• User experience designer and researcher with a passion for innovation, conceptualization, and user understanding.
• 3+ years of expertise practicing interaction design and research as a strong advocate of user centered process.
• Ability to engage with users, translate elicited feedback into insightful design interactions, generate prototypes in multiple fidelities and produce rapid iterations based on evaluations.  
• Reputation as an efficient collaborator and motivated team player.
• Demonstrated leadership qualities while organizing and providing UX support for consulting project teams.

• Promoted within 7 months of joining Microsoft as a User Experience Designer.
• Co-authored the chapter “Emotional Experience and Interaction Design” in the book titled “Affect and Emotion in Human Computer Interaction”.
• MS HCI Graduate Assistantship and School of Informatics Scholarship Recipient during all two years in Indiana University.

M.S. Human Computer Interaction (HCI)
Indiana University Bloomington (IUB), IN
GPA: 3.98/4
2006 - 2008

B. Tech Information Technology
Anna University, Chennai, India
First class with Distinction
2002 - 2006

Interaction Designer
Documentum xCP (xCelerated Composition Platform)
EMC Corporation, CA
2009 - Current

User Experience Designer
Customer Business Center
Microsoft Corporation, WA
2008 - 2009

Experience Designer and Researcher
Student Partnership with the Haptic team
Hewlett Packard, ID
2007 - 2008

UX Research Intern
Windows and Windows Live Team
Microsoft Corporation, WA
Summer 2007

Design
Sketching, Concept Maps, Storyboarding, Information Architecture, UI flow, Wireframes, Low and High Fidelity Prototyping

Research
Contextual Inquiry, Participatory Design, Focus groups, Persona and Scenario Devlopment, Cognitive Walkthrough, Lab and Field Studies, Competitive Analysis, Heuristic Evaluation

Tools
Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Visio, Axure, Balsamiq, Expression Suite, Flash

Development
XHTML, CSS, Java script, Java, J2ME, Phidgets in C#

Additional
Product Management, Communication, Collaboration and Presentation skills