Tony Poor

Past

• Front-End Intern at Knewton, Inc
• Research Assistant at Carnegie Mellon University

Education

• Carnegie Mellon University
• Bay High School

Connections

27 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Portfolio

Tony Poor’s Summary

Passionate user experience designer with a dual background in user experience/human-computer interaction and computer science. Focus in front-end engineering and web interface design/development.

Tony Poor’s Specialties:

Usability analysis, user experience design and research, front-end engineering, software development

Tony Poor’s Experience

• Front-End Intern

  Knewton, Inc

  (Privately Held; E-Learning industry)

  May 2009 — August 2009 (4 months)

  Interaction design and front-end engineering for Knewton's test prep products.

• Research Assistant

  Carnegie Mellon University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  February 2008 — May 2009 (1 year 4 months)

  • Worked on several papers presented at CHI '08 and '09.
  • Assisted in the design of user-centric security/privacy interfaces.
  • Conducted and evaluated user studies to observe common errors, identify their causes, and arrive at possible solutions to improve the software interface.

Tony Poor’s Education

• Carnegie Mellon University

  B.S. , Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction, Communication Design , 2007 — 2011 (expected)

  Expected double-major in computer science and human-computer interaction, with additional minor in communication design.

  Activities and Societies:

  Sole instructor and creator of "Techniques for Web Interfaces," a student-taught course revolving around the best principles of web interface design from both design and technical points of view.

• Bay High School

  2003 — 2007

Additional Information

Tony Poor’s Websites:

• My Portfolio

Tony Poor’s Interests:

billiards, typography, user interface design, good pasta, sunshine

Tony Poor’s Honors:

SCS Dean's List, Fall 2008
Cambridge International Fellowship Scholar, 2008
National Merit Finalist, 2007

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