UI and interaction design involves a profound intersection of visual design, information architecture, functional design, and humanistic, experiential thinking. My general approach consists of many deliverables, including taskflows, visuals mockups, and lightweight click-through prototypes for user testing. Fireworks, Visio, Illustrator, Photoshop, SnagIt, Acrobat, and Keynote have been my primary tools, as I expand my repertoire to include CSS and dynamic tools (like AIR, JS, etc.) as well.
Typical problems addressed
- Flow integration across diverse task modules and subprocesses
- Dense dataset display on nonscrolling webpages
- Specialized content with specific content types (eg, patient census board or admin checklists)
- Sophisticated terminology and processes: OLAP querying, general ledger/accounting systems, medical database terminology, etc.
JackBe Mash-up Composer (2009)
Concept lead for re-designing JackBe's existing enterprise mash-up composer (a Java app that lives in the browser) with a refreshed visual look, dynamic web-based interactivity (using JS-based toolkits), and re-organized layout of functionality towards a richer, canvas-like experience for non-technical enterprise users.
Microsoft Expression Web "Super Preview" (Fall 2008)
Lead UI designer (via Involution Studios) for an 8-week project focused on the upcoming "super preview" feature of MS Expression Web, involving real-time side-by-side comparison of an html page across browsers, with detailed CSS-box model breakouts, and canvas-related tools: guides, zooming, and annotation. Also provided keyboard shortcuts, and UI behavior specs, with detailed hi-fidelity visual comps.
Cisco VOIP Interfaces (2008)
Lead UI designer for creating the interface for a set of VOIP phone models, spanning "budget" to "sophisticated" markets/users, including the visual design, screen architecture, and comprehensive behavioral details.
McAfee Out of the Box Experience (Spring 2008)
Lead UI designer for re-doing the overall flows for McAfee's product installation and activation experience, as well as providing initial visual UI concepts for the required dialog boxes.
Agile/Oracle Product Lifecycle UI (2007)
Lead UI designer for re-vamping the next generation of a massive enterprise software application interface, dedicated to "product lifecycle managment", including the visual design, information design/navigation structure, and the creation of specific widgets for efficient data entry/display: data table, calendar, nested trees, error messaging, and so forth.
Adobe Out of the Box Experience (2006)
Lead UI designer for the so-called "out of the box" UI for the upcoming release of Creative Suite (install, activate, uninstall), as well as an enterprise e-licensing ecosystem (backend and client-facing UI's). Collaborated with PMs, Engineering leads, and doc writers as needed.
Adobe CS Print UI (2005-06)
Contributed designs, as a side project for improving the print dialog UI for the upcoming release of Photoshop CS3, and future concepts for other Creative Suite products, including panels, widgets, and multipage printing. Worked directly with the PM and Engineering lead on refining the designs for ship.
BEA Weblogic Business Process Manager (2004-05)
Lead UI designer for flagship WebLogic Integration Business Process Manager (BPM)--based upon emerging BPEL standard--owning and driving the UI design for the next version. Collaborated with a dev manager, dev team, PM, and doc/QA leads.
Oracle Financials (2003)
Supporting designer for Oracle Financials, a central component to Oracle e-Business Suite. Worked under a UI Design Lead and with usability engineers, with guidance from product PMs.
