Erik Mermagen Email & Phone Number

• I have over 15 years of achievements optimizing end users’ experiences for the financial services industry• Expertise that spans the full software development life cycle (research, requirements, specifications, design, development, testing, debugging, and maintenance)• Strong management experience including leading a 5-person UX team and project management including oversight of designers, sales force, timelines and fulfillment of client expectations• Experience integrating multiple offshore development teams• Hands-on experience with all stages of a user-centered design process from user research, conceptualization, architecture, task and process flows, navigation, functional and nonfunctional requirements, screen layouts/design, wireframes, interaction specifications, style guides, prototypes (low, high and full fidelity), and usability testing• Designed software applications using both waterfall and agile development practices for top rated investment banks and financial services• Identified and applied best-in-class methodologies and industry practices to ensure that my team’s work reflects effective, innovative, and contemporary design• Integrated UE methodology and orchestrated team collaborations with other creative, project management, account, and development teamsExtensive experience in the following information security domains• Access Control • Information Classification• Software Development Security• Operations Security• Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning

Listed skills include User Experience, Agile Methodologies, User Interface Design, Javascript, and 43 others.