
Principal Consultant at Improving Enterprises
Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Principal Consultant at Improving Enterprises
Dallas/Fort Worth Area
- Designing and building consumer applications
- Expertise throughout the whole product development life cycle, from design to development
- Evangelism of the User Experience and User Centered Design principles by example and through speaking, blogging, and community participation
When he's not designing, presenting, or coding, Travis also enjoys spending time with his Wife & daughter.
http://travisisaacs.com
- User Experience
- User-Centered Design
- User Interface Design
- Interaction Design
- Front-End Development
- Information Architecture
- Information Design
- XHTML
- CSS
- Some JavaScript
- PHP
- Mac or Windows
- Adobe Creative Suite
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2009 — Present (8 months)
(Internet industry)
March 2009 — Present (9 months)
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Internet industry)
January 2002 — Present (7 years 11 months)
(Internet industry)
December 2007 — March 2009 (1 year 4 months)
Viewzi is a new visual search engine platform and search engine mashup offering user the flexibility to view their search results in a rich and fun new way.
Key accomplishments at Viewzi:
- Designed the user interface for the core product platform as well as several search products
- Designed and built a site-search product for content publishers (http://viewzi.com/sitesearch/)
- Designed and built a media search product for Fortune 500 consumer electronics retailer
- Significantly improved time-on-site metric through iterative design based on user feedback and consumer
testing
(Public Company; TSG; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)
February 2007 — December 2007 (11 months)
As an Interaction Designer at Sabre I was able to apply my passion for information architecture, visual design, and front-end development to travel product used by travel agencies across the globe.
Key Accomplishments at Sabre Travel Network:
- Evangelized Design and User Experience across the global organization through presentations,
workshops, and training
- Gained previously unknown customer insights via a travel agent research study
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)
October 2004 — February 2007 (2 years 5 months)
I was a core team member and sole designer for this Dallas, TX start-up that is making TiVo-for-radio a reality.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)
September 2005 — March 2006 (7 months)
I brought the hustle as a staff web designer on the customer experience team @ Travelocity headquarters in Southlake, TX. During my tenure, I handled the "Total Trip" shopping path, as well as some exciting special projects, including the Travelocity Guarantee and contributing early prototypes for Experience Finder.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Apparel & Fashion industry)
October 2003 — October 2004 (1 year 1 month)
B.A. , Telecommunications , 1999 — 2003
web 2.0, css, xhtml, php, information architecture, tagging, web community
Indiana University Alumni Association
2003 Ideas Fest Winner, Web Designer for Best Game design The Claim To Karas: http://www.ideasfest.org/2003/winners_2003.html
2005 Ideas Fest Winner, Web Designer for Best Game design Gaurdians of Kelthas: http://www.ideasfest.org/2005/winners.htm
Panelist: Interactive Media, Indiana University MultiVisions 2005: http://www.indiana.edu/~telecom/multivisions.html
Panelist: Interactive Media, Indiana University MultiVisions 2007: http://www.indiana.edu/~telecom/multivisions.html