UI Resume for Desiree McCrorey  

Titles User Interface Designer/Analyst, Interaction Designer, Usability Architect
Address 1636 York St., San Jose, CA 95124
Phone 408.266.9591
Email ddmcc3@yahoo.com  
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Healthline.com

Principle Information Architect / Web Producer

  • Sep 05 - present
    Design, test and produce the site's information architecture and visual design     for the best online user experience with regard to usefulness, usability and business needs. Generate task flows, user-interface and functional requirements for an interactive system; research audience needs, stakeholder expectations and business requirements; work closely with executive directors, marketing, engineering, customer service, etc. to analyze stakeholder and end user needs.
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    CaremarkPCS's iScribe.com

    Senior Product Manager - User Interface Experience

  • Sep 02 - Jun 05
    Created highly usable user interaction experiences for the CaremarkPCS iScribe physician handheld and web products that are efficient and elegant in meeting those users' demanding needs; worked closely with executive directors, marketing, engineering, customer service, etc. to analyze stakeholder and end user needs, designed, prototyped, and tested various interface designs for usability and usefulness.
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      iScribe UCD overview
     

    Intuit.com

    User Interface/Usability Analyst Contractor

  • Nov 01 - Jan 02
    Guided a large web site development team in implementing user centered design and usability testing methodologies during their web site redesign efforts. Responsibilities included analysis, developing user requirements and key personas, facilitating UI designs and usability testing.
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      Intuit UCD overview 
     

    Kenamea.com

     

    Principal User Interface Engineer/Usability Analyst

  • May 01 - Nov 01
    Defined user requirements, designed/prototypeed web-based secure messaging products for software developers. Detailed tasks include: user profiling, task analysis, verifying UI-related market/product requirements, iterative prototyping, UI design, usability testing and analysis of in-house and commercial products, produce detailed UI design specifications.

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      Kenamea UCD overview 
     

    WebMD.com

     

    Principal User Interface Engineer/Usability Analyst

  • May 00 - May 01
    Defined user requirements, design/prototype web-based healthcare information software products. Timely management of every phase of development: competitive analysis, site usage analysis, user profiling, task analysis, verifying UI-related market/product requirements, iterative prototyping, UI design, usability testing, producing detailed UI design specifications.
    •   Messaging Prototype Health Summary
     

    CTB/McGraw-Hill Systems

     

    Principal User Interface Engineer/Usability Analyst

  • Jan 98 - Apr 00

    • Defined user requirements, designed/prototyped Windows-based education assessment software products. Conducted timely management of every phase of development: user profiling, task analysis, verified UI-related market/product requirements, iterative prototyping, UI design, prepared usability test materials, conducted field usability testing and evaluation, produced detailed UI design specifications.
      CTB product design overview 
     

    IDX Healthcare Systems, Corp.

     

    Principal User Interface Engineer/Usability Analyst
  • Apr 96 - Jan 98

    • Manager of corporate UI team; defined user-centered design methodologies, established common GUI model to host all desktop, internet and award-winning intranet products, infused user-centered design strategies and methods into development process, designed UI interaction and visual (Windows95, web-based style) standards for healthcare information software. Developed UI courseware, trained software designers in task, role and user analysis, desktop and web application design, usability testing and prototyping. Established laboratory for UI testing, competitive analysis, product R&D, and prototyping tool evaluations.
      IDX product design overview 
     

    Jager DiPaola Kemp Designs

     

    Mac Head (Network & Systems Manager, Usability Analyst, UI Designer)
  • Nov 94 - Dec 95

    • Supported Macintosh network management; educated and trained computer users; configured and troubleshot hardware and software; implemented World Wide Web and other advanced information services; designed user interface for company's financial and human resources databases.
      JDK design overview 
     

    Apple Computer, Inc.

    User Interface Engineer/Usability Analyst
  • Apr 93 - Sep 94

    • Principle user interface designer; identified, prototyped and incorporated users interface needs into Macintosh and Unix-based system, networking, communication and system software; conducted usability testing; managed assistants.
      Apple product design overview 
     

    TRW, Inc.

    User Interface Engineer/Usability Analyst
  • Jun 85 - Apr 93

    • As Principle Investigator; researched UI enhancements; designed UIs, analyzed and prototyped user interfaces, trained user engineers on design and testing methods. Managed and coordinated design teams located around the world. Identified, analyzed and defined mission requirements, their dependencies, constraints and interrelationships for military missions.
     

    Lockheed Missiles & Space Co.

    User Interface Engineer/Usability Analyst
  • Nov 84 - Jun 85

    • Analyzed, designed mission critical user interfaces, prototyped mission critical user interfaces; conformed to MIL-STD-1472C, MIL-H46855B guidelines.
     

    United States Air Force
  • May 78 - Nov 84
    • Requirements Analyst
    Defined, validated and documented all manpower requirements for a new operational command. System administrator.
    Human Behavior Research Associate
    Defined and conducted NASA studies for the Space Shuttle program of environmental stressors on human physiology and task performance; supervised laboratory assistants.
    Space Systems Director
    Directed operations and maintenance personnel of a missile launch warning site.
     
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