Joshua Morse

RightScale, *** W Canon Perdido St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101

abqgkk@r.postjobfree.com http://www.joshuamorse.com

Sept 2006 -

Masters of Science in Information, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Education

Specialization in Human Computer Interaction April 2008

Margaret Mann Award top academic award given to 2 students in each class

August 2001

B.S. in Computer Science, B.A. in English, Hope College

Computer Science & Literature Senior Prizes - May 2005

National Merit Finalist Scholarship

Interaction Designer, RightScale April 2010 -

Work

As the only usability professional at the company, worked to establish a UX flow Present

Experience

within an existing agile scrum framework

Develop wireframes, specifications, and mid-fidelity prototypes

Organized a customer advisory group to provide direct feedback on usability

Information Architect, Enlighten May 2008-

Develop wireframes, functional specifications, web prototypes, and user flows April 2010

Conduct strategic recommendation research and perform usability testing

Led the effort to update internal IA software tools and related processes

Clients include Kao Brands, Hunter Douglas, & Richmond American Homes

Library Usability Working Group, Hatcher Graduate Library May 2007-

Conducted interviews and heuristic evaluations, created web prototypes August 2007

Conducted short-term & long term usability testing of library web systems

University of Michigan Library Associate, Hatcher Graduate Library August 2006-

Teach workshops on a variety of software tools May 2008

Competitive position includes a full tuition and health benefits

Software Developer, Epic Systems Corporation July 2005-

Developed software in Visual Basic for the Beacon Oncology package August 2006

National Science Foundation Grant Summer Research, H ope College May 2003

Worked under Dr. Ryan McFall developing electronic textbook software on the August 2003

Tablet PC platform using Java, C#, and SQL

Presented the eTextbook project at the 2004 Education Media Conference

Sept 2007-

doGooder CHI 2008

Academic

Developed a volunteer social network design through a user-centered process April 2008

Projects

2nd place in the CHI 2008 Conference Student Design Competition

Sept 2006-

CarLoop CHI 2007

Developed a web-based carpooling system design through a user-centered process May 2007

Semi-finalist in the CHI 2007 Conference Student Design Competition

Usability and Interface Design

Relevant

Contextual inquiry, survey design, personas, scenarios, data modeling

Skills

Wireframes, user flows, and functional specifications

Usability testing and prototyping using HTML and Axure RP

Instruction & Presentation

Designed and taught workshops on a variety of software applications

Presented at the CHI 2008 and IEU 2009 conferences

Past Software Development Language Experience

Programmed desktop applications in Visual Basic and C#

Basic knowledge of CSS, XHTML, Javascript (including JQuery)

Software Proficiency

Axure RP, Microsoft Office and Visio, familiar with most Adobe CS Products

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