Company Job Title Time Duration
NTT DOCOMO Communication Lab, USA User Research Engineer (Intern) May 2010 to Aug 2010
Kaspersky Labs, Russia Usability Auditor and Project Coordinator May 2010 to May 2010
The Franchise Lighthouse, USA User Experience Consultant Jan 2010 to April 2010
The Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living, USA Usability and Web Accessibility Resource Jan 2010 to Apr 2010
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, USA Usability Audtior & Web Designer (Intern) Mar 2010 to Mar 2010
Fair Isaac Corporation (FICO), India User Experience Engineer Jun 2008 to Jul 2009
UE-Management, Germany Usability Consultant (Intern) May 2007 to Jul 2007
Graphics Communication Concepts, India Communication Designer (Intern) May 2006 to Jul 2006
Jayna Packaging Pvt Ltd, India Design Intern May 2005 to Jul 2005

NTT DOCOMO Communication Lab, Palo Alto, USA

NTT DOCOMO LogoNTT DOCOMO USA is a wholly-owned US subsidiary of NTT DOCOMO, Inc. – Japan's largest and the world’s leading mobile operator and provider of advanced mobile services. focuses on the development of breakthrough innovations in mobile communications for future generations of wireless networks. DOCOMO USA’s primary focus is to conduct US mobile industry research and provide support to DOCOMO’s investor relations and public relations activities.

Job Title: User Research Engineer

Duration: May 2010 to August 2010

Responsibilities:

  • Develop information architecture, interaction pattern, and optimize the UI for the android based application
  • Plan, conduct and analyze Usability testing using hi-fi prototype
  • Develop and construct use case scenarios, task flows, wireframes, prototypes and mockups
  • Advocate the use of best practices regarding human-computer interaction (HCI) & user-centered design (UCD)


Kaspersky Labs, Moscow, Russia (In collaboration with UE-Management, Germany)

Kaspersky lab LogoKaspersky Lab is a computer security company, co-founded by Natalya Kaspersky and Eugene Kaspersky in 1997, offering anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-spam, and anti-intrusion products. The Kaspersky Anti-Virus engine also powers products or solutions by other security vendors, such as Check Point, Bluecoat, Juniper Networks, Sybari (now acquired by Microsoft), Netintelligence, GFI Software, F-Secure, Clearswift, FrontBridge, G-Data, Netasq, and others. Altogether, more than 120 companies are licensing technology from Kaspersky.

Job Title: Usability Auditor and Project Coordinator

Duration: May 2010 to May 2010

Responsibilities:

  • Recruiting users for testing the US version of the Kaspersky Web portal
  • Plan and conduct the user testing with 30 users within 5 days. Conducted both user interviews and eye testing (used eye movement recorder)
  • Analyzing the data received from the usability sessions and the eye movement recordings
  • Recommendations made to improve the user experience and usability of the web portal
  • Reports were prepared and results were presented in the local office and the HQ


The Franchise Lighthouse, Ann Arbor, USA

franhise lighthouse LogoIt’s an Ann Arbor based consultancy firm that facilitates good decision-making around the selection of Franchise business opportunities. The Franchises differ from each other in many ways and only a small number will typically be "best" for the client -- a Franchise that fits optimally with client’s personality, skills, financial means, and financial and lifestyle goals.

Job Title: User Experience Consultant

Duration: January 2010 to Apil 2010

Responsibilities:

  • Develop web portal that attract, engage, and retain customers
  • Design and develop Low and high-fidelity interactive prototypes using HTML, CSS, JavaScript
  • Develop and deliver Target Audience Analyses, Competitive Analyses, Expert Site Reviews, Web Strategies, Implementation Plans
  • Managing web content using CMS (Wordpress and Drupal)


Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living (AACIL), Ann Arbor, USA

aacil LogoThe AACIL is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the success of children, youth and adults with disabilities at home, at school, at work and in the community. Through peer advocacy and support, individuals with disabilities speak out, strive to be their best, live a life of their own choosing, and take reasonable, calculated risks to achieve their goals.

Job Title: Usability and Web Accessibility Resource

Duration: January 2010 to April 2010

Responsibilities: See project details

  • Redesiging existing web site to meet the needs of emlpoyees
  • Developing accessible online social community for the disable people
  • Incorporating features like forum, blogs, online offices, shared calendar and making them accessible
  • Provide presentations and training sessions on accessible Web design and development


Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC, USA

Smithsonian LogoThe museum's collections total over 126 million specimens of plants, animals, fossils, minerals, rocks, meteorites, and human cultural artifacts. It is the second most popular of all of the Smithsonian museums and is also home to about 185 professional natural history scientists — the largest group of scientists dedicated to the study of natural and cultural history in the world.

Job Title: Usability Auditor and Web Designer (Intern)

Duration: March 2010 to March 2010

Responsibilities: see work sample

  • Evaluated and Developed web interface for the database of maps with 30000 entries using HTML, CSS, Javascript and Cold Fusion
  • Database search query was optimized to retrieve entries in less than 0.5 seconds
  • Information Architecture and the Task flow of the search tool was developed
  • Web templates and UI patterns were designed for the intranet websites of the Botany department


Fair Isaac Corporation (FICO), Bangalore, India

fico LogoFICO provides consulting services and enterprise decision management systems. They developed the FICO scores, a measure of credit risk, which are the most used credit scores in the world. The firm deals with Decision Management applications, Analytics and Scoring Solutions for Banks, Financial Institutions and Insurance Sector.

Job Title: User Experience Engineer

Duration: June 2008 to July 2009

Responsibilities: see work sample

  • Defining UI standards, patterns and guidelines for the global use across the company
  • Conducting Usability testing and analysis of the in-house developed products
  • Making wire frames, lo/hi fidelity prototypes and persona-scenarios
  • Developing UI for FIC enterprise application suite


User Experience Management Gmbh(UXM), Dusseldorf, Germany

uem LogoFor 10 years, UXM has been simplifying the web sites, web-based software applications and online communication concepts of prestigious clients from all over the world- not only but especially from the online marketing and IT world. The firm deals with the User testing, Usability analysis, Concept design and Design Management.

Job Title: Usability Consultant (Intern)

Duration: May 2007 to July 2007

Responsibilities: see work sample

  • Developed accessible web portal with AAA conformance
  • Conducted Usability tests to validate redesigns in the site
  • Worked on cross-cultural issues related to user interaction


Graphics Communication Concepts (GCC), Mumbai, India

Mr Sudarshan DheerThis award-winning graphic designer studied fine arts and graphic design in India and, in 1973, established his own design studio, Graphic Communication Concepts. Specializing in corporate communication projects, such as corporate identity, literature, packaging and signage systems, this studio continues to serve both national and international clientele.

Job Title: Communication Designer (Intern)

Duration: May 2006 to July 2006

Responsibilities: see work sample

  • Worked on corporate identity, literature, Signage and Brand Architecture
  • Worked with visual designers to manage and develop marketing campaigns for clients
  • Redefined identity of Essar and Batliboi Ltd.


Jayna Packaging Pvt Ltd, Mumbai, India

jayna packaging logoIt is set up with express purpose of providing innovative marketing Solution by creating different perspective of design for a range of products, support by a fully integrated designing studio with comprehensive manufacturing facility. The firm deals with the packaging and marketing of the products.

Job Title: Design Intern

Duration: May 2005 to July 2005

Responsibilities: see work sample

  • Developed packages, displays, dispensers, furniture, toys etc. from corrugated board.
  • Explored potential of corrugated board as furniture and life style products.