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d a c o n a n t @gmail.c om ( 6 1 7 ) 9 8 0 - 6 2 2 1https://LINKEDIN LINK AVAILABLE portfolio: https://dconantStreet Address .myportfolio.com/ Page 1Summary User experience professional with a focus on product definition, understanding complex workflows and user needs, and designing effective solutions with agile methods. Designer with experience in desktop and web/SAAS environments. Involved in all stages of taking products from initial conception to use as worldwide standard tools. Adaptable team player with communication, facilitation, leadership, and mentoring skills. Broad experience in user needs investigation, usability research, UX prototyping and testing, and agile development.Professional ExperienceWalmart (contractor) July 2022 March 2023Lead Product Designer Assisted the Walmart UX team with rethinking complex data flows and interactions that in-house staff use to plan out how merchandise will be placed in thousands of stores. Developed task flows and journey maps to illustrate current needs, and potential improvements. Presented wireframes, and high-resolution designs using Figma and Mural for a set of SAAS applications for merchandisers and planners. Developed clickable mockups to be used for testing and validation. aPriori Technologies Concord, MA 2014 - 2022User Experience Principal / User Experience Lead Designed Cost Insight Design, a role a SAAS application for design engineers doing manufacturing cost analysis. Now in use, it replaces a complex legacy desktop application. Generated designs and prototypes using a range of design tools including Adobe XD, Balsamiq, and Axure to represent those designs to development. Conducted user research in the US and other countries to discover needs and workflows, and build product plans. Methods included surveys, contextual observation, focus groups, and user interviews with a focus on specific user roles. Prepared project estimates, and feasibility reports to assist product management and aid effective decision making. Conducted ideation and visioning activities to bring a wide range of viewpoints into the design process. These workshops helped build cross discipline support for design strategies. Worked with Product Marketing to develop images, color palettes, and symbology consistent with corporate branding. Developed a design system of UX components, graphic standards, iconography, etc. to ensure consistent accessible appearance and behavior across a range of environments. Conducted remote and in-person usability testing including formative testing during design, and summative testing to assess results before release. Mentored new team members.Candidate's Name
d a c o n a n t @gmail.c om ( 6 1 7 ) 9 8 0 - 6 2 2 1 https://LINKEDIN LINK AVAILABLE portfolio: https://dconant5395.myportfolio.com/ Page 2Consultant 2013 - 2014Deloitte Developed conceptual designs and prototypes for a web based SAAS UX toolkit to support rapid production of customized business analytics applications. Proposed responsive solutions to extend web-based interfaces for mobile use. Lead workshops to assist teams with design ideation, effective product roadmaps, and release scoping decisions.Independent consulting Customer/user research, product definition, design, and testing for organizations in building information, construction, design software, and 3D printing industries. Conceived and designed Ideate Sticky, a 3rd party Revit API application. Autodesk Inc. Waltham, MA 2002 2013Principal User Experience Designer / Product Designer Designed many aspects of Autodesk Revit, a standard design tool for architects, engineers, and building construction worldwide. Researched user problems and prepared project feasibility reports to aid product management decisions and build product plans. Methods included surveys, phone interviews, testing, and focus groups. Conducted field research and user observation in multiple countries. Performed in person and remote usability testing of design projects with prototypes during design and development, and with completed features to assess final results. Managed an agile development team and mentored new UX design staff, on site and remotely. Worked with multiple Autodesk product teams to develop requirements and design user experience for cross product projects. Developed a data model to support multiple workers synchronously editing complex cloud based building models from multiple locations. Designed a platform neutral data model for materials allowing data portability between 4 Autodesk platform applications. Presented new functionality to sales, marketing, reseller groups, conducted workshops and classes at internal and external conferences.Revit Technology Corp. (Acquired by Autodesk PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLE Product Designer/Application Specialist Developed design goals and product positioning strategy for Revit Release 1 Created paper prototype of Revit and presented it to potential customers for strategy validation and to help venture partners evaluate the products potential Designed most initial features of Revit Worked with the Product Management, Development, and Marketing teams to generate specific release plan for each release.EducationMaster of Architecture Harvard University Graduate School of Design BS Architecture State University of New York at Buffalo Candidate's Name
d a c o n a n t @gmail.c om ( 6 1 7 ) 9 8 0 - 6 2 2 1 https://LINKEDIN LINK AVAILABLE portfolio: https://dconant5395.myportfolio.com/ Page 3Technical Skills Adobe Creative Suite Adobe XD Balsamiq Mockups Axure Figma Mural Zeplin Autodesk Revit Mind Manager Jira Confluence CSS React Angular SAAS Applications Scrum |
