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Michael V.

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IBM Certified, Sr. Managing Consultant & Certified Scrum Master with leadership in user experience (UX), portal development strategy, project sprint planning, solution visioning and definition, and requirements gathering. Specializing in user-centered and interaction design, user and consumer research, stakeholder workshops and usability testing, analysis and management. Across markets and industries, proven success with complex projects, bringing insight and innovation to user engagement project strategies. Creatively applying experience, best practices, and educated judgment to explore new and alternative solutions. A mentor to clients, managers, and colleagues; collaborating for their success. Passionate about human factors, user performance, and business effectiveness. Flexible to achieve both bottom line and client satisfaction. Stimulating innovation through: Team & Project Leadership Stakeholder Vision Workshops UX Strategy UX In Agile Project & Sprint Planning Usability Testing (One-On-One & Remote) User Stories & Requirements Analysis UI Concept Modeling / Wire-Framing Mental Models & Mind-Mapping Techniques Product & Consumer Research & Focus Groups Training by Objective Accessibility (Sect 508; WCAG) Compliance

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Senior Managing Consultant, User eXperience (UX) Architect & Project Strategist

Beyond the Interface
Aug 2009 - Present
Providing Collaborative Consulting IT Strategies and Mentoring to organizations for process improvement and enterprise application development. Guiding development projects to ensure that solutions are successful, business relevant, user focused and easy to use.

User Experience Strategist; Project Guide;

Strategy and Design Solutions
Apr 2009 - Present
Providing User Experience and Usability Guidance to Project Teams. Proposal team lead: developing Strategies and methods that include engaging user communities in ITSolution definition and development process (Waterfall and Agile).

Senior Human Factors Engineer / User Researcher

Comrise Technology in contract to LexisNexis
Aug 2010 - Jan 2011 (5 months, 1 day)
Manage and consult on all aspects of Usability research and evaluation for LexisNexis and Martindale Hubbell web-based products and services. Propose, plan, facilitate, moderate and analyze results from usability testing, user research, focus groups and market research. Communicate research findings to product teams and recommend design and functionality improvements. Guide strategic user experience initiatives that promote a UCD approach throughout the product lifecycle.

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