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HOTTEST SKILLS: product, communication, database, graphical user interface, unix,

journal, delphi, macintosh, sale, trial, c++, engineer, html, market, marketing,

presentation, representation, suit, budget, budgeting

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TEAM RESUME: DAVID K. SIMKIN

DAVID K. SIMKIN

Phone: 408-***-****

E-mail: *****@************.***

EDUCATION

1982

-1987

Northwestern University,

Evanston, Illinois

Ph.D

. in Cognitive Psychology (GPA: 4.0)

Dissertation Title: "Towards an Information Processing View of Graph Comprehension."

1975

-1979

University of Pennsylvania,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

BA

in Psychology and Biology (GPA: 3.8)

HONORS AND AWARDS

1994

MAKE-IT-HAPPEN Individual Performance Award, 6/94

1993

MAKE-A-DIFFERENCE Individual Performance Award, 4/93

1991

AT&T Individual Performance Award, 3/91

1990

AT&T Individual Performance Award, 3/90

1989

AT&T Individual Performance Award, 7/89

1989

AT&T Individual Performance Award, 3/89

1983

Benton Underwood Summer Fellowship

1982

Northwestern University Fellowship

(4 years)

1979

BA

-- Magna Cum Laude, General Honors, Honors in Psychology, Honors in Biology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1994

-PresentPresident, Sr. Interaction Designer

Mental Models, Santa Clara, CA

Providing product realization services specializing in user-centered product design.

Services include:

Information Architecture

User Interface Design

System Architecture Design

HTML Development

Graphical Design

Sound Design

Copy Development

Implementation

Usability Testing

QA Review / Bug Testing

1992

-1995Industrial Design Director

Make Systems, Inc

., Mountain View, CA

Design responsibilities. Responsible for design of all products across the company.

Aspects

addressed include user interface, function, graphics design, architecture, documentation,

training,

packaging, and marketing.

Design corporate standards for object-oriented graphical user interfaces, help system,

and on-line

documentation based on the OSF/Motif user interface for NetMaker XA, a second generation

product

line of decision support tools for network management of enterprise-wide networks. This

suite of

applications won Best of Show at Interop+Networld '94.

Establish user paradigm for new products and detailed user interface design for key

applications

(e.g. Network Visualizer, Query Interface, Tool Manager.)

Design user interface for Macintosh based sales force automation application. Product is

currently

in use by large corporate customer.

Develop rapid prototypes to aid in the design and communication of the standards.

Produce and deliver high quality demonstrations for press, analysts, and customers.

Responsible for maintaining a design discourse to coordinate design decisions and evolve

the

corporate design standards and processes towards a more consumer products orientation.

Management responsibilities. Coordinating manager for all R&D resources working on

NetMaker XA,

including perting and budgeting.

Proposed, built, and manage Application Framework group to ensure the timely delivery of

applications which meet the highest standards of industrial design. The Framework

provides a toolkit

for building applications and consists of an object-oriented database, a C++ class

library, user

interface services, and an integrated messaging system.

Direct management of the Framework group, Application User Interface developers, Graphics

Designers, and Technical Documentation group including recruiting, contracting, and

hiring.

Managed the transition of R&D to object-oriented approaches, languages, and databases and

ensure high code quality through defined standards, reviews, education, and recruiting.

Managed group building Macintosh based sales force automation tool for last six months of

the

project.

1990

-1991Member of Technical Staff, User Interface Architecture Group

AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, NJ

Establish and evolve user interface standards.

Design corporate standards for graphical user interfaces and coordinate with other

standards

activities.

Develop user interface prototypes to aid in the design and communication of the standards

(Sun

workstations and 386 PC's.)

Provide design support for products building to these standards.

Manage the change control process for standards and certification of products following

standards.

Establish a user interface architecture plan.

Evaluate and document UNIX based software for developing user interfaces. - Coordinate

the

development of X Toolkit based widgets and other software components needed to support

network

management applications built on the X Windowing System.

Provide input to organizations building high-level user interface development tools.

Provide support for products moving from older platforms to the new generation of

graphical user

interface platforms (e.g., OPEN LOOK, OSF/Motif, Windows, and NewWave.)

User interface design for Japanese telecommunications network management system.

Specify user interface architecture to support Kanji input on ASCII terminals as well as

bitmapped

graphic workstations.

Write user interface style guide for system (which is now being used for several products

for this

Japanese telecommunications company.)

Design user interface for key applications (e.g., OA&M, notification, and configuration

applications.)

1988

-1990Member of Technical Staff, User Interface and Quality Planning

AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, NJ

Design support for graphical user interface platforms.

Redesign current platform: Enhancement of various platform components (e.g., window

manager and

widget sets.)

AT&T contributor to the OPEN LOOK design team.

Design new corporate user interface standards for network management: Co-author of

graphics user

interface design standards based on OPEN LOOK GUI specifications.

Develop user interface prototype for new standards on Sun Workstation.

User Interface design for Accumaster Integrator, a telecommunications network management

system. Product

named "Product of the Year" (1989) by "Communications Week."

Design configuration application: Application allows user to build a database for network

components and build graphical representation of network.

Design user notification application: A set of applications which alert user to

asynchronous

notices.

Oversee implementation of the user interface for trouble reporting and tracking

application.

Develop user interface prototype and mockups on Sun Workstation.

Coordinate user interface design effort in the Modification Request process.

User interface evaluation.

Usability testing for network management system: Produce questionnaires and interview

materials,

conduct evaluation of the user interface and Task Analysis at all beta sites.

Design standard questions for user evaluation: Co-author a set of questions to be used

across

network management products.

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PERSONAL

Date of Birth: February 21, 1958

Place of Birth: Philadelphia, PA

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