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Summary
Over 10 years experience designing &
producing award winning web sites, rich
media applications & user interfaces.
Experience managing large, complex
projects with teams of 20+ contributors.
Operational expertise is production
processes related to the creation of
entertainment media for web, video &
software development.
Currently in charge of the Experience
Design Department (3D production, IA,
Visual Design) for Kaneva – a social
networking and 3D virtual world.
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Recent Career Summary
Kaneva
3/2008 – Present
Director of Experience Design
Currently responsible for overseeing
Experience Design Department which
includes IA/UX, visual design, copy as
well as 3D art direction and animation.
Coordinate and manage department
work streams and company wide
strategy and implementation goals.
Interface with other department leads to
determine to assure timeliness and
quality of all design assets and user
interface deliverables.
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Recent Career Summary
IQ Interactive
1/2006 – 3/2008
Vice President, Operations / Lead
Information Architect
Responsible for overseeing the operations
and Project Management service line of the
agency as well as directing production
processes and procedures in support of all
agency business and clients. Oversee the
day-to-day management of projects in
excess of $1mil/year as well as acting as
department head for production
management group that manages over
$9mil/year. Major accounts include: UPS,
Volkswagen & Celebrity Cruise Lines
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Core Skills/Services
• User Advocate – Understand & represent • User Interface Design – Translate business
user in all strategic & design decisions. Create & functional requirements into usable
user profiles, conduct UCD testing, & rapid interfaces. Create wireframes and visual design
prototypes deliverables.
• Experience Architect – Define design intent • Passion for Gaming – an avid gamer since
through documentation. Develop and maintain the original Atari 2600, I have extensive
design mockups, usage scenarios, prototypes, gaming experience and consider myself a
specifications, navigation maps and other student of game design.
design documents.
• 3D Applications and Design – 10+ years
• Team & Project Management – Work experience in 3D modeling and design.
closely with staff to assure project quality, Currently designing UI for a 3D virtual world
timeliness & strategic alignment. I have and managing the game design studio.
managed teams that range from 3D designers
and animators to project management
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Selected Clients
• American Cancer Society • Showtime
• Cartoon Network • Universal Studios Orlando Resorts
• Celebrity Cruises • UPS
• Cox Communications • Volkswagen
• Genworth Financial • Wachovia
• Georgia Pacific
• IBM
• Intercontinental Hotels Group
• Kaneva
• National Geographic Channel
• Merrill Lynch
• Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
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visual design
Project Overview
Design for an updated character
customizer to allow users to change their
avatar look from anywhere in the 3D
world experience.
Users can customize:
Body Type
Hair Style
Hair Color
Eyes/Eye Color
Facial Type
Facial Hair
Makeup
Platform – Custom Lua/C++ software
application
Services include:
User testing
Requirements
Gathering
User Flows
Wireframes
Visual Design
Kaneva – Character Customizer
Graphic Comp
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process flow
Kaneva – Character Customizer
User Flows & Wireframes
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Project Overview
Design for an e-commerce platform to
support sales of Kaneva created 3D
items as well as user generated
content.
Platform – asp/.net, CSS & Flash –
Fully integrated into 3D World
Services include:
Requirements
Gathering
User Flows
Wireframes
Visual Design
shop.kaneva.com
Wireframe & Screenshot Comparison
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wireframe
wireframe
screenshot
shop.kaneva.com
Wireframes & Screenshot
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process flow
Project Overview
Review and redesign of the user
experience during their first 30
minutes of interacting with the 3D
world.
Platform – Custom Lua/C++ software
application
Services include:
Requirements
Gathering
User Flows
Wireframes
Visual Design
Kaneva 3D - “User’s First 30 Minutes”
Graphic Process Flow
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visual design
Kaneva 3D - “User’s First 30 Minutes”
Wireframe & Visual Design
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screenshots
Project Overview
View Site
A landmark website and cutting edge
car configurator for Volkswagen. The
site features the ability to fully
customize GTI and then view a video
featuring the exact car as configured
by the user.
The site won numerous awards
including the Cannes Cyber Lion,
Favorite Website Award [FWA] &
Adobe Max Award for “Best
Marketing Site”.
Site was designed and built in
conjunction with CP+B and
IQ Interactive
Platform – Flash RIA
Services include:
Technical Producer
User Experience
Architect
VW GTi Configurator
IQ Interactive & CP+B
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site flow
screenshot
VW GTi Configurator
IQ Interactive & CP+B
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screenshot
Project Overview
View Homepage
View Business Solutions
Redesign of the UPS.com global
homepage and content for the
“Business Solutions” tab. Added
Flash based Rich Internet Application
including a complex “Solution
wireframe Finder”.
Platform – HTML/CSS & Flash/Flex
Services include:
Requirements
Gathering
Strategy
User Flows
Wireframes
Testing Prototypes
User Testing
Implementation
Consulting
UPS Homepage and Business Solutions
Wireframe & Screenshot Comparison
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UPS Homepage and Business Solutions
Wireframe & Screen Shot Comparisons
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testing prototypes
UPS Homepage and Business Solutions
Testing Prototype Screenshots
