Engineer Quality Assurance

A L I C I A N AC H MA N

www.sustainable-ux.com ******@***********-**.*** 650-***-****

PROFILE Interaction designer seeking position with forward-thinking company that values user

experience. Passionate about user-centered design with over 5 years experience in

software engineering.

E D U C AT I O N Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

Master of Science in Human-Computer Interaction

MAY 2009

Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Part-time Coursework for Professional Development in HCI

JUNE 2003 - MARCH 2004

University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL

Bachelor of Music in Music Engineering Technology, minor in Computer Science

MAY 2002

PROFESSIONAL Freelance User Experience Designer NOV 2008 - APRIL 2009

EXPERIENCE Conducted expert review and heuristic evaluation for web and interactive TV startup

Consulted on experience design for iPhone app development company

User Experience Architect MAY 2008 - DEC 2008

THINK Interactive, Atlanta, GA

Collaborated with multi-disciplinary teams to design engaging and usable

experiences for web and emerging technologies

Created wireframes and presented designs to clients

Conducted discount usability testing and heuristic analyses

Evaluated UX deliverables and developed best practice templates

Developer Services Engineer DEC 2005 - JULY 2007

Digidesign, Daly City, CA

Provided cross-platform engineering support to 3rd party development partners

Maintained and improved Software Development Kit (SDK)

Spearheaded documentation improvement initiative for plug-in SDK

Redesigned developer partners newsletter from text to HTML

Software Development Engineer JAN 2005 - NOV 2005

Analog Devices, Santa Clara, CA

Developed user interface features in C++ and C# for award-winning VisualAudio

software

Created software requirements speci cations

Managed software builds, versioning, installers

Lead Quality Assurance Engineer AUG 2002 - DEC 2004

Analog Devices, Santa Clara, CA

Designed and implemented test plans, performed white box testing, and reviewed

software requirements speci cations

Coordinated internal Change Review Board to manage late-cycle speci cation

changes

Intern MAY 2001 - AUG 2001

Cirrus Logic, Austin, TX

Developed internal website to simplify and automate release notes maintenance

Learned Perl and CGI scripting, coming up to speed quickly

Audio Group Intern JUNE 2000 - AUG 2000

Nokia Mobile Phones, San Diego, CA

Tested audio quality of Nokia phones and performed competitive analysis

SELECTED Trashspotting: Everyday Mapping

P R O J E C T S Developed interactive Flash map depicting litter in a local neighborhood

Applied principles of visual design in the typography and layout

Incorporated game-like interaction along with zoom, lter, and details on demand

Food For Thought: Visualizing Nutrition Trends

Designed interactive visualization exploring large nutrition-related data sets

Led team of four from concept to completion

Took on responsibility for majority of the interaction and interface design

Developed interface using Adobe Flex

Shelter Me: Helping Shelter Animals Find Homes

Led group project to enhance adoption experience and improve adoption rates

Researched problem space and performed analyses on user, environment, and tasks

Brainstormed divergent design alternatives focusing on creativity

Performed user evaluation on interactive HTML prototype

For a complete project listing, see my portfolio at www.sustainable-ux.com

R E L E VA N T Information Visualization Principles of Interactive Design

COURSEWORK Engineering Psychology Qualitative Research Methods

Research Design Visual Culture and Design

Mixed Reality Design Innovation & Entrepreneurial Behavior

SKILLS User experience: ethnography, task analysis, personas, wireframing, user

testing, cognitive walkthrough, heuristic evaluation

Design tools: Visio, OmniGra e, Photoshop, Illustrator

Web development: Adobe Flex, Flash/ActionScript, HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL

Development tools: Flex Builder, Xcode, Interface Builder, VisualStudio.NET

COMMUNIT Y Member of ACM SIG-CHI

Animal shelter adoption volunteer

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