Skills

I'm a multi-skilled, cross-disciplinary, Full-stack UX Unicorn

Strategic UX consultation to management level stakeholders

Usability resource at level of the Team, the Group, and the Enterprise

Educate, evangelize, collaborate programmers, marketing, creative

I solve workflow-intensive challenges. "The fewest clicks to Satisfaction." Creative and insightful. Strong analytical and communication skills. Experienced. Technically astute.

Seasoned leadership : Self directed, team guidance, group process, executive advocacy, colleague mentoring
Excellent skills: full-stack UX, “dirt-under-the-fingernails” implementation, mobile, BI, responsive design, clickable demosites, HTML5, CSS3, behavioral code
Client trust : Return engagements, self-managed, remote work, highly recommended

SKILL AREAS:

Best Practices, Usability Analysis, Prototyping & Modeling, CSS & Templates, Information Architecture, Semantic, Workflow, Responsive, Mobile, Documentation & Online Help, Social Networking, Accessibility, Compliance, Team Process, Agile, Rich Internet / DHTML / Javascript

Abilities

Insight

Grasp "the Big Picture". Holistic.

Problem-Solving

Identify and address critical issues.

Creativity

Think and act "out of the box" (I had to say it.)

Innovation

Improve what already exists. Fix the legacy.

Interpretation

Understand what's really going on.

Explanation & Presentation

Communicate effectively.

Organization & Librarying

Pull it all together into a coherent system.

Consistency

Do due diligence.

Detail Orientation

Follow-through on the whole package.

Tools

I'm a multi-skilled, cross-disciplinary, Full-stack UX Unicorn

I sometimes refer to myself as "a repository of dead languages". Whether a given product is still popular today, the usage and functionality is constant. Here are some of the tools I use most often.

Only the skilled can judge the skillfulness, but that is not the same as judging the value of the result.

C.S. Lewis

Modeling

Dreamweaver

Expert

1999

HTML

Expert

1995

CSS Stylesheets

Expert

1999

Responsive Design

Strong

2005

Graphics

Fireworks

Expert

2000

Photoshop

Strong

1996

Powerpoint

Strong

1997

Documentation & Structure

Documentation / MS Word

Expert

1993

Information Architecture

Expert

1996

Robohelp

Expert

1996

Visio

Competent

1996

Erwin Data Modeler

Competent

1999

Coding & Process

HTML & DHTML

Expert

1996

Javascript : behavioral

Strong

2001

Sharepoint

Expert

2006

SourceSafe & source control systems

Competent

1999

Presentation Platforms

Windows / DOS

Expert

1983

Macintosh

Expert

1988

Animation

Strong

1974

Mobile

Competent

2011

Video

Competent

1972

Voice / IVR

Competent

1998

Professional training / certification

I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want... what I do have are a very particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you.

Liam Neeson in 'Taken'

Are You a Programmer?

I am not really a Programmer

I work with teams that use a range of programming development platforms: ASP, JSP, DotNet, JSF, PHP, C+Plus, etc.

I don't include these programming languages in my list of skills because I don't actually produce this programming code. Nor is that my job.

I am a very skilled Coder

I do produce User Interface and Information Architecture collateral (HTML, CSS, and some Javascript) that is readily usable by developers who are skilled in producing program code for each of these platforms.

I have technical knowledge that is appropriate to my role.

I help make the 50,000 lines of program code usable.

When someone says, "Gee, that looks like it was designed by a programmer" ... It's usually not a compliment.

I've worked successfully with many excellent programmers who should not be allowed anywhere near HTML or CSS code.