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Saint Lucia

West Lafayette, In

Collaborate with team members to design and manage websites for multiple offices at Purdue UniversityI conducted research and made suggestions for the redesign of the information architecture of EVPRP websiteResearched and identified usability issues with websites and make recommendations

Worked as the web developer for TippingPoints, an online web-based decision support system to predict and simulate how development projects will affect the ecosystemI collaborated with team members to program interactive tools for end users Collaborated with design team to conduct focus groups and usability evaluations of the web-based toolIdentified usability issues and made recommendations on findings to make system more usable for end usersWorked in collaboration with programmers to implement changes in the web toolManaged system database: database backup, creating and linking tables, storing user data to tables

West Lafayette, Indiana, United States

Provide user experience expertise and support for emerging technologies used in research and teaching.Demonstrate how emerging technologies can enhance user experience in teaching, active learning, and researchactivitiesWorks closely with other Libraries IT staff to support hardware and softwareSupport emerging technologies within the librariesServing as a user experience/emerging technologies liaison to libraries faculty and staffPromoting and advising campus faculty and staff on using Libraries emerging features

West Lafayette, In

Collaborated in 2 group projects to perform usability testing and heuristic evaluations of two websites (nanoHUB and iKNEER.com). Using established design guidelines, recommendations and an improved information architecture that matched users’ mental models was developed for the redesign of those websites. Post evaluation of the websites revealed greater perceived usability in addition to an improved user experience.

West Lafayette

Collaborates with Libraries faculty and staff to develop web-based learning applications that support teaching and instruction, research efforts, and information literacy.

Built an e-learning system to be used by the Ministry of Education that allows parents, teachers and students to monitor and report students’ academic progress and developmentConducted user research through surveys, interviews and document analysis to determine end users’ needs Utilized the analyzed user data to create personas for the systemDeveloped a requirements document identifying functional specifications of the systemCreated sketches and wireframes for the design of the e-learning systemDesigned a database schema to model the relationship between the various tables in the system databaseConducted remote usability tests in order to enhance the overall user experience of the systemCreated a software proposal to present to the Ministry of Education

West Lafayette, In

Worked as the web developer for TippingPoints, an online web-based decision support system to predict and simulate how development projects will affect the ecosystemI collaborated with team members to program interactive tools for end users Collaborated with design team to conduct focus groups and usability evaluations of the web-based toolIdentified usability issues and made recommendations on findings to make system more usable for end usersWorked in collaboration with programmers to implement changes in the web toolManaged system database: database backup, creating and linking tables, storing user data to tables

West Lafayette, In

Designed wayfinding signs for nine libraries at the Purdue University. This work resulted in highly noticeable, visually appealing and effective signage for patrons in those libraries.

Used JavaScript and PHP to design a dynamic, user friendly and visually appealing website that provided an incredible user experience. This work resulted in customers exhibiting a greater preference and acceptance of the new website.

Master'S Degree, Technology (User Experience In Web Design)

Activities and Societies: Intramural SoccerGraduated with a masters degree from the school of technology. My final master's thesis was.

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Science

Activities and Societies: Soccer Club