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Chandan Sharma email : [email protected] Voice : (+1) 404-661-7622
Objective I intend to obtain a full time position with a creative and enthusiastic team of user experience/interaction designers from Jan’09.
Portfolio URL : http://lcc.gatech.edu/~csharma7/portfolio/
Education
Year Degree/Certificate Institute/School CGPA
2007-Present Masters in Human Computer Interaction (HCI)
Georgia Institute of Technology 3.83/4
2002 – 2006 B.Des in Industrial Design Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati 8.39/10
Work Experience
Summer internship at Adobe Systems, San Jose User Experience Design Intern in New Business Innovations group (Corporate Development). Design and Implementation of flex -AIR based widgets for an upcoming product.
Capgemini-Kanbay Software, Pune, India (June2006-June 2007) Worked as : UX Designer Responsibilities include: Implementing UCD methodology in design process, usability evaluation and UI
design(& prototyping)
Assistantships
Worked as a UI designer (Graduate Assistant) for Center for Teaching and Learning (CETL), Georgia Tech Worked as UI designer in the development of Open Source Sakai based T-Square, a Collaboration and
Learning Environment (CLE), for Georgia Tech Worked as Research Assistant (HCI & Usability) in the Interactive Technology Group, UPF
Worked on Usability evaluation of eTITLE, a web based subtitling application. Design of a mobile memory aid for elderly (HCI for elderly). Continued this project as design project
Skills
Analysis & UI Design
Contextual enquiry, persona & scenario creation, task analysis, use case modeling, feature prioritization, card sorting
Usability Techniques Heuristic evaluation, think-aloud protocols, cognitive walkthrough, usability audit based on usability metrics
Prototyping Tools & IDEs Adobe Flex Builder 3, Eclipse, Flash MX 2004, Dreamweaver MX 2004
Scripts & Markup Languages ActionScript 3.0, JavaScript, HTML, DHTML, XML,
Languages C, Java(Processing), Jython
Projects - Industry
Project Genesis (Code Name) - New Business Innovation Group, Adobe Systems Inc. (May- Aug ‘08) Design and implement flex - AIR mashup - widgets based on SAAS platform. Activities: Design + Low Fid Prototyping + Flex AIR Implementation
UI Design – ART Dashboard, Capgemini-Kanbay Software Pvt. Ltd., (Sep - Nov ‘06) To redesign the dashboard for analysts to find patterns in stock trading and thus to advise their
clients wisely. Activities: Gathering Requirements + Design Ideations+ Flex Prototyping (RIA to achieve single-screen-
many states UI-model)
Information Architecture - Marketing web-application, Capgemini-Kanbay Software Pvt. Ltd., (Jan - Mar ‘07) Design and Implement, a marketing solutions’ web based application for a Media-House Sales
Representatives and its clients(Advetisers). Activities: Competitive Evaluation + Focus Group Sessions for Requirements Gathering & Analysis +
Open Ended Card Sorting + Low Fidelity Wire-framing + Implementation (HTML and JavaScript)
UI Design - eCafe web-application, Capgemini-Kanbay Software Pvt. Ltd., (Jan - Mar ‘07) To re-design the existing UI for HSBC eCafe application, a web-based system for credit card monitoring
based on new business requirements. Activities: Use Case modeling, sequence and activity diagrams, low-fidelity wireframing, in-house
usability evaluation using discount heuristics and walkthroughs
Projects Academic
CrowdCasting – Mobile Application Development for Computation Journalism – Masters Project Fall ‘08 Design and develop a mobile + web application to enable broadcasting of events to a web-server
through videos streamed from the mobiles. Status: Ongoing
HCI for elderly (Geriatrics Information System) – Mobile Memory Aid for Elderly, (June - Dec ‘05) To design an interactive mobile memory aid with remote communication to recreate independence for
memory-impaired, elderly people. Activities: User Studies, Persona Development, Mapping out a design space, task analysis based on
user’s mental and conceptual models, design specifications, modalities selection (for Input and Output), prototyping and evaluation
HCI for visually impaired - Accessible System for Visually Impaired (ASVI), (Aug - Dec ‘07) To design an assistive device to recreate independence for visually-impaired users. Activities: User research + Requirement gathering + Design + Implementation + Usability Evaluation
System Design - Design of a Home Food Management System (HFMS), (Aug - Dec ‘07): To provide a system that will allow the user to easily mange Quality and Quantity of their food. Activities: User research + Requirement gathering + Existing System Analysis + System Design
Trainings & Workshops
Flex Application Development on Hands Training – Adobe Systems Inc. (Summer 2008) Intensive 3 day training for flex + AS3 based rich internet application development framework during summer internship at Adobe.
Using ‘Think Aloud technique’ for cultural usability testing – Seminar , Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati Workshop conducted at IIT Guwahati by Prof. Torkil Clemmenson, (HCI Research group, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark) to use the ‘think aloud technique’ for testing and developing a culturally sensitive software.
Relevant Courses
Graduate - Masters in Human Computer Interaction Undergraduate - Bachelors of Design
Prototyping Interactive Systems Design Computing Computation as an Expressive Medium Engineering Psychology Computational Journalism Introduction to HCI Management of Technological Resources
Information System Design Usability Engineering UI and Control Panel Design Consumer Behavior Introduction to Graphic Design Product and Visual Ergonomics Introduction to Design Management
References
Dr. Pradeep Yammiyavar Prof. HCI and Usability Engineering Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, India Email: [email protected]
Matthias Zeller Project Manager, New Business Innovations Group, Corporate Development, Adobe Systems Inc., San Jose Email: [email protected]
Sandesh Halarnkar Present: Sr. Interaction Designer, Yahoo India Earlier: Team Lead, UX Practice Capgemini-Kanbay India Pvt. ltd. Email: [email protected]