User Experience Design Summary
Involved in the following usability engineering methods:
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Apply techniques like contextual inquires, user interviews, observations, etc. to analyze the users’ needs and develop personas and user goals accordingly
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Assist business stakeholders in defining goals and objectives of the application
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Define usage scenarios based on personas identified and derive tasks from these scenarios
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Create an Information Architecture (IA) to group the tasks and information
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Applied techniques like card sorting to validate the IA
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Design the user interface (UI) for the tasks identified
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Create initial mockups on paper and further develop them into low-fidelity wireframes using tools like Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Visio and Balsamiq
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Conduct Usability tests and improvise the UI design based on analysis of users’ feedback
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Perform usability inspection on applications and sites using techniques like heuristic evaluations to determine the usability index of the application or site
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Assist developers during implementation by providing walkthroughs and alternative design suggestions (if needed)
Expertise
UX Specialist - Honeywell International
June 2016 - August 2018
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Stakeholder engagement
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User research
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Participatory design garages
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Competitor analysis
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Design workshops
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Information architecture
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Interaction design
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Usability testing
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Heuristic evaluation
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UX in Agile methodologies
Design consultant - Verizon India
September 2019 - Till date
Certified Usability Analyst - Human Factors
International License #2021-613
Certifications
Certified User Experience Analyst - Human Factors International License #2013-4228
UX Designer - Cognizant Technology Solutions
August 2012 - January 2014
Interaction Designer - HCL
March 2014 - March 2016
UX Designer Trainee - HCL
June 2010 - December 2010
Solutions Through Design Thinking
Licensed by the painted sky
UX in Agile Process
Licensed by Xebia Group
Tools
Well versed with the following Prototyping tools:
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Invision
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Sketch
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Miro
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Adobe XD
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Adobe Photoshop
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Microsoft Visio
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Illustrator