Resume

• 2007

  Post Doctorate

  Interaction Design

  Edinburgh Napier University

• 2003

  Doctor of Philosophy - Ph.D.

  Human Computer Interaction

  Università degli Studi di Firenze

• 1997

  Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA

  Tyler School of Art

  Cum Laude

  Interactive and Graphic Design

  Temple University

  User Experience Scholarship Seminar @

  Interaction Design @

  Intro to Human Computer Interaction @

  History of Interaction Design @

  Interaction Design @

  Intro to Human Factors @

  Design Production III @

  Interaction Design II @

  Multimedia Production @

  Special Topics Interaction Design @

  Production Graphics @

  Industry Preparation @

  Senior Portfolio @

  Mobile Experiences for Tourism @

  User Centered Design @

  Typography for Interaction Design @

  Usability Engineering @

  Designing the User Experience @

  Animation Production @

• 740

  US 10

  260 B2

  US Patent 8

  US 20120327252 A1

  Guidance for image capture at different locations

  Imaging device providing capture location guidance

  US 20120327265 A1

  Photo product using images from different locations

  US20120327257 A1

• 142

  US 10

  795 B2

  Italian

  Japanese

  AIGA 2003 Loop Archives

  Placed within the top 15 student design web sites in the United States of America - interactive flash site

  “Andrei Tarkovsky”.

  American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA)

  CES 2011 Innovation Design and Engineering Award

  Winner: Innovations 2011 Design and Engineering Award in the Eco-Design and Sustainable Technology: International Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). KODAK PULSE Digital Frame. 1.2011.

  International Consumer Electronics Association (CES)

  First Place

  Poster and Post Card Design Contest

  Tyler School of Art

  NYS Grant: Mobile Experience for Tourism Project: ($106

  000)

  The Mobile Experiences for Tourism Project will improve the tourism experience through innovation in technology

  art

  history

  and culture. Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) is collaborating with the city’s official tourism promotion agency

  VisitRochester (and its tourism members) to design mobile experiences that personalize and capture tourists’ visits.

  2013 New York Regional Economic Development Council Award

  Council on the Arts Grant

  RIT Grant: Brick City Tours ($5

  000)

  Evaluating Mobile Experiences for prospective RIT students before

  during and after campus visits.

  Vice President of Research

  Winner - Senior Design Review 2002.

  Top Interactive Portfolio: 3rd place.

  Temple University

  Tyler School of Art

  Photo Contest: “Vatican Night”

  “Vatican Night” judged “too professional” and disqualified from the competition.

  Temple University International Programs Photo Contest 2000

  Semi-Finalist: Finger Lakes Regional Business Plan Competition.

  Semi-Finalist: Finger Lakes Regional Business Plan Competition. Tour Builder is a Venture Creations Accelerator Startup Business at Rochester Institute of Technology. In less than two months Tour Builder went from

  no-business plan

  to placing in the top 6 business plans. There were 48 total contestants.

  High Tech Rochester

  Walmart Entertainment Innovation Award

  Entertainment Innovation Award for the Fujifilm Photo Transfer App. Ranked 6 most popular photo app in the Apple App Store (4 Million Downloads): Presented to Fujfilm North America by Walmart: Bentonville

  AK

  Walmart

  LowePro

  2nd Place Photo: “Children Spirits’”

  International Photo Competition

  Innsbruck Astria.

  IASTED Photo Contest - Sponsored by LowePro

  Full Ph.D. Scholarship: Borsa di Studio

  Full scholarship to attend the Human Computer Interaction Program at the University of Florence

  University of Florence

  Open SUNY Online Ambassador Award

  Recognized for exemplary teaching for enabling students to become inventors of Mixed Reality (AR/VR) experiences rather than consumers of the technology: Syracuse

  NY

  State University of New York

  RIT top 1% of myCourses Heavy Hitters

  The Teaching & Learning Studio in the Innovative Learning Institute at RIT collects statistics on the usage of myCourses across all delivery methods including online

  blended

  and campus courses. The User Centered Design class taught by Brian O'Keefe is ranked among the Top 30 most interactive courses putting him in the top 1% of all courses in the 2013 Spring semester!

  Teaching and Learning Services

  Wallace Center @ RIT

  Faculty Recognition @ RIT

  Since Fall of 2011

  Brian O’Keefe

  a visiting professor for the Golisano College of Computing & Information Sciences

  has been teaching Mobile Experiences for Tourism. This is a unique

  multidisciplinary course experience in which students across a number of graduate-level

  academic programs work collaboratively to develop mobile technologies with a specific focus on the tourism industry.... read full story - http://wallacecenter.rit.edu/tls/students-creating-mobile-experiences

  Rochester Institute of Technology

  Wallace Center

  Teaching and Learning Services

  New York State REDC Grant: Emerging Technologies in Education ($400

  000)

  The goal of this grant is to purchase AR/VR and web streaming technologies to increase enrollment for FSC and prepare our students for the mixed reality job marketplace of the future.

  New York Regional Economic Development Council Award

• Wireframes

  User-centered Design

  User Scenarios

  Interaction Design

  Usability Testing

  Human Computer Interaction

  User Interface Design

  Contextual Inquiry

  Information Architecture

  Usability

  Photography

  Human Factors

  User Interface

  Mobile

  User Experience Design

  Usability Engineering

  User Experience

  Italian

  Graphic Design

  Mobile Devices

  From Exercise to Socialize: Improving Peer Relationships in the Fitness Center

  Matthias Reichenbach

  From Exercise to Socialize: Improving Peer Relationships in the Fitness Center

  Location as Interaction: Exploring Blended Spaces in the Global Village

  A Blended Space for Heritage Storytelling

  Mobile Experience for Tourism: Brick City Tours

  Brian

  O'Keefe

  Università degli Studi di Siena

  Rochester Institute of Technology

  Effective Inc.

  Farmingdale State College

  Edinburgh Napier University

  FUJIFILM Holdings America Corporation

  Tour Blend Innovations

  LLC

  aDesignedPath

  Bensalem Township School District

  Eastman Kodak Company

  Rochester

  New York Area

  Created and managed design specifications and UX deliverables for photo frames & digital/video cameras. Responsible for device workflow

  information architecture and graphic asset production deliverables.

  Senior Interaction Designer

  Eastman Kodak Company

  Rochester

  New York Area

  Start-up company that commercialized mobile user interfaces that geolocates multimedia content via geofencing. Commercialized web applications that enables novice users to curate multimedia content to specific geo-locations. Managed and designed marketing materials for a variety of Destination Marketing Organizations throughout New York State. Presented emerging destinations marketing experiences and technologies to various state-wide conferences and venues.

  Director of User Experience (Co-Founder)

  Tour Blend Innovations

  LLC

  Rochester

  NY

  Won New York State Grant ($106

  000) building high fidelity Augmented Reality mobile prototypes for the tourism industries. Responsible for Masters of Human Computer Interaction curriculum development and coursework.

  Visiting Assistant Professor

  Rochester Institute of Technology

  Rochester

  New York Area

  Led the strategic user interface re-design and customer research for all Walmart Photo Lab kiosks in North America. Responsible for user research

  ethnographic analytics and visualization

  persona development

  new product development

  mobile app and kiosk user interface design

  workflows

  graphical assets

  information architecture

  comps

  etc.

  Senior User Experience Design Lead

  FUJIFILM Holdings America Corporation

  Siena

  Italia

  Taught interactive design and Adobe products to a wide range of EU students in my second language

  Italian.

  Lecturer Interactive Design

  Università degli Studi di Siena

  Designed websites for Sbarro Health Research Organization

  a non-profit cancer research organization. Filed and awarded numerous patents while consulting for the Kodak Research Labs.

  aDesignedPath

  Bensalem Township School District

  Bensalem

  PA

  Supervised the creation

  organization and destruction of theatrical set productions.

  Set Manager

  Designer and Scenic Artist

  Leading a new Interaction Design program in the School of Business. Won Augmented and Virtual Reality New York State Grant ($400

  000). Responsible for creating curriculum that reflects best practices in industry-centered mobile interface design

  interactive systems design

  usability engineering

  product and new business development.

  Farmingdale State College

  Effective Inc.

  Rochester

  New York Area

  Won sales bids from VerizonWireless.com and led the engagement of all UX deliverables

  i.e.

  R&D commercialization touch points

  journey maps

  persona research

  omni channel device interface designs. The final project rated highest in client satisfaction and design agency probability.

  Lead User Experience Architect

  Edinburgh

  United Kingdom

  Interaction Designer on a €12 million-euro European Union project that used machine learning and natural language processing for conversional interfaces to the internet. Responsible for the usability evaluations

  user interface design and new product development.

  Postdoctoral Research Associate

  Edinburgh Napier University