Kumar Mayank

email:abqhxd@r.postjobfree.com web: http://kmayank.com phone: 734-***-****

EDUCATION

University of Michigan, School of Information, Ann Arbor, MI Graduated April 2010

Master of Science in Information, Human Computer Interaction and Social Computing

Grade Point Average 3.77/4.0

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, Guwahati, India Graduated April 2008

Bachelor of Design, Interaction Design

Cumulative Performance Index 8.91/10, Departmental Rank: 2nd in a class of 19

WORK EXPERIENCE

User Experience Designer, Wolfram Research & Wolfram Alpha, Champaign, IL July 10-Present

Designed more than 5 strategic products for Wolfram with data at the forefront leading to patents(pending)

Lead and defined user experiences for integrating Wolfram Alpha with 3 external partner products

Defined and formulated group procedures, deliverables, Mobile UI guidelines and recruitment strategies

Designed interactions, flows and architecture for more than 30 mobile apps on iOS and Android devices

Conducted experiments on research project to verify concepts like user s perception of time

User Experience Designer, Emerging Scholars Interdisciplinary Network (ESIN), Ann Arbor, MI Sep 09-Oct 10

Designed new architecture/interfaces and work with developers to migrate the existing website to Drupal

Developed design documents detailing flows, interactions and patterns for use by developers

Analyzed network data to check user activity and support these through appropriate community features

Incorporated new social features in the design to encourage contribution and promote a healthy community

Intern, Strategic Interaction Design, Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI May-Aug 09

Performed market survey and competitive analysis on more than 20 products for energy management

Investigated user interaction for energy management on appliance electronic displays

Developed high fidelity prototype for the product using defined standards, conducted user research

Created brand specifications for Maytag to be used across appliance categories

Web Designer, Smithsonian Museum of African Art, Washington DC, USA February 09

Worked with the stakeholders and users to understand user needs and define system requirements

Created Information architecture and Navigation model for the new intranet

Developed intranet for the Docents using HTML 4.1 strict and CSS

Implemented third party tools like Wikis, forums and blogs for discussing lectures

Student Research Assistant, SPECS, UPF, Barcelona, Spain May-July 2007

Worked extensively on acquiring real time physiological measurements of stroke patients, using mobile

biosensors, to adapt a rehabilitation game according to them

Defined threshold levels for various game adaptations based on physiological feedback

Wrote an extensive framework using C to integrate the feedback to Torque Gaming Engine

Conducted studies on users (stroke patients) after this successful implementation

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SKILLS AND PROFICIENCY

Usability techniques: Task analysis, Contextual Inquiry, Persona and Scenario, Information Architecture,

Navigation model, Rapid-prototyping, Grid test (RJT), Heuristic Evaluation, Think-aloud

testing, Eye-movement Tracking, Retrospective test

Software Packages: Axure, Omnigraffle, Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign, Dreamweaver,

Fireworks, Flash), Adobe Flex, 3D Studio Max, Torque gaming engine, Matlab

Programming Skills: C, C++, Python, CSS, Actionscript, Javascript, UML, Google App Engine

Operating Systems: Mac OS X, Windows, Linux

SELECTED PROJECTS

Mobile application for eco-friendly behavior change Sep-Dec 09

Led the design and development of a mobile app based on learner centered design methodology, motivating

users to be more eco friendly.

Tangible musical product Aug 07-May 08

Defined the project scope, modeled lifestyle and created a prototype of a table top social musical product.

Organizer for NOKIA 810 tablet based on Maemo OS Sep-Dec 08

Worked with OpenUsability(Germany) to design flows, features and prototypes an all encompassing organizer.

Web application development for craft transaction network Aug-Nov 06

Created system design of a craft transaction network based on user research and prototyped the application for

web using HTML 4.0 and CSS. North Eastern Development Finance Corporation supported this project.

PAPERS AND PUBLICATIONS

Ityam Vasal, S. Deshpande, Kumar Mayank, Pradeep Yammiyavar (2009). A tangible product to enhance real

time user experience of enjoying music using kinaesthetic interactions, USID 2009 Bangalore. India..

Kumar Mayank, S. Deshpande, Ityam Vasal (2009). System design to extend usage of mobile phones for

microfinance services in India, USID 2009 Bangalore. India.

Kumar Mayank, Suyog Deshpande (2009). Cultural Factors Influencing Elements of Interface Design for Indian

Youth: Study and Guidelines, Human Work Interaction Design 2009 IFIP 13.6, Pune, India.

Kumar Mayank, Ityam Vasal, S.Deshpande, Pradeep Yammiyavar (2009). User aspiration modeling to predict

features for the design of a new group interactive music device for the young in India, ICorD, Bangalore.

Pratik Kotkar, Kumar Mayank, Suyog Deshpande (2008). A Cellular Fare Collection System for Suburban

Railways in India, Wireless Systems: Advance Research and Development, IEEE conference, Bangalore, Jan 08.

Monica S. Cameirao, Sergi Bermudez i Badia, Kumar Mayank, Christoph Guger, Paul F.M.J. Verschure (2007).

Physiological Responses during Performance within a Virtual Scenario for Rehabilitation of Motor Deficits,

PRESSENCE, Barcelona, Oct 07.

ACHIEVEMENTS AND EXTRA CURRICULAR

Ranked among 0.7% of the students to clear the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) to get into IIT.

Head, Design team Alcheringa 07 and member in 2006 (the annual cultural festival of IIT Guwahati).

Organizer, Gyan Sanchar-lecture series held during Techniche 06 (technical festival of IIT Guwahati).

Editor, 2000-2001, Quarterly School Magazine, Hope, DAV Public Schools, India.

Part of Soccer contingent to represent IIT Guwahati in Inter-IIT sports meet at IIT Roorkee 05.

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