RESUME

Design

Design of web-sites and applications with emphasis on User Experience.

I start the design process from defining business requirements and building wireframes, creating several homepage and/or landing pages mockups for further implementation using the standards-compliant code.

Work with architects and business specialists to define/document/and then give consultations on corporate design standards.

development

I develop user interfaces and sites that rely on semantically correct, standards-driven code, adhering to the best practices and W3C specifications. The sites work across browsers and between the browser versions.

I provide thorough knowldege of client-side development, including:

Project Management

PMP Certified Project Manager with the first hand experience of each project building phases from both technical and Project management perspective. I also bring to the project extensive experience in design and technical background in the area of Usability/Accessibility Analysis and implementation, Web Standards and Strategic planning, Requirements Gathering, Interface Design/Development, Content Management, Graphic Design, and over all 10 years of software and Internet industry hands-on experience.

Sample Projects

UNIFI Agent Portal (Producer Workbench)

  • Designer of UNIFI Agent Portal project, B2B initiative for the company. Responsible for the Usability Analysis, gathering Business Requirements and working out site architecture and look&feel.
  • Building of the site mockups and implementation of templates/Framework.
  • Developing of UNIFI Agent Portal content framework utilizing Oracle Universal Content Management product (UCM): Oracle Site Studio 10GR3 (10GR4) and Oracle Content Server.
  • Worked with Marketing and Business departments to define requirements and set-up security infrastructure for the content areas, workflows design and implementation.
  • Worked with the company Architects and Senior Programmers to come up with the best TEST-MODEL-PRODUCTION environment scenarios for creating, approving, moving content, code, and layout changes. The environments created included 6 instances of Content Server: 3 of which are used for Contribution and testing of Content, and 3 for making available for testing and final promotion to Model and final Consumption by external users.

New Portfolio Marketing campaign - Interface Analysis, Design and Implementation.

  • Monthly design of Flash ads which are hosted by the leading financial on-line publications.
  • Design of landing content pages. Emphasis on User Centered Design.
  • Oracle Content Management

Corporate-wide Documentation System (WIKI)

IT Lead - Analysis of Usability needs and Design of mockups. WIKI framework development and implementation using CSS, HTML, JSP and Oracle Content Management System. Project Management using Agile methodologies with the iterative project cycles.

UNIFI Web/Usability Designer

  • Defined Enterprise-wide Web & Usability Standards.

  • Usability/Web Design Corporate Training program:
    Sessions included “Web Usability – From General to Specific”, “Cascading Style Sheets as the standard of GUI development”.

  • Active liaison between Information Technology, Marketing and Business departments in maintaining consistent company representation in printed and online materials.

  • Complete analysis of the thirteen UNIFI public web sites in the area of usability, accessibility, industry standard practices. Usability analysis using on-line software: Feng-GUI and Vischeck.

Cincinnati Art Museum - Imaging & Copyright database

  • Digitizing entire museum collection as part of the team. Analysis of the required Metadata fields for the images and museum documentation necessary for the inclusion in the database.
  • Designing and developing database “digital collection order requests and reporting system” utilizing Microsoft Access.
  • Assistant to the Coordinator of Copyright and Photographic Services Department.

Cincinnati Art League

  • design and implementation of Collections Database in Microsoft Access.

Contract web/graphic designer for various companies, including:

web :Interforum Furniture Distributor, Columbia Language Services, Innovative Development Solutions, PC Quest Inc., Carter and Taylor Insurance Agency, StatShowCase Sports Company, Assumption Greek Orthodox Church, Christ the Savior Orthodox Church, etc.

print: Youth Elijah Symphony Orchestra (CD covers design), Newspaper Contact designs for the Russian-Jewish Community of Cincinnati, OH. Parish Directory Design for the Christ the Savior Orthodox Church, Cincinnati, OH. The CleanTime cleaning company, the Archiglas Choral Ensemble,