Resume

• 2012

  MBA

  Courses Included:\n- Accounting for Business Executives\n- Business Model Design\n- Contemporary Issues for Managers\n- Corporate Finance\n- Corporate Governance\n- Economics for Managers\n- Expanding Boundaries\n- Innovation\n- Leading Change: Self\n- Leading Change: Teams\n- Leading Change: Organization\n- Leading Change: Society\n- Leading Design in the Organization\n- Legal Environment for Managers\n- Managerial Marketing \n- Managing Risk and Real Options\n- Supply Chain Management\n- Quantitative Analysis and Business Statistics

  Case Western Reserve University - Weatherhead School of Management

• 2006

  MS

  Courses included:\n- Economics of Information \n- Information Architecture\n- Information Architecture Research Methods\n- Information Technologies\n- Online Branding\n- Usability\n- User and Task Analysis\n- Organizational Knowledge Management

  Information Architecture & Knowledge Management

  Kent State University

  Google Analytics Certification

  Google

  Online Teaching Orientation: Basic

  CREDLY-13022075

  Kent State University

• 1995

  CSHS

  BFA

  Visual Communication Design

  Honors College\nUCDA\nKSUCDA Workshop wth Eric Madsen (1999)\nAIGA Student Chapter - President

  Vice President

  Kent State University

• Iue2011 Worst Practices Published

  This is the 2011 version of Worst Practices in Web Usability - updated for presentation at the Internet User Experience conference in Ann Arbor.

  Iue2011 Worst Practices Published

  Historical Parallels in Usability

  So many people talk about usability as if it were a byproduct of the web. Others frame it as an outgrowth of industrialization and modern product design. This presentation discusses the centuries old relationship between usability and visual designers.

  Historical Parallels in Usability

  In partnership with the board of directors

  develop programs and events for a non-profit organization serving the User Experience community in Akron

  Ohio and surrounding areas.\n\nSpecific Initiatives and achievements:\n- Transformed a MeetUp group into a Tax-exempt charitable organization\n- Led program to create an operating budget to fund and plan activities

  UX Akron

  Alumni Advisory Council

  Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University

  Experience Design Chairperson

  AIGA Cleveland

  Usability

  User Research

  User Scenarios

  Web Content Management

  User Interface

  Graphic Design

  Web Design

  Interaction Design

  Web Development

  User Experience Design

  User-centered Design

  3D Printing

  Graphics

  Dreamweaver

  Flash

  Experience Design

  User Experience

  User Interface Design

  Contextual Inquiry

  Information Architecture

  Poster: Cyber Security

  Poster: Cyber Security

  Full day presentation on applying design thinking to academic libraries.

  Presentation: Design Thinking

  Mehrdad Ramazanali E.I.

  Woods

  Ben

  Woods

  KeyBank

  UXmatters

  Metisentry

  Aquent

  Epstein Design Partners

  TheoremCX

  Ansley & Associates

  Kent State University

  Whitespace Creative

  Eaton

  Cleveland/Akron

  Ohio Area

  Lead research and design processes for program-level initiatives.\nDevelop design-thinking capabilities across teams.\nUtilize UX and design methodologies to deliver competitive products.\nIntegrate UX and design into organization strategy.

  User Experience Strategist

  KeyBank

  Monthly column reviewing books written for the User Experience industry.

  UXmatters

  Interactive Media Designer

  Web / Multimedia designer at a small advertising agency. Client experience included Chapel Hill Mall

  and several manufacturing companies throughout Ohio and Michigan.

  Ansley & Associates

  Eaton

  Cleveland

  OH

  I was the Manager of User Experience Architecture Eaton. Responsible for the research

  analytics

  user experience design and information architecture associated with Eaton customer and internal facing websites and applications. Developed strategy for Eaton’s external websites

  applications and tools including

  eaton.com

  mobile devices

  business and international websites.

  Manager

  User Experience

  Cleveland/Akron

  Ohio Area

  Lead the User Experience practice of a growing software firm.\nDesign and execute growth and practice strategy. \nIdentify

  recruit

  and coach a talented team of UX professionals.\nDevelop new products and business models.\nCollaborate with revenue team to identify opportunities

  develop business

  and establish strategic alliances.

  Vice President of User Experience

  Metisentry

  Designed and developed websites and multimedia experiences for multiple clients including Akron Public Schools

  Cosco Juvenile

  and B2C clients.

  Whitespace Creative

  Designer

  Designed and developed multimedia experiences for the company and its clients

  including well known organizations in the healthcare industry

  non-profits

  municipalities

  and various business services.

  Epstein Design Partners

  Kent State University

  Kent

  OH

  Instruct graduate courses the school of Information Architecture and Knowledge Management. \nCourses Taught:\n- Information Architecture\n- Information and Visual Design\n- Web Coding (Dreamweaver)\n- Image Editing and Optimization (Photoshop)\n- Rich Interactive Applications (Flash)\n\nCurriculum Developed:\n- Web Coding (Dreamweaver)\n- Image Editing and Optimization (Photoshop)\n- Rich Interactive Applications (Flash 1 & 2)

  Adjunct Faculty

  Cleveland/Akron

  Ohio Area

  Member of Aquent's UX Expert Network. Interview prospective talent for placement and provide consulting for hiring organizations seeking UX talent.

  Independent Expert

  Aquent

  Kent

  Ohio

  Instruction

  advising and curriculum development for courses in the User Experience Design program at Kent State University's School of Library and Information Science

  Assistant Professor

  Kent State University

  Provide UX and Design Thinking projects and training to a variety of clients

  including Orange S.A.

  Rio Tinto

  General Electric

  Midwest Tape.

  TheoremCX