Autodesk - San Francisco Bay Area since Jan 2013
User Experience Manager
TeleNav - Sunnyvale, CA Dec 2009 - Nov 2012
Senior Manager - User Experience Research
Microsoft Mar 2008 - Jan 2010
Senior User Experience Researcher
Volt Technical Resources @ Microsoft - Redmond, WA Jul 2007 - Mar 2008
User Researcher II
Ciber Mar 2007 - Jun 2007
User Experience Consultant
Education:
New Mexico State University 1996 - 1999
MA (ABD), Engineering Psychology
New Mexico State University 1994 - 1996
BA, Psychology
Arapahoe Community College Aug 1990 - May 1994
Associate of Arts (AA), Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
University of Denver Aug 1991 - May 1992
North American Technical Institute 1975 - 1977
ASEET, Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Manzano HS 1972 - 1973
HS Diploma
Skills:
Task Analysis Card Sorting Statistics Storyboarding SPSS Heuristic Analysis Electronic Engineering Affinity Diagramming Usability Testing Persona Usability Contextual Inquiry Rapid Prototyping Analysis User-centered Design User Experience Human Computer Interaction Heuristic Evaluation Usability Engineering User Scenarios Mobile Devices User Research Mobile Applications Agile Methodologies Requirements Gathering TechSmith Human Factors Focus Groups Customer Experience Mobile Technology User Interface Design Information Architecture
Interests:
HCI, Photography, Music, Computers and Electronics
Honor & Awards:
NMSU High Honors Graduate - 4.0 GPA
Who's Who in America, 1996
2010 to 2000 Senior Manager of UX ResearchMicrosoft - Health Solutions Group
2008 to 2010 Senior UX ResearcherMicrosoft
2007 to 2007 Usability Researcher IIMicrosoft
2007 to 2007 Usability Engineer IICorbis Seattle, WA 2007 to 2007 User Research ConsultantAT&T Bothell, WA 2006 to 2007 Premier Solutions Research ManagerSumtotal Systems Bellevue, WA 2006 to 2006 Human Factors EngineerSymantec Corporation Houston, TX 2005 to 2006 Human Factors EngineerDST Systems Kansas City, MO 2003 to 2005 Human Factors SpecialistLandmark Graphics Corporation Austin, TX 2000 to 2003 User-Centered Design SpecialistInternational Business Machines West Palm Beach, FL 1999 to 2000 Human Factors SpecialistAustin Usability & NMSU Austin, TX 1998 to 1998 Consulting and Research AssistantDigital Equipment Corporation White Sands, NM 1984 to 1998 Senior EngineerDigital Equipment Corporation Las Cruces, NM 1987 to 1987 Electronics InstructorBDM Management Services White Sands Missile Range, NM 1983 to 1984 Systems Engineer - Systems ServicesRCA Service Company
1983 to 1983 Systems Engineer - Systems Support and AcceptanceControl Data Corporation White Sands, NM 1980 to 1983 Senior Engineer - Engineering Services and SupportNorthern New Mexico Comm. College Espanola, NM 1980 to 1980 Electronics InstructorLos Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos, NM 1978 to 1980 Electronics/Biomedical Designer and Cryogenic/Vacuum Technician
Education:
New Mexico State University 1996 to 1998 MA in Engineering PsychologyNew Mexico State University 1994 to 1996 BA in Engineering PsychologyNorth American Technical Institute 1978 AS in Electronics Engineering Technology
Youtube
SF Exploratorium
via YouTube Capture.
Duration:
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