Recent Work:
HP Cloud Print was developed as a concept that makes printer more efficient while decreasing IT administration costs. Here is a link (pdf) to some other work samples.
ehumanity is a portal for accessing Native-American cultural artifacts from Smithsonian and Autry museums. The goal of this project is to become the platform for hosting these artifacts. It enables users to learn more about the Native-American culture while fulfilling educational objectives. Users are free to browse, comment, and interact with subject matter experts to increase their knowledge about these objects of great cultural significance.
My role: I am the lead for this project. Methods used: Interviews, Surveys, Usability Testing, Prototyping.
I am extremely interested in working in the areas that involve taking strategic initiatives in design for the future. Matt Holfelner and I came up with a business plan proposal as part of the Economist-InnoCentive Healthcare Information Economy Challenge. It was amongst the best submitted. We call it the Worldwide Medical information eXchange (WiMeX). You can download it here.
What I'm about?
I love design! I am an "out-of-the-box” thinker who is very passionate about design in all forms and factors and want to pursue it as a passion of mine in my career. I love to be involved in the design of ‘things’, which can affect human behavior in a positive way and also facilitate social changes in human life for the betterment of the society. I love deriving insights from conducting user-research using different research methodologies. It helps me understand the human behavior in a better context and motivates me to think about designs that can address the core issues behind human-centered design.
I love coming up with design sketches and concepts. I am well-versed with a lot of knowledge in the domain of user experience, interaction design, user research, and web development. I also have experience developing very cool rich internet applications (RIA) using Adobe Flash/Flex builder. I am pursuing my second masters degree in Human Computer Interaction - Design (HCI/d) from the Indiana University School of Informatics & Computing at present.
My skills in information architecture, user experience and interaction design allow me to articulate information or content in an easy to understand fashion. Some of the deliverables I work with on frequent basis include developing sketches, wireframes, prototypes, blueprints, taxonomies, sitemaps, conducting user research and usability testing, and documentations of all kind.