EXPERIENCE

User Experience Designer – Akamai Technologies »

Cambridge, MA – August 2017 to Present

I hit the ground running as the sole designer responsible for the redesign of a financial data analysis application. My team consists of forty people across multiple programs and business units within Akamai. We deliver functionality that serves user needs – supported by research – with every release.

I also collaborate with a team of designers to build Akamai’s design system - contributing to working groups developing design nomenclature for data visualization, content layouts, and application navigation. I support projects migrating to the new system’s style, aided by my past experience with web design.

Research Technician Intermediate – University of Michigan »

Ann Arbor, MI – September 2010 to August 2017

At the University of Michigan, I was a technology and media guru. I designed media-rich websites, Moodle / SCORM courses, automated processes using Python, and managed a small staff responsible for archiving student data sets [of approx. 10,000 media files]. I brought expertise with audio/video recording and editing, compression, and streaming distribution to my work to create high production value video.

In my final summer with the University, I lead a usability study for a video player based course for mathematics educators at the University of Hawaii.

User Experience Intern – Gale: Cengage Learning »

Farmington Hills, MI – May 2016 to December 2016

At Gale, I gained valuable perspective working with motivated leaders evangelizing for increased focus on user centered design within an established company. I created low-fi interactive prototypes, interviewed users and stakeholders, analyzed research data, and performed competitive analysis and heuristic evaluation in my role.

Desktop Support Specialist Associate – University of Michigan »

Ann Arbor, MI – January 2007 to August 2010

I managed a temp staff digitizing multimedia artifacts – providing instruction, troubleshooting assistance and workflows to the group. I provided hardware and software technical support - managing 25 computer stations and laptops and configuring three Apple servers with file sharing, video streaming, wiki, and web services.

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EDUCATION

University of Michigan School of Information »

Master of Science in Information, April 2017
Specialization: Human-Computer Interaction »

University of Michigan College of Engineering »

Bachelor of Science in Engineering, magna cum laude, May 2006
Bachelor of Arts in English, magna cum laude, May 2006

AWARDS

• ExpoSItion Best Project - Academic/Research (DoIIIT) – U-M School of Information, March 2017
• Merit Scholarship Recipient – U-M School of Information, Fall 2015 - Winter 2017
• National Sustainable Design Expo Winning Project » – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, April 2006
• Distinguished Achievement Award, Interdisciplinary Engineering »– U-M College of Engineering, April 2006

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SERVICE & EXTRACURRICULARS

Code for Boston, Aashiyaan »

January 2018 - Present

Aashiyaan (nest/home) – is both an interactive mobile documentary and a living archive. The project, developed by filmmaker Anandana Kapur, presents the lives of the women of Dehli through their own eyes – recorded through their mobile phones. Our group meets weekly, and I contribute UX design, user testing, visuals, storyboarding, and concept wireframing.

The Designers of Interactive, Intelligent, Internet of Things (DoIIIT) »

January 2017 - August 2017

Creator-member of a student-run research collective and design studio that pushes design past traditional mobile and desktop applications and fosters connections with international makerspaces

Data Refuge »

January 2017 - August 2017

Organizer, volunteer coordinator, and coder for local branch of national organization devoted to the preservation of government-funded research data

Social Impact Challenge »

January 2016 - March 2016

With a four-person interdisciplinary team, partnered with local stakeholders to develop a proposal for community land use on the original site of Tiger Stadium

New York Innovation Trek, Entrepreneurship Program »

Fall 2015

Created a design idea to pitch to New York City startups through fast-paced 5 week program

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SKILLS