b"SABARISH RAGHUPATHY\nUser Experience Designer & Developer\nPortfolio: http://sabarish.net\nLinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/sabarishraghupathy\n\nE-mail: sabarishraghupathy@gmail.com\nMobile: (832) 794-3422\n\nSummary of Experience and Qualifications:\nI am an avid user experience specialist skilled in interaction design, information architecture, usability, and development. I have\nexperience working in all stages of a product's lifecycle, from conception to design, development and validation. I work well with\ncross-functional, collaborative teams and I'm effective in bringing user-centered design methods to the table.\nI enjoy designing and developing simple, usable experiences. I am comfortable using a variety of design tools (Adobe Creative\nSuite, Axure, OmniGraffle) and development technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery).\n\nEducation:\nSEP 2011 - MAY 2013\nUNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF INFORMATION | ANN ARBOR, MI\nMaster of Science in Information, Human-Computer Interaction (American Library Association accredited program).\nJUL 2001 - MAY 2005\nVISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY | BANGALORE, INDIA\nBachelor of Engineering in Computer Science and Engineering\n\nIndustry Work Experience:\nAUG 2013 - CURRENT\nEMPIRICAL UX (http://empiricalux.com) | PORTLAND, OR\nUser Experience Designer and Prototyper\n\xe2\x80\xa2 Help define client vision and strategy by exploring future product concepts and usages through research and design.\n\xe2\x80\xa2 Lead projects (and teams) through iterative lifecycle of research - design - development - testing.\n\xe2\x80\xa2 Create role and task models, personas, user flows and scenarios to define and bring clarity to user and client needs.\n\xe2\x80\xa2 Communicate design decisions to stakeholders through mid-hi-fi wireframes and detailed interaction specifications.\n\xe2\x80\xa2 Rapidly build prototypes, develop websites and work closely with developers to implement designs.\n\xe2\x80\xa2 Worked on nearly 30 diverse projects, including smart cars, mobile, tablet, PC, web, wearables and internet of things.\n\xe2\x80\xa2 Projects covered by Non-Disclosure Agreement. Please ask offline for more information.\nJUN 2012 - SEP 2012\nDELL - GLOBAL SITE DESIGN (http://www.delldesignlibrary.com) | AUSTIN, TX\nUser Experience Architect\n\xe2\x80\xa2 Helped simplify the product browsing and shopping experience for millions of customers who visit dell.com every month,\nby reducing the segments on Dell's homepage from five to two ('For Home' and 'For Work').\n\xe2\x80\xa2 Revamped the 'File-Uploader' and 'Pagination' patterns, and made the first responsive pattern for Dell's Pattern Library.\n\xe2\x80\xa2 Helped in the generation of a new set of personas for Dell's UX team.\n\xe2\x80\xa2 Interviewed consumers to generate journey maps of end-to-end product research, purchase, usage and service experience.\nJUN 2005 - JUL 2011\nDELL SERVICES | BANGALORE, INDIA AND PLANO, TX\nSoftware Development Engineer\n\xe2\x80\xa2 Developed healthcare web-applications for several key healthcare providers, like Tenet Healthcare, Massachusetts\nGeneral Hospital, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, etc.\n\xe2\x80\xa2 Built web-applications using C#, HTML, ASP.NET, SQL Server, and automated configuration management using TFS.\n\xe2\x80\xa2 In a client-facing position, communicated project requirements to offshore team from designers, analysts and clients.\n\nAcademic Work Experience:\nSEP 2011 - OCT 2012\nUNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - C.S. MOTT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL | ANN ARBOR, MI\nUser Experience Designer and Web Developer\n\xe2\x80\xa2 Worked with doctors and nurses of the Pediatrics-Cardiology team and staff at the School of Public Health.\n\xe2\x80\xa2 Participated in contextual interviews to gain an understanding of user data collection methods.\n\xe2\x80\xa2 Observed uses and understood limitations of the disparate and outdated research tools being used by the team.\n\xe2\x80\xa2 Iteratively designed and tested new layouts and interactions by creating wireframes and high-fidelity mockups.\n\xe2\x80\xa2 Developed the initial parts of the new web-based research tool, using HTML, CSS, JavaScript and an Oracle database.\nNEW YORK UNIVERSITY - MARGARET SANGER PAPERS PROJECT | NEW YORK, NY\nFEB 2012 / JUL 2013\nUser Experience Designer and Web Developer\n\xe2\x80\xa2 Volunteered my time to audit a New York University department's website (http://www.nyu.edu/projects/sanger) and\nproposed a redesigned layout and information architecture.\n\xe2\x80\xa2 Developed the new, cleaner, simpler to navigate and easer to maintain website, using HTML, CSS, JavaScript.\n\n1/2\n\n\x0cSABARISH RAGHUPATHY\nUNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - COLLEGE OF LITERATURE, SCIENCE AND THE ARTS | ANN ARBOR, MI\nGraduate Student Instructor (Winter 2013) - PSYCH 240: Introduction to Cognitive Psychology\n\xe2\x80\xa2 Taught 3 discussion sections (84 undergraduate students), developed lesson plans, graded exams, held office hours.\nTeaching Assistant (Fall 2012) - HON 352: Cyberscience: Computational Science and the Rise of the Fourth Paradigm\n\xe2\x80\xa2 Graded papers and mentored students of this undergraduate course.\n\nActivities:\n\xe2\x80\xa2 Organized events and ensured student voices were heard within the school and its administrators as the Student Liaison\n\nfor the University of Michigan School of Information Masters Association.\n\xe2\x80\xa2 Planned and organized UX events, including World IA Day 2012, Design Jams, Resume and Portfolio review sessions as an\n\nExecutive Officer of the UMSI Student Organization for Computer-Human Interaction, an ACM-SIGCHI group.\n\xe2\x80\xa2 Core member of Dell's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives in Bangalore, India.\n\xe2\x80\xa2 Launched the Computer Science and Microsoft .NET clubs and was instrumental in creating the inter-collegiate cultural fest\n\nat Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Visvesvaraya Technological University, Bangalore, India.\n\xe2\x80\xa2 I demonstrated the latest developer technologies to peers via presentations and hands-on-lab sessions, as a Student\n\nPartner in Microsoft's India Academic Developer Program.\n\nHonors and Certifications:\n\xe2\x80\xa2 Received the 'Faculty & Alumni Scholarship Award' for my accomplishments and potential in the information field from\n\nthe University of Michigan School of Information.\n\xe2\x80\xa2 Received multiple employee performance and service awards, for my achievements and contributions at Dell.\n\xe2\x80\xa2 Microsoft Certified Professional / Application Developer for Microsoft .NET and SQL Server technologies.\n\n2/2"