Daniel Iaboni Email & Phone Number

New York, United States

Toronto, Canada Area

• Responsible for the design of over 20 digital products. Examples include:
• Medical imaging reporting and chat applications used globally by radiologists
• Network configuration and monitoring tool used at major sporting and entertainment events
• Platform by all Canadian financial institutions to manage the electronic transfer of funds.
• Portal used by researchers to apply for funding and progress reporting
• A platform to streamline application and reimbursements for patient support programs.

Toronto, Canada Area

• A course designer and instructor for Experience Thinkers (formally the Akendi User Experience Certification program), helping train over 600 students. Designed the content for the following the courses:
• User Experience Research
• Information Architecture
• Interaction Design
• Usability TestingAuthored 33 blog posts on the Akendi Blog (https://www.akendi.com/blog/?s=Dan+Iaboni)

Kitchener, Canada Area

• As a UX team of one, I was responsible for the UI design and usability for several products used as part of the airport experience ( baggage check-in, security checkpoints, customs, baggage handling, gate scheduling)
• Created wireframes and detailed screen mock-ups for mobile, web, large-screen video displays, and kiosk environments
• Conducted field research to aid in the design of greenfield products.
• Created detailed design documents used by developers
• Met with clients to discuss and identify metrics and measures to be included in the design of business reports and dashboards
• Organized a Lunch & Learn session to introduce principles and value of usability to engineers

• Employed by a variety of public and private organizations (Siemens, Association of Canadian Ergonomists, Equitrac, Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum), to provide human factors and usability expertise
• Completed competitive analysis and benchmarking along with literature reviews to formulate and justify design recommendations
• Performed heuristic evaluation of technical documentation and cognitive walkthroughs of software to identify usability concerns.
• Designed usability studies, in-situ and controlled environment, and performed statistical analysis of results using SPSS
• Created low fidelity prototypes with paper and pencil, wireframes and high fidelity mockups using Visio, Illustrator, Photoshop, Flash, Fireworks and OmniGraffle
• Created online and paper surveys to gather user feedback and identify user needs

• Led the cost reduction process resulting in measures with an estimated saving of more than $1M/year
• Chaired weekly meetings with representatives from each department to identify opportunities to reduce cost
• Engaged in discussions with suppliers to determine feasibility and estimated savings
• Implemented a system for tracking a reporting progress of cost reduction measures to plant manager

• Conducted experiments to determine factors causing stretching and tearing of projection screens used for immersive virtual environments, and developed set of design recommendations to avoid the problem
• Designed a heat shield, using Solidworks, to shunt hot air from projector that was distorting the image away from the projection screen
• Performed testing of a dual projector mount to determine feasibility for integration in future systems
• Assisted in the retrofitting of the R2 Immersedesk, transitioning from an analog to digital system

• Responsible for the design and development of a system being patented that was designed to provide real time monitoring of the environmental conditions within a paint spray booth, and use closed loop feedback to make.
• Created human machine interfaces using Iconics and Wonderware software

• Certified iDen network specialist from Motorola training school
• Met with client, the former Clearnet, to discuss purchase of additional equipment to expand network capacity
• Supervised external contractors during the installation of equipment in the secondary network control center

• Conducted site survey, design, and equipment sourcing for indoor cellular network for large retail mall and television station
• Analyzed network traffic and predicted network growth patterns to identify potential reductions in the number of radio licenses at cell sites
• Issued work orders removing over 100 radios (license cost: $2500/radio every year)

Doctorate, Systems Design Engineering

M.A.Sc, Systems Design Engineering

B.A.Sc, Systems Design Engineering

High School