I am currently looking for internship for Summer 08 as User Experience or Interaction Designer. Please contact me in case of any further information required, suggestions or comments.

Objective

To secure a dual-ladder career in User Centered Design Product Development and Research.

Academic background

  • Fall 2007 - Fall 2009
     Masters of Science, Human Computer Interaction
    Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA, USA
  • 2002-2006
    Bachelors of Design, Product Design
    Indian Institute of Technology , Guwahati, India

Work Experience

  • Aug 2009 - Present
    Position: User Experience Designer, Roundarch, NYC
    Job Responsibility: Provide UX and strategic consulting services for the clients

  • Aug 2007 - May 09
    Position: Graduate Research Assistant, CETL, GA Tech
    Job Responsibility: User Experience Analyst and Interaction Designer

  • Jan 07 - June 07
    Position: Interaction Designer, PayPal IDC, India
    Job Responsibility: Optimize the user experience for various online payment products

  • June 06 - Dec 06
    Position: Business Analyst, Evalueserve Pvt Ltd, India
    Job Responsibility: Business research solutions across the media and telecom value chain.

Relevant Courses

  • Introduction to HCI
  • Product Design and Prototype
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Managing Resources of a Technological Firm
  • Design Cognition and Everyware
  • System Design and Analysis
  • Optimization Engineering
  • Innovation & Entrepreneurial Behavior

Skills

  • Software: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Visio, Flash, 3DS Max, Rhino3.0, Microsoft Office (Word, Power Point, Excel, Visio)
  • Programming: Java (intermediate), UML, Processing
  • UI Design and Analysis: Contextual Enquiry, Persona Creation, Task analysis, Rapid Prototyping, User Testing
  • Usability Techniques: Noldus's The Observer®, Think-aloud protocol, Question-asking protocol, Interviews, Ethnographic study, Heuristic Evaluation.