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Project Manager Developer

Location:
Seattle, WA
Posted:
February 06, 2013

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J ohn D. Inge www.johninge.com

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To use my expertise as an Information Architect and an Interaction Designer for a

OBJECTIVE

company, on a contract or permanent basis.

Information Architect and User Experience Designer

SUMMARY OF

Over 10 years of Information Architect and Usability Specialist experience

QUALIFICATIONS

for companies, such as Getty Images and Saltmine

Experience creating wireframes, sitemaps, prototypes, flowcharts, user

scenarios, and specifications documentation

Outstanding writing skills (over five years of technical writing experience)

Amazon March 2011 December 2011

EXPERIENCE

Seattle, Washington

Senior Interaction Designer

Sole Interaction Designer working on the redesign of Amazon s Subscribe and

Save program. Transferred to the Transportation Services team, where I am an

interaction designer, visual designer, and front-end developer.

Syndicate Bleu October 2010 February 2011

San Francisco, California

Senior Information Architect

Signal to Noise, San Francisco: Created wireframes and user flows for

Nike Store iPhone application.

BBDO, San Francisco: Sole information architect working on the redesign

of www.barefootwine.com. Worked on the website, Facebook wall, and

mobile website (ecosystem). Created persona and scenarios, conducted

user interviews, created detailed sitemaps. Created wireframes and user

flows for the entire ecosystem.

The Cobalt Group August 2006 September 2010

Seattle, Washington

Redwood City, California

Lead Designer

Sole Information Architect for www.cobaltgroup.com. Created low-fidelity

wireframes with Visio on a PC and high-fidelity wireframes with Adobe Photoshop,

Illustrator and InDesign on the Mac. Wrote personas and scenarios. Conducted

usability tests. IA for Lexus and GM mobile applications.

Studio UX June 2006 August 2006

Bellevue, Washington

Information Architect

Hired on a contract basis for the redesign of www.coldwatercreek.com. Completed

the following IA activities: heuristic evaluation, competitive analysis, personas

and scenarios, interaction maps, and initial wireframes.

Saltmine May 2005 June 2006

Seattle, Washington

Senior Information Architect

Worked on consumer-facing websites for Intel and Microsoft. Lead architect on

projects to customize Microsoft SharePoint portals for clients. Created wireframes

in Visio and wrote specifications.

Contracted out to Premera Blue Cross for a four-month contract job. Lead Web

UX consultant for the member portal for www.premera.com. Worked with key

staff on implementing Consumer Directed Health Plan (CDHP).

John D. Inge www.johninge.com

2 06.851.3820 *********@*****.***

Freelance April 2004 May 2005

EXPERIENCE

(CONTINUED) Seattle, Washington

Information Architect and Web Developer

Worked through The Creative Group on the following contracts.

www.nordstrom.com: Analyzed nordstorm.com against three competitors.

Tested the site for W3C s 2.0 Accessibility Guidelines.

www.nabtescoaero.com: Created new website for client.

InLight, Inc. May 2001 April 2004

San Francisco, California and Seattle, Washington

Information Architect and Interaction Designer

Designed and developed websites for several Bay Area companies.

www.ideo.com: Created a prototype of an Intranet website for Ideo.com.

www.liifund.org: Designed and developed new website for client.

Interactive Business Systems September 2000 May 2001

San Francisco, California

Web Architect

As a web architect, worked with clients to develop and design the site s layout

and navigation. Created mockups, storyboards, and wireframes; developed

sitemaps; wrote functional specifications; and created usability tests.

Getty Images April 2000 September 2000

Seattle, Washington

Business Systems Analyst

Extended full-time offer of employment and transferred to the E-commerce

Applications Group at Getty Images. Acted as the lead analyst for the group for

www.gettyone.com. Researched and wrote business requirements documents.

Getty Images September 1999 April 2000

Information Architect

Hired on a contract basis. Developed storyboards, sitemaps, and wireframes for

Getty Images. One of three Information Architects for www.gettyone.com.

Designed the site s navigation, information architecture, and data flow. Addressed

matters of consistency, usability, and user interaction. Developed usability tests.

InLight, Inc. J anuary 1996 September 1999

Seattle, Washington

Web Developer and P roject Manager

Worked as a web developer and project manager for companies in the Northwest,

including these companies.

RealNetworks: Helped to develop website for client to stream over

1,500 radio stations from the site

Microsoft: Worked on several Intranet websites for Microsoft, primarily

for the Visual Studio Product Marketing group.

Active Voice Corporation: Acted as Publications project lead on new

Web-based telephony application for Siemens Corporation.

WASSER: Worked with over 10 Northwest companies to develop an

outline for a project management training course for WASSER.

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John D. Inge www.johninge.com

2 06.851.3820 *********@*****.***

S akson & Taylor, Inc. J une 1 994 January 1 996

EXPERIENCE

(CONTINUED) S eattle, Washington

D irector of Client Services

O versaw the Consulting D ivision at Sakson & Taylor. Managed a department

o f 10 project managers, which involved performance reviews, salary

i ncreases, weekly staff meetings, and day - to - day operations of the division.

S akson & Taylor, Inc. F ebruary 1 994 June 1 994

P roject Manager

Acted as project manager for Sakson & Taylor for several key projects for

Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, and SAP.

O mega Performance Corp. S eptember 1992 April 1993

San Francisco, California

Publications Manager

Directed the editing, desktop publishing, and print production of all training

materials at Omega. Managed a department of 13. Estimated costs for all

department projects and tracked projects during production.

M icrografx, Inc. A ugust 1990 August 1992

D allas, Texas

D irector of Publications

Budget: Controlled one million dollar budget for department. Approved

expenditures for Publications. Developed quarterly and annual budgets.

Localization: Worked with several European translating companies.

Documentation: Directed the writing, editing, and desktop publishing for

all documentation at Micrografx. Documentation consisted of software

manuals, online help, and training materials for six Windows applications.

Personnel: Managed a department of 17, with two managers reporting

to me. Reported to the Vice President of Development.

M icrografx, Inc. J anuary 1989 July 1990

P roduction Manager

O versaw the desktop publishing of all documentation. Managed a team of

f our desktop publishers. Designed page layout for manuals. Developed

s tandards for one -, t wo -, and four - color manuals. Setup Linotronic 300.

HTML, XHTML, CSS, box model, DHTML, PHP, XML, JSP, JavaScript, ASP, CGI and

WEB TECHNOLOGIES

Perl scripts, HTML help, Flash animations, streaming audio/video.

EXPERIENCE

Microsoft Word, Excel, Project, PowerPoint, Visio, Outlook (Exchange), and

SOFTWARE AND

Access; Adobe PageMaker, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Flash, Dreamweaver,

COMPUTER EXPERIENCE

and Homesite. Over 10 years of daily experience on a PC and Macintosh.

University of California at Los Angeles

EDUCATION

Bachelors of Arts, Economics

Cum Laude

U nited States Military Academy

W est Point, New York

I nteractive Design Practicum

CERTIFICATIONS

C ooper Design, San Francisco

A pril, 2010

A vailable upon request.

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