Creative freethinker with over 5 years of experience in user interface design, website development, technical writing, & usability testing.

Software Skills: Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Visio, MS Office.

 

Information Architect, Best Buy / Aquent (Oct 07 - present)
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Maintain wireframe documents for a major site redesign.
- Consult with internal and external development teams.
- Conduct site analyses & drafted UI recommendations.
- Designed a web application for home delivery scheduling.

Technical Writer, Liberty Enterprises (Aug 05 - Oct 07)
- Designed commercial websites & web applications.
- Built wireframe prototypes and animated demos.
- Conducted competitive reviews for web clients.
- Compiled SOX compliance documentation.

User Interface Designer, EDS (Feb 01 - Feb 02)
- Worked with a usability team to redesign a monolithic web app.
- Drafted software requirements & design documents.
- Created web graphics and wireframe prototypes.

Usability Specialist, Tech-Pro (Oct 00 - Feb 01)
- Conducted usability tests for a major insurance company.
- Redesigned & wrote content for corporate website.
- Prepared competitive reviews for web clients.

Human Factors Engineer, Cyrus Intersoft (Dec 98 - Aug 00)
- Designed user interfaces for a suite of web applications.
- Drafted design documents and software requirements.

 

Master of Liberal Studies, University of Minnesota
A personalized program that applies Psychology, Communications,
& Rhetoric to the study of human behavior in online environments.

Bachelor of Science, University of Minnesota
An inter-college program that combined Psychology with coursework
in training from the Business & Industry Education program.