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Saul Wyner

http://www.saulwyner.com

******@*****.*** 310-***-****

User Experience Research

*** ********* *** #**, *********, CA 94086

UX/Design/Research

EDUCATION contextual design process

University of Michigan School of Information Ann Arbor, MI Class of 2011

survey design

M.S., Information

persona / scenario creation

Human-Computer Interaction, Incentive-Centered Design

ethnographic studies

Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society Membership, School of Information Merit Scholarship

heuristic evaluation

usability testing

University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Los Angeles, CA Class of 2008

interaction mapping

B.S., Cognitive Science

information visualization

Computing, Minor: Near Eastern Languages and Culture

affinity diagramming

Phi Chi National Psychology Honors Society Gold Membership

data mining / analysis

RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE report/presentation writing

lo-fi/hi-fi prototyping

Snapstick Inc. Cupertino, CA Oct 2011 - Jan 2012 wireframe development

User Experience Analyst

Developed persona/scenarios for mobile-to-TV interface for multi-player gaming and media.

Relevant Coursework

Designed and performed quantitative and qualitative user and market research.

Interface / Interaction Design

Recruited and conducted multi-stage multiuser usability testing.

Eval. of Systems / Services

Crafted and analyzed front-facing and product usage analytics.

Choice Architecture

Championed and educated UX practices and user persona company-wide.

Contextual Inquiry

Recommender Systems

TechSmith Corporation Okemos, MI Jan 2011 - June 2011 Reputation Systems

User Experience Research Intern CSCW

Performed and designed usability tests, diary studies, competitive analyses, literature Exploratory Data Analysis

reviews, and quantitative research studies. Theories of Social Influence

Presented findings to PM, UX, Marketing, and Executive TechSmith teams. Content Management Sys.

Graphic Design

MemCatch, LLC. Ann Arbor, MI Dec 2009 - March 2010

User Interface Design Intern Software/Web

Drafted low, medium, and high fidelity interactive prototypes. Illustrator / Photoshop

Created unique graphics, icons, and terminology for branding and recognition. InDesign

SnagIt / Camtasia / Morae

PROJECTS Omnigraffle

Exploratory Data Analysis Course Project Ann Arbor, MI Dec 2009 - April 2010

Data Extraction, Analysis and Visualization (Project In The Mix) Programming

Extracted an indexical database of song sampling info from the-breaks.com with Perl. MATLAB / R

Used R and ggplot2 to explore, analyze, and visualize data for significant trends and patterns Perl

in song sampling behavior across artists, genres, publication dates, and more. XML / XQuery

PHP / CSS / HTML (basic)

Evaluation of Systems and Services Course Team Project Ann Arbor, MI Dec 2009 - April 2010

Website Usability and Evaluation (Project Ross) Languages

Performed usability evaluation for Ross School of Business of the Ross home site. English (native speaker)

Conducted interviews, surveys, heuristic and comparative evaluations, and usability testing. Hebrew (proficient)

Fabricated an interaction map, personas and scenarios.

Other Skills

Interface/Interaction Design Course Team Project Ann Arbor, MI Sept 2009 - March 2010 arcade repair/maintenance

Contextual Design for Social Walking Network (Project Peregrine) movie projection

Conceptualized/developed a web/iPhone/SMS prototype, from inception to hi-fi prototyping. property management

Designed and executed user research, including surveys, interviews, and usability testing.

Awarded 2nd Place Social Computing Project Presentation at expoSItion 2010.

PUBLICATIONS

S Wyner, E Shaw, T Kim, J Li & J Kim, Sentiment Analysis of a Student Q&A Board for Computer Science, Workshop on

Computational Models for Natural Argument, Int l Joint Conference on AI (IJCAI), 2009.

J Kim, E Shaw, S Wyner, T Kim & J Li, Discerning Affect in Student Discussions, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the

Cognitive Science Society, 2010.

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