Tomas Christensen Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

I’m the lead UX designer for Altice USA products: WiFi, TV, mobile apps, websites, and more.- I designed the concept prototype used to design and develop the My Optimum app, the flagship customer management app for Optimum. - Drive the global design effort to imagine our next generation connectivity experience.- Lead multiple Design Thinking Workshops with.

Surfeit is my UX consulting company. Responsible for all aspects of crafting a great user experience, from strategy and idea generation, to rapid prototyping and user validation. One highlight among many: I helped conduct and analyze research for Otsuka’s cutting-edge digital pill and app, which helps patients adhere to their medication schedules.

New York, New York, US

• After consulting with Motivate Design for a year, I join as Lead Designer. I serve as Project Lead and Chief UX Strategist on client-facing projects for Financial, Healthcare, Pharma, Telecom, Tech and Consumer.
• Develop, explain and help to implement internal processes, to simplify all stages of implementing UX projects
• Conduct expert usability reviews and lead co-design sessions
• Gather requirements and design interfaces, create customer journey maps and infographics
• Engage in client workshops and body storming sessions
• Create illustrations and cartoons for various marketing and communication projects

New York, New York, US

• Serve as Project Lead and Chief UX Strategist on Healthcare and Consumer Financial products.
• Gather requirements and design an Electronic Health System for the Direct Primary Care market for Amazing Charts.
• Develop mobile and desktop concepts, interfaces and interactive prototypes for a next generation consumer banking application for First Republic Bank

Markham, ON, CA

• Establish creative direction for the entire line of SaaS services and programs.
• Create and lead UX team of 8, consisting of research, design and front-end coding
• Lead creative sessions for project kick-offs
• Work with cross-functional teams to develop concepts and present to management
• Manage multiple projects from concept through completion
• Participate in day long Design Committee workshops with Doctors, Nurses, Front-Office and Billing customers to gather requirements, establish use cases and test new ideas

Morristown, New Jersey, US

• In charge of all front-end UX and design work for Medrium's web based Electronic Health platform.
• Lead the UX and visual design of Medrium’s Electronic Health Record product.
• Create immersive, interactive prototypes as the standard and guide for developersParticipate in design of content for marketing and communications

I relocate to New York in early 2008 and continue consulting for the Stanford Alumni Association, along with other clients. One highlight is a project to design and code site notices for the Wikimedia Foundation’s annual fundraiser.

Stanford, CA, US

• Combination big-picture strategist, UX/UI designer and Art Director.
• Lead the redesign of the Stanford Alumni Association website
• Responsible for the front-end code and design of the website, marketing e-mails, electronic newsletters, and all existing electronic efforts
• Analyze and determine viability and necessity of new electronic projects and identify the best means and tools for implementation
• Create and maintain Alumni Association's style guide, UX processes and best practices

Provide expert UX consulting services. Clients include Affinity Engines, Crawford & Associates, YMCA of the USA, Stanford Alumni Association, Boulden Publishing, Great! Communications, NYC Department of Sanitation.

• Responsible for the creative direction of webswap.com, where people can swap goods online. Key contact for any creative decisions relating to the company and its products.
• Co-found WebSwap with CEO, VP and Director of Engineering
• Hire, train and manage a team of six UX designers, front-end coders and copy editors
• Design webswap.com and create the site architecture and user interface templates and design logo and brand identity for company

Bfa, Film

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