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Résumé

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Education

Master of Science, Human-Computer Interaction & Design Indiana University, School of Informatics (GPA: 4.0/4.0)
August 2004 - May 2006
Bachelor of Science, Cognitive Science with specialization in Human-Computer Interaction, University of California San Diego
September 2000 - June 2004
Graduate, ThoughtWorks University, Bangalore India
August 2006 - October 2006

Work Experience

Interaction Design Consultant, ThoughtWorks
August 2006 - Current

  • Facilitate project inception processes to gather initial requirements & design software that is ready to be built
  • Collaborate and facilitate design efforts on development teams of varying size (4 to 40 people) in various industries
  • Define methods of User-Centered Design for the Agile Development context
  • Led the internal Global User-Centered Design Community
User Centered Design Intern, Intuit, User Centered Design Group
May - July 2005

  • Conducted exploratory research considering the application of Instant Messaging capabilities to online tax software
  • Created and implemented an internal software package to aid team communication
  • Developed a promotional video for the Intuit Internship Program
Associate Instructor, Indiana University and UC San Diego
September 2003 - May 2006

  • Instructed students in lecture-style classes and one-on-one setting in HCI undergraduate survey courses covering User-Centered Design and Usability
  • Assisted Professors with long-term course strategy as well as planning weekly lectures and assignments
Technical Information Intern, Southern California Edison Electric Company, Transmission and Distribution Business Unit
June - September 2003

  • Researched and created technical documents for new Lineman Training Course.
  • Implemented and wrote technical instructions for Scantron enabled testing
Team Member, HCI & Distributed Cognition Lab, University of California at San Diego, Dept. of Cognitive Science
April 2003 - March 2004

  • Studied the use of digital photos and designed a Software User Interface based on ethnographic data and the Contextual Design process
  • Participated in meetings, interviewed users, and designed implement layout
Ropes Course and Team Building Specialist and Senior Counselor, Wilshire Boulevard Camps, Malibu, CA
Summers from 1998 to 2002

  • Facilitated team-building exercises with youth and adults through the use of low element and high element activities
  • Trained and managed staff in the set-up & maintainance of a high element wilderness ropes course

Speaking Engagements

IxDA Interaction 08, Savannah, GA, USA
February 2008

ThoughtWorks Away Day Conferences, USA & UK

  • Session titled, “A Contextual Design Approach to Agile Software Development”

Courses & Skills

  • HCI/Design Theory: Cognitive Ethnography, Cognitive Ergonomics
  • HCI/Design Practice: Prototyping, Cognitive Engineering, Multimedia Design
  • Development: Ruby on Rails, PHP, ActionScript (Flash), JavaScript, Perl, Python
  • Web Design: DHTML (XHTML, CSS, and Javascript), Macromedia Studio, Adobe Photoshop
  • Databases: SQL, MySQL

Other Experience

  • Co-Founder (November 2004 – Current), Iota Nu Phi National Informatics Honors Society
  • Co-Founder (January 2004 – Current), Design Club, Indiana University
  • Informatics Department Representative (September 2004 – Current), Indiana University Graduate & Professional Student Organization (GPSO)
  • Board Member (September 2004 – Current), Indiana University Department of Informatics Graduate in Informatics Student Association (GISA)
  • Student Member (September 2004 - Current), Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (ACM SIG CHI)
  • Member (January – June 2004), San Diego Computer-Human Interaction Group (SandCHI)