Ranjeet UX Designer Resume, Usability Analyst, User Experience Designer, Interaction Designer, Information Architect, UX Resume, India UX Resume, Usability Engineer, Usability Resume

Professional Summary ::
Over 8 years of experiences working in an environment of my passion, in the areas of User Experience Engineering to design innovative products / services that will delight users, audiences and achieve business goals. Great fun to work with, hence profitable :)

I have worked for a wide range of clients including SumTotal, Cognizant, Pure IT Usability Research and Mind Visions. Experience in designing highly scalable & customizable enterprise web applications delivered as SaaS and on premise solutions with high performance computing & innovative user experiences.

Career Highlights & Core design strength::
Talented Interaction designer
Champion for design thinking
Neutral leader & UX evangelist
Appealing stellar visual designs
Adhering to standards design principles
Solving complex usability roadblocks & design problems
Enjoy sketching ideas, visualizing concepts, wire framing & prototyping.
4+ years Hands-on experience in User Centric Design & Usability Engineering practice
Work with stakeholder, end users, dev & other teams to make sure UX get shipped as envisioned
Independent contributor- UX TEAM OF ONE in a fast-paced product environment
Design highly scalable enterprise apps with rich performance computing experiences
Unique Logo Design & Branding with research methodology.
Eye for detail & expertise in creative direction, graphic creation, VFX
Attended several UX & Design conferences, workshops & training across India, US & Germany.
Does photography, manages events & conferences, teach design & many more….

Educational Qualifications:
+ M.Phil- Research Masters Degree in Jrm. & Mass Communication from MK University, Madurai.
+ Masters Degree in Advertising & PR. from MK University, Madurai.
+ Bachelor Degree in Commerce from Osmania University, Hyderabad.
+ CEP, HCI- Usability Evaluation from Indian Institute of Technology, IIT-Bombay
+ Advanced Diploma in Multimedia from Arena Multimedia & Hawk Multimedia
+ UX & Usabiliy training workshops from Usability Professionals Association (UPA 2010), Germany.
+ User Interaction Design training workshop from Genesis Usability
+ UCD Process & Accessibility / 508 compliance training workshop from USID Foundation

Skill set & Expertise ::

Design Methords

Research & discovery

Prototyping tools

User Centered Design
Information Architecture
Interaction Design
User Interface Design
Visual Design
Graphic Creation & production
Brainstroming
Ideation
Sketching
Persona creation
Wire frames
Taks flow mapping
Scenerio based design
Experience prototyping
Proof of concept (POC)
Paper prototyping
Storyboards
Web Accessability
Print media

Ethnography
Lab Usability testing
Remote Usability testing
User research
Observational studies
Interviews
Context mapping
Heuristic evaluation
Contextual inquiries
Focus groups
Survey design
Card sorting
Logo research

Presentation
Story telling presetations
Usability findings reports
Video Product demos
Active / Interative demos

Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Flash
Adobe Fireworks
Adobe DreamWeaver
OmniGraffle
Axure
MS Visio, Ofiice
HTML
CSS

Video, Animation & VFX
Camptasia Studio
Adobe Premier
After Effects
Discreet Comburstion
Sony Sound Forge
3DS MAX
Maya

Areas of intrest:: Human-computer interaction, user-centered design, usability & user research, visual interface Design, rich internet applications, innovation and conceptual design.

Professional Experience::

Sr.User Experience Engineer SumTotal Systems, Inc (Hyderabad) - October 2007- Present www.sumtotalsystems.com	SumTotal Systems, Inc. is the global leader in complete talent management software that enables organizations to more effectively drive business strategy. SumTotal provides a full range of HR & talent software products for global enterprises and mid-sized organizations.
UX Consultant Cognizant Technology Solutions (Pune) - July 2007- October 2007 (External consultant from PURE IT) www.cognizant.com	Congnizant is a major IT services company. Worked with Conginzant CNDS (Content & Design Services) to help teams on UX & Usability projects as a UX consultant from PURE IT.
Senior Usability Analyst (IA & UCD) Pure IT Usability Research (Pune) - September 2006- October 2007 www.pureuse.com	Pure IT Usability Research is India’s premiere Usability & Design consulting firm. Pure IT helps you make digital interfaces effective by drawing on user research and information architecture principles.
Visualizer (Animation & Design Specialist) M IND VISIONS Technologies (Hyderabad) - September 2002- August 2006 www.mindvfx.com	Mind Visions is a complete Animation & Design studio based out of Hyderabad. Specializes in quality design / animation and offers professional services in all areas of Broad Cast, IT & Entertainment media.
Graphic Designer (Intern) GETCET Knowledge Systems Ltd	GetCet is a e-learning product development company which develop CBT's and multimedia solutions.

Professional Development:
UPA International UX Conference@ Munich, Germany- 2010 (Attended)
User Experience Camp Europe (UX Camp) @ Berlin, Germany - 2010 (Attended)
SumTotal Product UX Training - @ Seattle, USA – 2008 (Attended)
USID Design & Innovation Conference - @ India 2006 - 2010 (Organized & Attended)
CAUE – Conference on Advances on Usability Engineering @ Pune, India - 2008
Seagate Animation Conference / Broadcast Awards & Broadcast ASIA @ Mumbai, India – 2005 (Attended)
Adobe, Autodesk design product release conferences. 2006-2010 (Attended)
Nikon Secrets of Photography 2009 – Workshop (Organized & Attended) and many more…

Professional Associations:
Member UPA International (Usability Professionals Association, USA)
Member IXDA – Interaction Design Association, USA
Event Organizing Committee Member - USID foundation, India

Awards & Honors:
+ “Runner-Up” UPA WEB PERSONALITY- 2006 from Usability Professionals Association (UPA- Hyderabad)
+ "Winner” - Boycott Bad-Design Contest- 2007 by Usability Matters Organization (UMO).
+ Employee Achievement Award –2008 for improving overall UX & Usability for LMS from SumTotal.
+ Employee Spot Award - 2007 for desinging better customer care center portal from SumTotal.
+ Pat on the back Award -2007 from Pure IT for outstanding performace at customer locations(OnSite)
+ Won many online design awards & listed as Futuristic Designer in many Design Award Galleries.
+ Appreciation from SONY Corporation (Singapore) for doing research on HDV footage and showcased in SONY Broadcast Road Show 2005- Hyderabad.
+ Best inaly designer from Sohan Music - 2005
+ Organized many innovative Photography & Design workshops, events, conferences, talks, etc.

Personal Attributes and Transferable Skills
+ Enthusiastic, Proactive, organized, self disciplined
+ Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
+ Adaptable and flexible (able to change campaigns if required)
+ Good Perseverance, Problem Solving Approach Dedicated and hard working
+ Fast learner, Self-motivated, Positive, Technology and Process Oriented
+ Friendly, co-operative manner & Team player

Personal Details:
Name : Tayi Ranjeet Kumar
Gender : Male
Hobbies : Digital Photography, Logo design, Event Management, Watching cartoons, Making Friends
Marital Status : Married
Passport Details : US Business VISA (valid till – 2015); Schengen Business VISA (expired)

Note: References, Projects & Portfolio will be provided only based on request. Reach me for more details (ranzeeth (at) gmail.com)