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Overview
An international speaker, author, design manager, and seasoned interaction
designer with over a decade of experience designing
and building devices, web sites, and applications.
Experience
Experience Design Director
ADAPTIVE PATH
June 2005 - Present
San Francisco, CA
Lead and engage in interaction design projects for devices, applications, and
web sites for Fortune 50 clients and start-ups. Participate in sales calls. Recruit
and
hire
interaction
designers.
Interaction Designer
FREELANCE
May 2004 - May 2005
Pittsburgh, PA
Worked as a freelance interaction designer on desktop applications
for commercial, government, and military clients.
Senior Interaction Designer
AMERITRADE (DATEK)
February 2002 - June 2003
Jersey City, NJ
Created
and oversaw the information, interaction, and interface design
of the online offerings of this online brokerage house with over
3 million users.
Creative
Lead
PLURAL
June 2000 - May 2001
New York, NY
Managed
and inspired creative teams composed of information architects,
designers, writers, and front-end developers to create compelling
user experiences for web sites and applications. Mentored
and created career tracks for creative staff. Conducted performance
reviews.
Producer
ORGANIC, INC.
January 1999 - June 2000
New York, NY
Oversaw
creative and technical vision of projects. Created
and executed production schedules, estimates, and production
reports. Provided
leadership and motivation for all team members including team
building and conflict management.
Producer
MEDIA CIRCUS/ILLUSIONFUSION!
1998 - 1999
New York, NY
Senior
Interactive Developer
AMERICAN
INTERACTIVE MEDIA
1997 - 1998
New York, NY
Served as the senior member of a web content and design team,
which developed projects both internally and for clients. Worked
with Real Audio and Video, streaming live broadcasts several
times weekly. Worked
with interactive TV technology, including WINK.
Webmaster
W.W. NORTON AND
COMPANY
1995 - 1997
Responsibilities included
the overall creation, design, content,
production, information architecture, maintenance, and management
of this independent book publisher's web site.
Teaching Experience
Instructor
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
Spring 2004 and 2005
Pittsburgh, PA
Taught interaction and interface design fundamentals to undergraduates.
Education
Master of Design, Interaction Design
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
2005
Bachelor
of Arts, Individual Major
UCLA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
1992, Cum Laude
Publications (partial)
Interactive Gestures: Designing Gestural Interfaces (O'Reilly, 2008)
Designing for Interaction (New Riders, 2006)
"The Cult of Innovation", BusinessWeek, March 2007
"Everything You Wanted to Know About Designers", September 2006
"Building Brand into Structure", June 2002
"Tackling Maintenance Projects", November 2002
"Writing Smart Annotations", March 2003
Speaking Engagements (partial)
IA Summit, 2005
WebVisions, 2006 and 2008
Design Thinkers, 2006
South by Southwest, 2007-8
Design Research, 2007
Affiliations
Founding Board Member (2005-8), Interaction
Design Association
Member, Industrial Design Society of America (IDSA)
| Printable Resumé |
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| Contact Info |
| 1134 Haight Street San Francisco, CA 94117 dan [at] odannyboy [dot] com |
| Expertise |
| Analytical
Thinking Conceptual Thinking Creative Direction Design Research Information Architecture Interaction Design User Experience Design |
| Methods |
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Brainstorming Conceptual Models Design Research Mental Models Personae Product Testing Prototypes Site Maps Storyboards Task Analysis Task Flows User Scenarios Wireframes |
| Clients (partial) |
| CNN Foxmarks Greenpeace HGTV IBM Lucent Technologies MAYA Viz New York Times Ning Nokia Plazes Soundflavor Warner Bros. |
| Software |
After Effects |
| Coding |
| ActionScript DHTML Javascript Proce55ing |
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