Brian Krenz User Experience Designer and Researcher
EDUCATION CONTACT
University of Michigan School of Information, Ann Arbor, MI Portfolio
Master of Science in Information, Human Computer Interaction, Apr 2012 briankrenz.com
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, Apr 2007 *******@**********.***
Led research project on religion, race, and politics with Dr. James S. Jackson
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WORK EXPERIENCE +1-734-***-****
OnLive, Inc., Palo Alto, CA
Address
Product Management Intern, UX Design, Jun 2011 Aug 2011
711 E. Kingsley St., #10
Led design of upcoming social features, including developing wireframes, ow
diagrams, and use-case scenarios Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Led research of in-game tablet interfaces, including user testing and a diary study
SKILLS
Provided expertise in survey research
UX Methods
University of Michigan Institute for Social Research, Ann Arbor, MI Comparative analysis
Research Tech. Assoc., Program for Research on Black Americans, Jul 2007 Pres. Contextual inquiry
Researched, wrote, and presented paper on religious threat at the 2008 ISPP Cultural probe
conference in Paris Diary study
Developed survey and cleaned and analyzed data for the 2008 National Politics Flow diagramming
Study with others Focus group analysis
Developed Study of Retired Professional Football Players survey with others Heuristic evaluation
Conducted qualitative analysis of focus group data for Man Up Man Down project Interaction mapping
Persona creation
Research Assist., Program for Research on Black Americans, May 2004 Jul 2007 Storyboarding
Developed survey and cleaned and analyzed data for the 2004 and 2006 National Survey research
Politics Study with others User testing
Wireframing
ACADEMIC PROJECTS
Domino s Pizza, Ann Arbor, MI Technical
Consultant and Client Liaison, Jan 2011 Apr 2011 HTML/CSS
Assessed intranet site, including developing personas and conducting interviews, a Some Python
comparative analysis, a heuristic evaluation, a survey, and user testing Some Google AppEngine
Michigan State University, MATRIX, East Lansing, MI Software
Project Manager, Sep 2010 Dec 2010 Adobe InDesign
Led team in conducting contextual inquiry for MSU MATRIX Adobe Illustrator
Developed recommendations for improving MATRIX s communication and Adobe Photoshop
organization and presented those recommendations Apple iWork
Axure RP Pro
Moodlighting, Personal Informatics Balsamiq Mockups
User Experience Designer, Jan 2012 Apr 2012 Microsoft Of ce
Designed and built a prototype Arduino light sensor and mood tracking system
NVivo
Omnigraf e
Ubi Bar, Pervasive Interaction Design Qualtrics
User Experience Designer and Researcher, Jan 2012 Apr 2012 SPSS
Designed concept for ubiquitous computing tabletop gaming system for bars
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