Contextual Inquiry
Card Sorting
Affinity Diagrams
Focus Groups
Personas
Storyboarding
Surveys/Questionnaires
SKILLS
EXPLORATIVE METHODS
EVALUATIVE METHODS
Think-Aloud User Studies
Heuristic Evaluation
Cognitive Walkthrough
GOMS (KLM)
Wizard of Oz
Prototyping
Heuristic Evaluation
Cognitive Walkthrough
GOMS (KLM)
Wizard of Oz
Prototyping
PROFICIENCY
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
C
C++
Java
C++
Java
C#
HTML
Javascript
HTML
Javascript
APPLICATIONS
MS Office
Dreamweaver
Illustrator
Dreamweaver
Illustrator
Visual Studio .NET
Fireworks
InDesign
Fireworks
InDesign
EDUCATION
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
Masters of HCI, Aug. 2007
Cumulative GPA: 4.04
Cumulative GPA: 4.04
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Arts, Computer Science, June 2004
Cumulative GPA 3.5 | Major GPA: 3.7
Cumulative GPA 3.5 | Major GPA: 3.7
EXPERIENCE
INTEL CORPORATION
INTEL LABS
INTEL LABS
Oct.2008 - Current, Santa Clara, CA
- User research/design to create mobile context aware technologies.
- Led user research on understanding practices of sharing information in microblogging and other social systems.
- Designed user interfaces and led user research for ground truth data collection trial.
- Led interaction design to showcase team’s sensor technology work.
INTEL CORPORATION
ROTATION ENGINEER PROGRAM
ROTATION ENGINEER PROGRAM
Oct.2007 - Oct.2008, Santa Clara, CA
- Third rotation in Intel Research Emerging Platforms Lab: User research/design to create wearable context aware technology.
- Second rotation in Intel Research Lab Berkeley. User research/design to create environmental mobile sensing platform to support social action.
- First rotation in Long Range Business Planning group: Market research/analysis on next generation user interfaces.
PITTSBURGH ONLINE RESEARCH COLLABORATION
CAPSTONE PROJECT LEADER
CAPSTONE PROJECT LEADER
Jan. 2007 - Current, Pittsburgh,PA
- Researched, designed and prototyped a new online system that allows researchers in the Pittsburgh medical community find collaborators with appropriate skills and interests.
MICROSOFT WINDOWS INTERNATIONAL
PROGRAM MANAGER
PROGRAM MANAGER
Sept. 2005 - July 2006, Redmond, WA
- Designed and drove UI tools to open language support to customers on the Windows/.NET Framework platforms.
- Managed all components and APIs dealing with custom locales and localepertinent information for upcoming Windows/.NET framework releases.
MICROSOFT WINDOWS INTERNATIONAL
SOFTWARE DESIGN ENGINEER IN TEST
SOFTWARE DESIGN ENGINEER IN TEST
Summer 2003, Aug. 2004 - Aug. 2005, Redmond, WA
- Responsible for testing Natural Language Support components added to Windows Vista.
- Developed new testing tools/frameworks for the team
- Developed Windows application for developers to run regression tests before checking in code changes or new features.
- Led test team members on worldwide release of new UI-based tool. Involved applications of C#, C, and Visual Studio.NET.