I apply a broad background in technology including hands on experience as a software developer, architect, interaction designer, team lead, and author to make great user interfaces a reality.
The following are examples of a few projects I've recently worked on. Each of these required different platforms, languages, and roles to make them a success. More detailed information on these and other projects can be found on my portfolio page.
Mobile Banking, Qualcomm
Roles: Developer, Architect, Tech Lead
Platforms: Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, BREW
Tech: J2ME/CLDC, Groovy/GANT
Mobile Banking is an application allowing users to check account balances, pay bills, and transfer money from their mobile device (cell phone). It was developed by the Atlanta-based startup Firethorn which was acquired by Qualcomm.
I worked on this application from early prototyping through product, the acquistion and several subsequent releases. Over the course of the project, I developed a complete low level UI framework, and later lead an architectural movement to support multiple platforms with maximum shared code. The application has been live for over 2 years and is running on several hundred thousand devices.
More at mobilebanking.com.
Options Trading, Ballista Securities
Roles: Design Consultant
Platforms: Windows Desktop
Tech: Photoshop, Java/Swing, JavaWebStart
Ballista is a small financial startup on Wall Street that built a peer-to-peer options trading system. The system provides a venue for traders to easy complete otherwise complicated trades.
I worked with Ballista from their earliest startup days (two people in a paper storage room) through their launch. Through combination of prototypying techniques, I designed their complete user interface, a custom look and feel and the beginnings of their branding experience. Before they had a full time development team, I also built Swing client prototypes for VC demos laying the architectural groundwork for the production client.
More at ballistasecurities.com.
anbarlab.org
Roles: Independent Designer and Developer
Platforms: Web
Tech: Ruby on Rails, MySql, Photoshop
Dr. Anbar wanted a website with an easy way for his research team to keep the public face of his lab and their research up to date.
I worked with Dr. Anbar, analysing various web based blogging and collaborative tools — and finally developing a custom site. I developed his site in Ruby on Rails, using a suite of WYSIWYG editing tools, proving his team an easy way to create profiles, projects, and news and keep the web in sync with their research.
Go to anbarlab.org.
