SUMEDH JIGJINNI
Bloomington, IN 47408
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EDUCATION
Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN May 2012
Master of Business Administration, majors in Entrepreneurship & Corporate Innovation, Marketing
Board Fellow (Net Impact), Go Play! legal & product management for non-profit startup
Vice President-External Relations, High Tech Club
Member of winning team, THINK (2010) & Whirlpool-Eaton (2010) Case Competitions
Faculty-selected member, Entrepreneurship Management Academy
Faculty-selected consultant, GLOBASE (India) social entrepreneurship project
GPA: 3.7
University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA June 2007
Bachelor of Science, major in Cognitive Science with emphasis in Human Computer Interaction
Undergraduate Research Scholar (2006), California Institute for Telecommunications & IT (Calit2)
President (2006-2007) & Professional Chair (2005-2006), Cognitive Science Student Association
EXPERIENCE
EatDrink.it, Indianapolis, IN November 2010 Present
Co-Founder
Driving product and design efforts for location-based social/dining mobile web application
Leading business development strategy and implementation for a startup
DIRECTV, El Segundo, CA October 2008 May 2010
User Interface Designer
Designed and improved features for the user interface (UI) of the DIRECTV set-top box; DIRECTV
surpassed TiVo in customer satisfaction for first time
Customized UI to partner specifications for projects, such as institutional, static UIs at Thomson
Technicolor & lower-end UIs at NDS (division of News Corp)
Cisco Systems, Irvine, CA August 2007 September 2008
Testing Coordinator, Beta Program
Established the beta testing program for Cisco Consumer (Linksys) products which resulted in the
discovery of a variety of implementation errors (including show stoppers) and feature requests
Coordinated 14 beta tests & created a global community of 1,000 active participants
Produced UIs by collaborating with Product Marketing to compile use cases, Management to create
information architectures, and Graphic Design to mock up UI designs
Websense, San Diego, CA January 2007 July 2007
Consultant, Software Engineering/Program Management
Drafted a web-based Executive Dashboard to display real-time project status and analysis
Generated quantitative performance metrics through investigation of workflow development
Delivered wireframes and functional specifications regarding UI, development, and business factors
ADDITIONAL
Service: Provided care to terminally ill patients through reading and reflection at Hospice Touch
Interests: Design, new technology, and card games