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Erik-Paul Gibson
199 Montecito Avenue
Unit 206
Oakland, CA 94610
(510) 206-0372
[email protected]
www.epgweb.com
www.linkedin.com/in/epgibson
About
I am an experienced, flexible & dedicated User Interface Designer, UX Designer, Project Manager, Usability Analyst, CSS
Developer & Web Standards Advocate. My favorite experience is seeing the look on a customer's face that says, "I get it,"
when using a great technology product.
Areas of Focus
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Wireframes & Interactive Prototypes
Presentation design & delivery
Project Management & Software Implementation
Lean UX (Agile/Scrum, Kanban)
Usability Testing & User Research - Certified Usability Analyst (HFI)
User Interface Design & Interaction Design
Web Accessibility (Section 508 & W3C)
Handcrafted standards compliant HTML & CSS, including HTML5 & CSS3
Work History
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Mirixa Corporation, 4/2015 –Present
UX Consulting (BlueCollarUX, fitzform, Valley View Wine Sales, PE Americas, Cloudshare), 2010 – Present
ICIX North America, 7/2014 – 12/2014
First Data Bank (FDB), 1/2014 – 7/2014
GE Global Research (Bay Area TechWorkers), 12/2012 – 10/2013
Permanente Medical Group (DISYS), 10/2011 – 12/2012
ICW Inc., 3/2008 – 12/2009
Lumetra, 11/2003 – 2/2007
NetSchools (Plato Learning), 4/2001 – 10/2002
Work.com (Excite@Home, Dow Jones), 9/2000 – 4/2001
Adept Technology, 121998 – 6/2000
Cytopia Software, 1/1995 – 1/2000
Adobe Systems, 3/1991 – 1/1995
Consulting & Contracts (Quantcast, Chevron, Broadlane, Oakland City Attorney, Robert Half International,
FastFactory, Adept Technology, Macromedia, Adobe Systems), 1995 – 2008
Career Highlights
ICIX North America
Title: User Experience Architect Roles: User Interface Designer, Usability Analyst, User Experience Designer, User
Researcher
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Created agile user stories
Created, managed and conducted user research & usability testing processes
Designed Web Applications for a modern HTM5/CSS3 technology stack.
Managed User Experience backlog
Produced hundreds of wireframes
Produced precise mockups and interactive prototypes using bootstrap, html5 and css3
Worked with development teams to support implementation
Worked with product owners to produce presentation wireframes and product requirements documents
GE Global Research
Title: Lead User Experience Designer Roles: User Interface Designer, Usability Analyst, User Experience Designer
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Created, managed and conducted user research & usability testing processes
Creating a Lean UX practice
Designed Web Applications for 4 GE Businesses
Helped define the Industrial Internet for GE’s transportation businesses
Produced hundreds of wireframes
Produced precise mockups and interactive prototypes using bootstrap, html5 and css3
Working with development teams to support implementation
Permanente Medical Group (DISYS)
Title: Senior User Experience Designer Roles: User Interface Designer, Usability Analyst, User Experience Designer
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Created, managed and conducted user research & usability testing processes
Designed Web applications for My Doctor Online
Produced hundreds of wireframes
Produced precise mockups and interactive prototypes.
Worked with development teams to support implementation
Cloudshare
Title: User Experience Designer Roles: User Interface Designer, User Experience Designer, User Researcher
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Created Agile User Stories
Created, managed and conducted user research & usability testing processes
Developed workflows
Produced hundreds of wireframes
Produced precise mockups and interactive prototypes.
PE Americas
Title: User Experience Designer Roles: User Interface Designer, User Researcher
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Created conceptual design for Web based bill of materials (BOM) sustainability report generator.
Created conceptual design for Web based manufacturer sustainability catalog.
Developed wireframes & HTML/CSS/jQuery prototypes for two sustainability management Web applications.
ICW Incorporated
Title: User Interface Designer/Usability Analyst Roles: User Interface Designer, XHMTL-CSS Developer, Web Designer
& Usability Analyst
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Co-authored technical paper about best practices using Web portal applications in a healthcare environment
Designed interactive prototypes using the Liferay Open Source portal, HTML, CSS & jQuery
Designed Web based presentations for trade shows
Developed personas, wireframes, prototypes & performed usability tests for three healthcare Web applications
Presented Web application designs to 17 customers in support of ICW sales staff
Presented Web application designs to ICW executive management & technical architects
Lumetra
Title: Webmaster Roles: Webmaster, Web Designer, Project Manager & Usability Analyst
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Designed Content Management System (CMS) based on Extron CMS 400
Developed personas, wireframes, prototypes & performed usability tests for five internal & external Web
applications
Managed & administered internal collaboration platform
Managed three complete Web site redesign projects
Trained editorial staff in CMS usage
Trained medical & professional staff in usage of internal & external Web applications
W3C Web Standards & Section 508 Accessibility advocate
XHMTL & CSS development
Netschools Corporaton/Plato Learning
Title: Webmaster/Project Manager Roles: Web Designer, Web Developer, Project Manager & Usability Analyst
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Designed & implemented Interwoven Teamsite Content Management System (CMS)
Trained editorial staff in CMS usage.
Usability testing for Netschools Orion K-12 Web based assessment system
Adept Technology
Title: Manager Electronic Marketing Systems Roles: Webmaster, Web Designer, User Interface Designer, Project
Manager & Consultant
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Built wireframes, HTML prototypes & Web designs for Fast Factory
Consulted for Adept funded robotics exchange startup Fast Factory
Created use case & workflows for Fast Factory Web based automation design system
Project Manager & implementer for Adept customer relationship management (CRM) based on Pivotal
Relationship
Redesigned two Adept Web sites & Adept subsidiary SILMA Software Web site
Cytopia Software Incorporated
Title: Owner/Founder Roles: User Interface Designer, Usability Analyst & Product Manager
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Consulted on custom software projects for many top Silicon Valley software companies, including: Adobe,
Macromedia, Fuji-Xerox, Pixera & Minolta
Designed five commercial software products.
Designed, built & managed Cytopia.com, Cytopia’s corporate Web site
Negotiated bundle agreements with Corel Corporation & Macromedia. Cytopia Software was bundled &
distributed with hundreds of thousands of copies of Corel Draw & Macromedia Fireworks
Presented & demonstrated Cytopia products to more than 50 User Groups & Industry Conferences
Wrote press release & software documentation for five Cytopia products
Adobe Systems
Title: Senior Product Specialist Roles: Senior Technical Support Specialist, User Researcher, QA Tester, Product Team
Member, Trainer, User Group & Conference Presenter
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Demonstrated Adobe products at more than 36 user group meeting, industry conferences & trade shows
Managed beta programs for Adobe Illustrator 5-6 & Adobe Dimensions 1-3
Liaison to product marketing & engineering teams
Product team member for Adobe Illustrator 3-6 & Adobe Dimensions 1-3
Trained more than a dozen technical support representatives
Worked directly with engineering team to solve customer issues & test product features for Adobe Illustrator 3-6
Worked directly with many of the industry’s top artists, designers & illustrators
Education, Training, Certifications & Industry Conferences
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Balanced Team UX Summit, 2013
UX Week presented by Adaptive Path, 2013
Web 2.0 Technology Conference, 2011
Voices That Matter Web Design Conference, 2010
UIE Web App Masters Tour – presented by Jared Spool, 2010
An Event Apart, 2008
Human Factors International – Certified Usability Analyst, 2006
University of California, Santa Cruz – Certificate in Program & Project Management, 2001
Professional Affiliations
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ACM – ACM is the Association for Computing Machinery, a society for information technology professionals with
over 75,000 members worldwide
SIGCHI – SIGCHI is an ACM Special Interest Group on Human-Computer Interaction, with over 6,000 members
worldwide.
BayCHI – BayCHI is the largest local ACM SIGCHI chapter in the world, with 1,200 members