Andrew Wong Interactive - Résumé

Accomplishments in Design

• Proven track record designing successful software and Web application user interfaces for consumer and business users since 1994.

• Expertise in producing designs that improve accessibility and usability, help users successfully accomplish goals, increase user-friendliness, and visually communicate brand identity.

• Proficiency in designing and problem-solving from product specifications, usability, functional and/or marketing requirements.

Employment History

2Wire, Inc.
User-Interface Designer
May 2001 — present
Designed and produced next-generation user interface for consumer/business broadband Internet gateway/firewall software (Web, Mac OS 9, Mac OS X, Windows). Developed solutions from product specifications, usability studies, functional and marketing requirements. Creative direction, concept, art direction, icon design, localization, and development.
Asimba, Inc.
Chief Design Officer and Co-Founder
Jan. 1998 — Nov. 2000
User-interface design for corporate Web site and Web-based product. Managed usability. Creative direction, concept, art direction, information architecture, site planning. Corporate identity, collateral and exhibit design. Strategic management and team building.
PowerAgent Inc.
Creative Director
May 1997 — Sept. 1997
User-interface design for corporate Web site and Web-based product. Creative direction, concept, art direction, design, information architecture and site planning. Team building and management.
Poppe Tyson Interactive
(now Modem Media)
Creative Director
April 1993 — April 1997
User-interface design, creative direction, concept, art direction, design, layout, information architecture, site planning, and development for Web sites, Web-based applications, and advertising. Team management and client acquisition.
• The White House
• Netscape Communications
• Cadillac Motors
• Chrysler Corporation
• Intel Corporation
• Hewlett-Packard
• San Jose Convention and Visitors Bureau
• Gateway Computers
• Sony Computer Entertainment
• E*Trade
• Edward Jones
• Knight-Ridder Information
• Novell Inc.
• Hongkong and Shanghai Bank
Carlick Advertising
(now FCB Worldwide)
Art Director
Nov. 1992 — April 1993
Concept, art direction, design, layout, production art.
• Cypress Semiconductor
• Objective Software
• Silicon Graphics
• Toshiba Computer Systems
Rauh, Good, Darlo & Barnes Advertising
Assistant Art Director
June 1989 — May 1992
Concept, art direction, design, layout, production art.
• Acuson Corp.
• Bayfair Mall
• California Cafe
• Ghirardelli Square
• Monterey Conference Center
• San Jose Airport
• City of San Jose
• Santa Cruz County
• Suburban House
• Westinghouse
• Winchester Mystery House
• Zenger-Miller

Freelance Experience

Andrew Wong Interactive
Principal
Sept. 1997 — present
Web application user-interface design, Web marketing consultation, creative direction, concept, art direction, design, information architecture, site planning, development.
• Bank of America
• BroadVision
• Excite@Home
• CrossWorlds Software
• Icarian
• Imagine Media
• Internet Profiles Corp.
• PeopleSoft
• Transmeta Corp.
• VantagePoint Venture Partners
• Vargas Marketing Group
• Virtual Vineyards
SiteMaker
Jan. 1995 — Oct. 1996
Web application user-interface design, creative direction, concept, art direction, design, layout, information architecture, site planning, development.
• Sun Microsystems
• S3 Corporation
Donaldson Group/Anderson, Rothstein & Fuqua
Sept. 1992 — Nov. 1992
Graphic design, production art.
• Alaska Seafood
• Asanté
• C&H
• Dreyer’s Ice Cream
• Idaho Potatoes
• Operon Technologies
• Popkin Systems & Software
• PSI Corporation
• RasterOps
• Spanish Sweets

Design and Technical Skills

User-Interface Design:
• Software design
• Visual design
• Interaction design
• Design implementation
• Information architecture
• Navigation design
• Web development
Programming Languages:
• Advanced HTML/DHTML
• JavaScript
• Cascading Style Sheets
• XHTML
• XML
• XSLT
• Java
Software:
• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe ImageReady
• BBEdit
• Macromedia FreeHand
• Microsoft Office
• QuarkXPress

Education

San Jose State University
Jan. 2004 — present
• Master of Science in Human Factors and Ergonomics (pending)
College of San Mateo
Jan. 2001 — May 2003
• XML and XSLT
• Java programming
• Advanced Web development
• Network+ networking
DeAnza College
June 1993 — Mar. 1997
• UNIX
• Video production
• Film history
• Screenwriting
U.C. Santa Cruz Ext.
June 1995 — Aug. 1995
• Macromedia Director
San Francisco State
Jan. 1993 — June 1993
• Graduate film studies
San Jose State University
Aug. 1987 — May 1992
• Bachelor of Science in Marketing and Business Administration
• Minor: Graphic Design
• Graduated with Great Distinction
• Honors at entrance, 1987
• Dean’s Scholar, April 1989

Professional Affiliation

Volunteer for BayCHI, the San Francisco Bay Area chapter of SIGCHI, the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction.

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