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Here's the hardest part! How do I portrait my personality through text!??? Maybe a video would have been better but I don't have time to do that. So, a bit about me instead. I have a background in behavioral science and design. I Have worked in the net industry since 93 back when America Online was just getting rolling. Funny thing is, after Concentric Network, Adobe,When.com, I ended up working for AOL for 8 years. Today I reside at Yahoo!. I have a great dog named Rio, and born and raised in the bay area silicon valley. I would consider myself a "net" guy that as long as Im excited, will keep working in the design industry. |
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| My skillset in a nutshell |
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Areas of expertise:
User Interface Design / Graphic Design - Usability Testing - Low / High fidelity prototyping
Human Information Processing - Field Studies / Contextual Inquiry - Web-based Applications - Heuristic Evaluation - Task Analysis - Experimental Design and Methodology - Accessibility - Use case scenarios - Concept modeling – small team leadership on project scenarios. |
Knowledge base and skills:
A power user of Photoshop and Illustrator, proficiency in Flash, Dreamweaver, Image-ready, and a variety of many other graphic programs. Thorough understanding of web design tools and techniques, including HTML, graphic optimization, animation techniques, mood boards, storyboarding, and mental modeling. Strong team and client leadership, and the ability to multi-task and manage my workflow in a project time critical environment. Facilitated and established process and communication about design with over 20 of the worlds largest brands at 6 different locations on both the west and east coast and Europe throughout Time Warner.
Organizations and Extras:
-SIG/CHI 2002, Santa Fe School of Design, The Works gallery.
-Member of the AIGA international organization for design
-UI design and flows for the AOL products are published extensively in various books after rollout. Many of my designs are followed for ease of use and accessibility throughout other products on the web and seen as a standard for other applications such as Television. Our designs and processes reach over 35 million internet users on America Online and currently we are currently working on the other 50% of users with the Communicator Network that will be targeted at users that need a more advanced experience.
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Awards, Mentions
- International Design Awareness Certified Program Award - Dublin, Ireland
- AOL 8.0 Studio Design Team award for creativity and inspiration
- Interface Design Award for AOL Calendar 9.0 design efforts and syncing
- Newsweek mention for Calendar design and acquisition |
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2007 - Rob Metzgar Design - All work launched and usable |
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