Uday M. Shankar

Uday M. Shankar

Principal Engineer, Prototyping at Yahoo!

Mysore Area, India

Current
  • Principal Engineer, Prototyping at Yahoo!
Past
  • Information Architect at MasterMinds Interactive
  • Sr. Software Engineer (Consultant) at Coretech InfoSystems
  • Software Engineer, UI Development at Indsoft Infotek & Services
  • Technical Writer at M2ComSys, India
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Industry
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Uday M. Shankar’s Summary

UI Architect & Ux Professional with around 10 years of experience in developing User Interfaces, RIAs, Reports, Dashboards etc. Currently working @ YAHOO!

Uday M. Shankar’s Specialties:

UI Architecture, Hi-Fi Prototyping, UI Development, User Experience, Documentation, Usability/User Experience, HCI, RIA, Dashboards, Adobe Flex, Ajax etc.


Uday M. Shankar’s Experience

  • Principal Engineer, Prototyping

    Yahoo!

    (Public Company; YHOO; Internet industry)

    September 2009Present (3 months)

  • Sr. Ux Professional

    Nokia India Pvt. Ltd.

    (Telecommunications industry)

    July 2008September 2009 (1 year 3 months)

    In my role as Sr. UI Designer at Nokia(www.nokia.com), I was responsible for the UI and UX of some modules of Ovi.com (www.ovi.com) and multiple forthcoming models of Nokia's nextgen smartphones and related internet services.

  • UI Architect

    Extreme Networks

    (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; EXTR; Computer Networking industry)

    March 2006June 2008 (2 years 4 months)

    Leading the UI team in India. Currently working on Adobe Flex with Webservices. ExtremeXOS 12.0 now includes ScreenPlay, a Flash-based, on switch management tool that provides an intuitive graphical management platform for simplified management. ScreenPlay helps network managers become more productive with a straightforward navigation model that eases and speeds access to detailed configuration and status information from a dashboard menu level.

  • UI Developer

    Zafin Labs

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

    May 2004March 2006 (1 year 11 months)

    Worked on their flagship product - miRevenue, Was responsible in developing the UI architecture. miRevenue is a centralized product pricing, benefits and rewards system that accelerates new revenue generation and profitable customer relationships while dramatically improving operational efficiency.

  • Information Architect

    MasterMinds Interactive

    (Computer Software industry)

    January 2001April 2004 (3 years 4 months)

    I was one of the founder members of MasterMinds Interactive - a design consultancy firm providing services in Documentation, UI Development, Intranet Development, Branding etc. Working as a Senior Consultant at MI, I was responsible for leading a 4 member team in UI Development activities.

  • Sr. Software Engineer (Consultant)

    Coretech InfoSystems

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

    20002002 (2 years )

    Key responsibilities included creating Wireframes/Prototypes and UI for CTiS products. Worked mostly as an individual contributor.

  • Software Engineer, UI Development

    Indsoft Infotek & Services

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

    19992001 (2 years )

    Joined the organization as Webmaster and moved on to specialize in UI development.

  • Technical Writer

    M2ComSys, India

    (Computer Software industry)

    19981999 (1 year )


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