• needs assessment using surveys, user interviews, comparative analysis with websites with similar content
• design and development of the mobile UI using an iterative process including lo-fi prototyping, user testing, and using Flash lite, PHP and mySQL database
• presentation of project to peers and SIMS community

Database Usability Consultant, Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley

• Design and conduct user interviews and testing to pinpoint user problems with the interface
• Analyze findings to make design recommendations
• Implement redesign using Javascript, PHP, mySQL
• Find and fix bugs in the PHP and mySQL code for final deployment of application on the local network

Mobile Shopper Prototype ( Mobile Workshop project)

• worked with a small team of developers to design and implement a shopping application for the mobile phone using Python for Symbian OS and PHP for a week-long class

• presented prototype to peers and Yahoo! Research team

UFOVis Class Project

• needs assessment, database design, lo-fi paper prototyping
• prototype development of a visualization of UFO sighting data incorporating Yahoo! Maps API

Collaborative Bargains Database Class Project

• needs assessment, database design, PHP development

Graduate Student Instructor, School of Information Management, UC Berkeley

Sept-Dec 2005

• Prepare and conduct discussion sessions on various technical, social and economic topics dealing with search engine technologies: http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/courses/is141/f05/
• Give advice, grade assignments and projects for a class of around 100 students

HCI Researcher, SAP Research, Palo Alto , CA

• Conducted and produced a literature survey that investigated methods of mapping content to user and device-specific interfaces for the proactive user interface project
• Built a prototype to illustrate how content might be mapped based on user profiles, pipelines and XSL
• Identified a model-based mapping framework and presented findings to peers and other departments

SIMster peer-to-peer network application class project

• design, documentation, implementation using Java working with 3 other student developers

FilterFeeder RSS feeds filtering application class project

• design, documentation, presentation and implementation with smallx pipeline technology, XSL

Webmaster, Center for Social Services Research, UC Berkeley

• Using information architecture principles, restructured the 9 major sections of the website ( http://cssr.berkeley.edu/ ) to be more consistent and logical to make resources easier to find
• Redesigned the website – entirely rebuilt a small static HTML website into a much larger, complex, dynamic website with ASP server-side programming
• Originated a file-naming convention to organize and access data logically and consistently
• Established an extensive QA tracking system working with QA team to catch errors
• Added a searchable publications database with computer/PDA-accessible PDF downloads
• Using SAS-generated XML, generated printer-friendly/web-friendly pages using XSL
• Optimized search engine rankings with registration, meta-tags, and link-trades with related websites; analyzed server logs
• Hired, trained, managed student assistants to help update the website; created training documentation

Mobile phone art tour application design class project

• needs assessment, use case scenario development
• faceted metadata classification framework using Protégé

Web Developer, Terra Lycos, Inc., San Francisco , CA

• Successfully delivered multiple "Artist Special Feature" pages for Lycos Music's largest client, (1 million + pageviews per feature). These top priority projects were highly time-sensitive and promoted throughout the network ( http://music.lycos.com/ , http://www.hotbot.com/ )
• Hand-coded web pages using DHTML and ASP (in VBScript) according to design specifications
• Collaborated with Product Managers, Designers, and QA to make sure projects were completed on time, and accurately

Webmaster/ Communications Associate, Int'l Center in NY, New York , NY

• Supervised development, redesigned layout, edited, formatted, promoted new website: http://www.intlcenter.org/ and newsletter to recruit potential volunteers and international students
• Conducted monthly internet and e-mail workshops for members and volunteers
• Devised complex SQL queries, reports using dbase IV, Access databases for targeted mailings

Marketing Assistant/ Tracking Coordinator, Jumbo.com, New York , NY

• Tracked cost-per-1000-impressions (CPM) for online ads to ensure contractual compliance
• Developed documentation & trained co-workers on ad-serving NetGravity software