Solutions Strategist sounds a bit vague and non-committal, right? This non-committal title is the best way to describe versatile professional career paths while being passionate and willing to pursue opportunities in project management, HCI, User Experience, Instructional Systems Design, content design, emerging technologies, gamification in non-gaming fields, and technical communications.
HCI PortfolioEveryday is a new chance in striving to prove, contribute, and pioneer on both the small and large scale. The facts below are basic elements.
Mac OS & Windows PC
Adobe Creative Suite(s): Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop
Adobe Audition (CS 6)
Adobe Fireworks and GoLive
Adobe Dreamweaver
Corel Draw & Corel VideoStudio Pro
Articulate Studio '09, '13
Adobe Presenter
Learning Management Systems (LMS): eCollege, Exceed LMS, Blackboard
Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Publisher
Balsamiq and Sketchup
HTML, CSS, BootStrap
Unity game engine, Unreal Engine, Stencyl
Skills InfographicInterface & UX Design
Content Creation
Gamification
Prototyping
Instructional Design
Communication Arts
Graphic Design
TBD ButtonProject Management
Customer/User Focus
Project Management
Agile/SCRUM & ADDIE methodologies
Interview/Observation
Data analysis for trend and gap needs assessment
Software testing
Copywriting and Technical Documentation
Resourceful
TBD2014-2016 Project Creator and Lead Designer for Gamification
Game design approaches applied to eLearning for training modules, eCommerce for dress-up game (mobile web). Toolkit includes: Bootstrap, HTML, CSS, Adobe CS, Microsoft Office, Unity 3D within a Agile/SCRUM environment.
Dress Up Game UAT101 eLearning, Non-Verbal Communications2015-2016 User Experience Lead, Railroad Gamification
Gamification of Georgetown (Colorado) Railroad. User needs assessments for integration with existing and emerging technology analysist. University of Advancing Technology community project partnered with train hobbyist and Intel staff. Toolkit includes: Excel, PowerPoint, low-level prototyping, persona profiles, leveraging Intel products.
Angela's Train Pitch2013-2014 Project Lead
36-week Human Computer Interaction project, digital prototype offering text-to-voice talking calendar for those with limited cognitive and memory capabilities, intended as a mobile app.
CAT2015-2016 Instructional Design Intern
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UAT101 Spotlight on Career Services LMS User Needs Assessment2013-2014 eLearning Intern
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LMS How-To MAWU Welcome Page Mini-Game2011-2015 Business Support Escalations SME
- Restore the customer experience, route escalations, outage tracking, engineering tickets
- Fix Internet Protocol TV, Voice Over Internet Protocol phone, media sharing, networking
- Use of real-time (live) chat and company communicator and copywrite preformulated responses for Tier 1 & 2 chat support agents to deliver consistent customer experience.
- Troubleshoot proprietary AT&T, Microsoft, Motorola, Pace equipment and software
See the preformulated verbiage2013-2016 B.Sc. Human Computer Interaction
University of Advancing Technology
2001-2006 Assoc. in Applied Science for Commercial Art
Associate in Liberal Art
Des Moines Area Community College