Project Manager Design

CATRIONA R. CORNETT

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http://www.catrionacornett.com

http://www.inspireUX.com

Experience: Vanguard Valley Forge, PA July 2007 - present

Information Architect Institutional Retirement Plan Services Web Services

Completed a rotational leadership program across business units, gaining experience aligning business

strategy, information architecture, and usability engineering.

Led efforts to create design strategy to unify the tools used by Institutional Relationship Managers into a

unified portal. Presented strategic vision to stakeholders, prepared implementation plan balancing user and

business needs with technical feasibility, created wireframes illustrating vision.

Prepared and conducted remote usability tests of the Personal Investors website. Created all test materials

(including script and questions) and analyzed results of over 800 completed tests. Presented actionable

recommendations emerging from results that improved Vanguard's Rollover 401(k) offerings online.

Designed wireframes of future state visions as an Information Architect for the Personal Investors website.

Conducted in-house lab usability tests with internal and external users of Institutional advice offerings.

Served as Business Lead for Intranet team. Prioritized capabilities, analyzed usage statistics, implemented

process improvements, and coordinated activities between the business, design, and development teams in

an Agile environment.

inspireUX Words to Inspire User Experience Designers March 2008 present

User Experience Advocate and Blogger

Promoting and exploring the impact of User Experience on people and business through regular blog posts.

Gaining exposure to current conferences, articles, research, and other UX advocates.

Built blog s audience organically to over 2,000 subscribers via RSS and email subscriptions.

User Experience Consulting June 2009 - present

User Experience Designer and Information Architect

Created high-fidelity wireframes and site architecture for FanGamb.com, a new social game startup.

Provided UX guidance to refine the site s strategy and functionality, optimizing the user experience.

Interfaced with design team to ensure proper execution of UX guidance in visual design.

General Electric Corporation Stamford, CT May 2006 August 2006

Information Management Leadership Program (IMLP) Intern GE Asset Management (GEAM)

Served as Project Manager for international off-shore development team during execution phase.

Analyzed business reporting requirements and developed reports based upon CRM application.

AccuWeather, Inc. State College, PA May 2005 August 2005

New Media Programmer Intern for AccuWeather.com

Assisted in the design and development of new AccuWeather.com section for weather photography.

Education: The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA

B.S. in Information Sciences and Technology May 2007

Option: Information Technology: Integration and Application

Minor: Information Sciences and Technology for Telecommunications

Cumulative GPA: 4.0/4.0

Skills: User Experience: Wireframes, user research and testing, remote usability testing, personas, scenarios, storyboards,

design strategy, prototyping, information design, content maps, mental models

Applications: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks, Dreamweaver, Flash, Microsoft Office Suite, MS Visio,

MS Project

Programming: XHTML/CSS/JavaScript, PHP, SQL

Methodologies: Agile and Waterfall development frameworks

Honors/ Blogs.com 10 Best User Experience Design Blogs for inspireUX.com 2009

Awards: Co-Student Marshal for the College of IST s Spring Commencement Ceremony 2007

Scholar Awards for Academic Excellence 2004 - 2007

Dean s List Fall 2003 Spring 2007

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