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User Information

Screen name:Gates-1
Profile ID:1237933
Tagline:Analyst, Info. Architect, User Experience Design & Usability
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Membership:Basic Member
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Country:Canada
GMT:Eastern Standard Time
Overview

Category rank:33382 in Websites & Ecommerce
Quality score:0.00
Feedback:None
Money (year):$0.00
Money (all time):$0.00
Min. rate/hour:$50.00
Min. project budget:Not specified
Member since:18 Nov 2009
Last sign In:14 Nov 2011 10:25 AM ET
Quotes submitted:0 in last 30 days
Work onsite:No
Experience:21 years
Highest degree:Master's Degree
Software skills:Experienced using Microsoft Office applications, Project; Visio, Photoshop, and more ...
Additional skills:My 7 years managing teams and projects include skills in: WBS; project schedule; leadership; hiring/downsizing; prioritizing tasks & allocate resources; identifying-mitigating risks; setting goals/objectives & appraisals; mentoring; scattered teams across international time zones; setting up labs; research, all while performing hands-on work. Developed Interaction Design and Usability processes.

I have 21 years of broad Analyst, Information Architect, User Experience Design & Usability related knowledge earned across 15 different industries. This experience spans: proposals, research, system / product iterative design process, user needs analysis, user requirements and, usability study design & testing. I have a proven track record of successfully adapting to complex and multidisciplinary environments.

Translate customer requests and business requirements into specifications, & documentation of user interaction behaviour.
Business process modeling; Gap analysis; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Gantt Chart.
Experienced with Agile process – SCRUM approach, most recently used in 2009.
Subcategories:Web Design
User Experience Design
Usability Testing
Testing & QA
Industries:Consumer Goods & Services
Health Care
Technology & Internet
Media & Entertainment
Telecommunications
Highlights:- 7 years managing teams & projects

- 21 years of broad Analyst, Information Architect, User Experience Design & Usability related knowledge earned across 15 different industries (military; network & information management system; healthcare; national airspace radio; automotive; aerospace (air traffic control; airspace management); e-commerce; business integration; computers; fingerprint identification; forensic; communications; engineering development tools; in-flight (airline) media & entertainment-communication; office)

- Experienced in multi-tasking, serving demanding corporate executives & in delivering high-quality work on schedule & under very tight deadlines

- Experience in e-Health; e-Business; business integration; small & large-scale systems

Happy Clients:
ACGroup; Aeroplan; Bell Canada*; CHUBB Group of Insurance Companies*; Corporate Translators; DCIEM (Defense & Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine); US Department of Labor; Engineering Science International*; Finance America; Huck International*; Hughes Aircraft (U. S. A., for General Motors & Avicom work; Canada); IBM*; Innovations & Strategies*; IRSST (Quebec's Occupational Safety & Health Research Institute); Pacific Bell Directory*; Printrak International*; Radiant Technology Corporation; Social Security Administration; The Fortier Group*; Toro Corp; UNOCAL; Virtual Prototypes*; Watkins & Prototypes*; Watkins & Latham. (* = Multiple consultations)
Work terms:Payment Method: TBD

Communication: Telephone; E-mail; Skype; Web Conferencing.
Frequency: As agreed-to by project need.

General Availability: As agreed-to by project need. Worked with (& managed) efforts across different time-zones. Never Saturdays.

Code of Ethics: Comfortable with Secrecy & Non-disclosure agreements. Highly qualified professional. Others consider me of high integrity, of good character, & of great competence. I show initiative, good inter-personal relations, & the ability to work on my own and in teams.