Web Site and Application Design and Development Certified Usability Analyst

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1 Sampadaphadnis.com 861 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, MA Cell: Certified Usability Analyst - Human Factors International Web Site and Application Design and Development Certified Usability Analyst Web/UI designer with 12 years of web site design, development, implementation, support, usability and SEO experience. Experience Summary Worked on developing HTML/CSS components as well as maintenance of multiple external-facing company web sites for one of the world s leading software products multinational. Extensive work with web site templates and themes. Broad range of design skills with strengths in layout, color and usability. Experience with custom designs, corporate branding, photo and graphic editing and print media. Mentored other designers on HTML, CSS and Usability skills. Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate and work with developers and team members to efficiently roll out custom sites and applications. Solid leadership and initiative; able to coordinate and assist with all phases of a project while successfully meeting task deliverable dates and project goals. Successfully customized the user interface for Microsoft SharePoint portals and applications. Good knowledge of RWD techniques and mobile first concepts. Good understanding of WCAG2.0 and techniques for WCAG2.0 Knowledge of MVC framework, Visual Studio and TFS Knowledge of web standards, W3C specifications and cross-browser/cross-platform/cross device compatibility. Core Competencies End user centric application structure and interface design using Photoshop Expertise in developing web pages using HTML/CSS Team leadership and communication Technical Proficiencies

2 Platforms: Windows 98/2000/XP/Vista, Windows Server 2003 Languages: Expertise in CSS, HTML and experience in working with JavaScript and JQuery Design Tools: Adobe Photoshop Microsoft Content Management Server 2002, Adobe Dreamweaver, Office 2010, Visual Studio 2010, Visual Studio 2012, Product Studio, Source Depot, TFS Professional Experience Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies, Cambridge/USA UI Designer Dec 2011 Till Date Responsible for Usability, User Interface Design and development, web Standards, WCAG2.0/Accessibility/508, HTML5/CSS3. The current project is based on ASP.NET MVC3.0 framework. HTML, CSS W3C Compliance, Cross Browser Development, Section 508 Standards/Usability Standards JQuery and JS libraries InContext Designs, Concord/USA [Temporary contract assignment] Nov 2011 Dec 2011 Front-End Developer Developed widgets in Dojo s UI library for Cisco. The development was in HTML5 and CSS3. Kforce Inc. Boston/USA [Temporary contract assignment in AmericanWell Sep 2011 Nov 2011 Front-End Developer Worked as a front-end developer to create modern, accessible, scalable and robust corporate website. This was a contract assignment. High-quality front-end development for web sites Performance optimization, accessibility SEO using semantic HTML were the key areas. Tata Consultancy Services, Pune, India Assistant Consultant Sep 2006 Feb 2011 Member of a dedicated Offshore Development Center for one of the world s leading software product company. Developed and managed migration of live pages of the company s external facing sites, using DHTML and AJAX components to make the sites more interactive, attractive and speedy. Worked with world-class highly experienced designers from the customer s team. Customized page designs using Photoshop and CSS.

3 Project Details: Integration of the new look of and internationalization of the msn sites across browsers including new Bing search implementation, map, weather and match module. Creation of the template library for web components for Microsoft.com site s pages. These web components mainly use XML, XSLT, CSS, AJAX, JavaScript and Rich UI, DHTML. These web components were compatible on IE 5.0, 5.5, 6.0, 7.0, Mozilla 2.0, Safari 2.0, Netscape and Opera browsers. Usage of all these techniques makes these web components more attractive, interactive and speedy so that end user remains on the site for longer period. All projects follow Scrum methodology, where individual team member gets monthly sprint. Tasks and responsibilities related to the sprint are taken by the team members on daily basis. The task status is collected daily before starting the work in order to track, monitor and manage the monthly sprint. My key contributions to the project: Responsible for resolving all UI and cross browser compatibility issues for all DHTML and AJAX components. Designed and developed CSS for custom templates, site overrides, page overrides and themes. Developed and presented the training material on CSS and actively involved in mentoring other developers. Awards: Received On the Spot award for being excellent in work and supporting multiple projects as well as grooming ODC members in CSS competency. Received On the Spot award for initiating and publishing ODC level monthly Newsletter on CSS best practices. Received Best team award. Intivion, Mumbai/Pune, India April 2006 August 2006 Lead Web Designer Recruited to design and deploy web sites and applications. Served as team lead and mentor for web site creators and as a contributing visionary for company goals and strategies for online communications and web sites. Primary designer and provider of daily end user support for Content Management Server sites. Continually responsible for planning, strategizing, and audience targeting and working within budget constraints to meet the needs of both the creative and technical sides of a project. Designed and organized all print materials. Created an original external facing marketing web site for the company; oversaw and managed the progression of the web site through multiple revisions and restructures. Served as liaison between the clients, business analysts and development team. Designed all company advertisements for newspaper publications.

4 Designed and maintained the external facing marketing site. TietoEnator, Pune, India Aug 2005 March 2006 Web Designer Designed web sites for clients and organized a windows application for Healthcare and Welfare industry. Worked closely with art and creative directors for designing healthcare iconography that brings higher level of detail and sophistication to application. Designed various wizards, dialogue boxes, modules for healthcare application to improve end user experience for applications. Designed web sites for varied clients such as health care and food industry. Designed application icons in full set including 16x16, 32x32, 48x48, and 256x256. Also designed toolbar, dialog and wizard icons. Crafted wizards that made complex tasks appear easy. Designed series of screens, dialogue boxes that walk users through completion of a task. Tata Consultancy Services, Mumbai/Pune, India Nov 2004 July 2005 Web Designer Recruited to design and deploy web sites and applications for internal processes and support of 50,000+ global employees. Worked closely with product/application developers to improve product functionality by conducting usability tests to further streamline and improve end user experience. Responsible for print production process, including concept and layout development, graphic/photo production, and art direction. Provided the design and layout for an online training course for major MNC clients. Designed collateral including brochures, folders, posters. Conducted usability test to improve end user experience. IL&FS Education & Technology Services Limited, Mumbai, India May 2002 Oct 2004 Graphic Designer Designed layouts for K-10 learning components, for CD-ROMs delivery. Designed and developed animations, graphic assets, video and audio production and optimization. Story boarding and designing layouts for K-10 learning components. Designed animations, video and audio production and optimization. Head Multimedia, Mumbai, India June 2000 May 2002 Web Site Designer

5 Provided the design and layout for web sites, corporate CD-ROM presentations for a variety of clients. Integrated the websites using HTML. Worked closely under the direction of art and creative directors. Worked under tight turnaround times and met strict deadlines. Contributed to the organization and designed web sites, CD-ROM presentations. Integrated the websites using HTML. Design, implementation and maintenance of employee intranet for one of the client which improved the flow of internal information, employee productivity and communications. Education Certified Usability Analyst Human Factors International, 2010 Diploma in Web Designing Edit Institute, Mumbai, India, 2000 Bachelor of Commerce Mumbai University, India, 1998 Linkedin profile at Portfolio at Sampadaphadnis.com