developer and User Interface Designer at Idiom Technologies
  • Web Developer and User Interface Designer at Evergreen Investments
  • Contract Web Developer at NLG
  • Software Design and Development at Boston Programming
  • Contract User Interface Designer and Trainer at Novell
  • Contract User Interface Designer and Techical Lead at Liberty Mutual
  • Contract Software Designer and Developer at ADD Inc
  • Contract Software Designer and Developer at MA Democratic State Committee
  • Contract Software Designer and Developer at EMC

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Education
  • Harvard Extension School
  • The Museum School
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Industry
Computer Software
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Taylor Hayward’s Summary

Innovative User Interface Designer/Developer with 18 years experience working with front end technologies.

My specialty is user research, and software design. I have a wide scope of technologies in my background, including:
- HTML
- JavaScript
- CSS
- AJAX
- PHP
- Java
- MySQL
- Photoshop
- Illustrator

Take a look at my portfolio for a full list of my work. http://taylorhayward.com

Taylor Hayward’s Specialties:

User research, user interface design, and user interface programming.

Taylor Hayward’s Experience

  • Contract Web Developer

    Novartis

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; NVS; Pharmaceuticals industry)

    August 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

    I'm designing and implementing a web application using MediaWiki (PHP based application) MySQL, PHP, HTML, AJAX, JavaScript, CSS, and user interface research and design. I will also be creating some of the graphics using Photoshop.

  • Contract User Interface Design and Development

    Charles River Analytics

    (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

    April 2008 — Present (1 year 8 months)

    I created the user interface for one web application called, DecideWithUs, using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. I also created some of the graphics using Photoshop.

    After I completed the first project, I was asked to work on the next one for DARPA, the technology arm of the Department of Defense. I completed the wire-frame (user interface) designs for the application with great success.

  • Contract Project Manager

    Management Sciences for Health

    (Non-Profit; 501-1000 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

    January 2008 — April 2008 (4 months)

    - Software project management
    - Web application design
    - User research
    - Project resource co-ordination
    - Client management

  • Contract User Interface Developer

    France Telecom

    (Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; FTE; Telecommunications industry)

    July 2007 — January 2008 (7 months)

    - User interface design for mobile phone applications
    - Software programming for mobile phone applications
    - Project management web-site design, programming, and maintenance
    - Graphic design using Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop

  • Contract Web Application Designer and Developer

    EMC

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; EMC; Information Technology and Services industry)

    January 2007 — July 2007 (7 months)

    - User research
    - User Interface Design
    - Software Programming using HTML, JavaScript, and PHP
    - Graphic design using Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop

  • User Experience Manager

    Virgin Life Care

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)

    January 2006 — January 2007 (1 year 1 month)

    - User research
    - User interface design
    - User interface markup using HTML
    - Usability research
    - Outside vendor procurement and management
    - Graphic design using Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop

  • Contract Web Developer and User Interface Designer

    Idiom Technologies

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

    September 2005 — January 2006 (5 months)

    - User interface designer
    - User interface developer using Java, HTML, and JavaScript
    - Graphic design using Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop

  • Web Developer and User Interface Designer

    Evergreen Investments

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; WB; Financial Services industry)

    April 2004 — September 2005 (1 year 6 months)

    - Client presentations
    - User interface design
    - User interface development using HTML and JavaScript
    - Graphic design using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator

  • Contract Web Developer

    NLG

    (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

    January 2004 — April 2004 (4 months)

    - User interface design
    - User interface development
    - Visual Basic Programming
    - Some Java Struts Programming

  • Software Design and Development

    Boston Programming

    (Public Company; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)

    November 2001 — December 2003 (2 years 2 months)

    - Software design
    - Software programming using HTML, JavaScript, and Java
    - Managed focus groups
    - Usability research
    - Client negotiations
    - Client presentations
    - Contract resource procurement
    - Relational database design

  • Contract User Interface Designer and Trainer

    Novell

    (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; NOVL; Computer Software industry)

    April 2000 — November 2001 (1 year 8 months)

    - User interface designer
    - Usability tester
    - Usability test trainer

  • Contract User Interface Designer and Techical Lead

    Liberty Mutual

    (Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; LMG; Insurance industry)

    September 1995 — April 2000 (4 years 8 months)

    - Software designer
    - Software programmer using Java and 4D (4th Dimension)
    - Technical lead

  • Contract Software Designer and Developer

    ADD Inc

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Architecture & Planning industry)

    January 1994 — September 1995 (1 year 9 months)

    - User interface designer
    - Software designer
    - Software programmer using 4D (4th Dimension)
    - Relational database design

  • Contract Software Designer and Developer

    MA Democratic State Committee

    (Political Organization industry)

    February 1993 — January 1994 (1 year )

    - Software interface design
    - Software design
    - Software programming using 4th Dimension
    - Software installation and maintenance
    - Relational database design

  • Contract Software Designer and Developer

    EMC

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; EMC; Information Technology and Services industry)

    July 1992 — February 1993 (8 months)

    - User interface designer
    - Software designer
    - Software programmer using 4th Dimension
    - Relational database design

Taylor Hayward’s Education

  • Harvard Extension School

    Liberal Arts 1999 — 2000

    I studied User Interface Design and Strategic Management in the Harvard Extension School's Liberal Arts program.

  • The Museum School

    Graphic Design 1999 — 2000

Additional Information

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Taylor Hayward’s Interests:

Boxing, Hunting, Music Composition.

Taylor Hayward’s Groups:

Usability Professionals Association
Human Computer Interaction Association

  •    Boston Innovators
  •    Boston Creative Professionals
  •    New England Tech Professionals Network

Taylor Hayward’s Honors:

Sun Java Programming Certification

Taylor Hayward’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

  • career opportunities
  • consulting offers
  • new ventures
  • expertise requests
  • reference requests
  • getting back in touch

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