Skills

Prabhakar S.
Email: prabhu21@yahoo.com
Address: 24/4, 4th Main, 7th Cross, Marenahalli, Vijaynagar, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Cell: +919945888077

SUMMARY

Usability Engineer with over Six years of diverse web and UI designing experience in areas that include intranets, portals, Web and Windows software applications. Advanced skills in usability, requirements gathering, information architecture, and interaction design. Have Practical and Technical knowledge to produce interactive websites. Outstanding customer relationship management experience working directly with clients, business analysts, software engineers and senior management. Possess excellent communication skills and extensive requirements gathering experience.

OBJECTIVE

Improve people’s experience with intranets, portals, web and software applications by contributing my usability assessment and interaction design skills to a creative and energetic development team.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

UNISYS Global Service India (www.unisys.com)—Dec 2006 – Present
Product Information Specialist

• Design, administer, analyze and author reports for qualitative usability studies of web-based enterprise software applications and application components, including performance monitoring tools, end-user application configuration capabilities, search interfaces and control widgets
• Engage in projects at various stages of development, assess and implement appropriate usability evaluation techniques
• Resolve usability issues with interaction design, product management and development teams
• Conduct interviews with users, author user profiles and personas, extend existing framework for identifying basic user types and design usability test recruiting screeners
• Assist in the creation of Low and High Fidelity Interface prototypes
• Direct Client Interaction

Projects:
• Brand Center Website
• Work Flow Management Tool
• Unisys Cargo Website
• Unisys Identity Management Micro site

Awards:
• Individual Contributor Award – 2008.
• BPO F5 contest Winner 2008 (Role as an Architect for Designing UI with Usability assessment for “Unisys Work Flow Management Tool”)

SiegeWorks India Software Pvt. Ltd. (www.siegeworks.com)—Aug 2005 to Dec 2006
Web/Graphic Designer

• Team lead responsible for the front-end development of a Website and Software application.
• Works directly with the customer to gather requirements and translate use cases into a UI framework.
• Validates requirements by creating process flow diagrams and conducting usability tests with users.
• Conducting frequent usability meetings to ensure that the development teams are all on sync.
• Pairs with testers to oversee that development has produced a release that fulfills the requirements.

Netsoft Global Pvt. Ltd. (www.netsoftglobal.com)—Dec 2004 to Aug 2005
Web/Graphic Designer

• Front-end development lead for all Website design requests.
• Creates branding look and feel for client’s business applications.
• Works with business analysts and back-end developers to ensure customer requirements
map into code.
• Supports code migration through multiple environments to ensure application integrity.
• Q/A testing after all live up dates.

Planetasia.com (www.planetasia.com)—July 2003 to Nov 2004
UI Designer

• Worked closely with clients, programmers to construct E-Learning Modules for Clients.
• Gathered requirements, developed information architecture, and constructed front-end design.
• Employed expertise in html, dhtml, xhtml, jsp, javascript, css and Flash to build user interfaces on
E-Learning Lessons for Microsoft (through Lionbridge).
• Authored requirements document for clients.
• Utilized rapid prototyping and template creation to reduce web development time, which saved the client time and money.

Schoolnet India Pvt. Ltd. (www.schoolnetindia.com)—July 2002 to June 2003
Graphic Designer

• Served as key player in a team of content providers in IL&FS-sponsored E-Learning Projects for Schools.
• Served as principal team member in evoking change in the E-Learning culture through personal hands-on training staff in Macromedia Flash and Macromedia Director.
• Designed and implemented a Graphical User Interface in Flash and Director Platform.

Mentorware India Pvt. Ltd. (www.mentorware.com)—May 2001 to June 2002
Graphic Designer

• Served as key player in a team of Graphic Designer for E-Learning Lessons for Sun Micro Systems.
• Hands on Developing UI for Lessons in Photoshop, Macromedia Flash and Macromedia Director.
• Designed Graphical User Interface in Flash and Director for Web Platform.

ADDITIONAL WEB WORK

• www.braineyeinfotech.com
• www.gyantt.com/
• www.awardletters.com/
• www.awardletters.com/award-jacket.php
• www.awardletters.com/chenille-letters.php
• www.awardletters.com/customize.php
• www.graduationsource.com/index.php
• www.preciouspieces.com/
• www.flexiresources.com/index.asp
• www.acre-investors.com/index.php
• www.3dimaging.net/
• www.motorhp.com/
• www.vibromech.com/
• www.lintechnokrats.com/
• www.architectureparadigm.com/
• www.gopalanschool.com/

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Usability and needs assessment: conducting user Contextual Interviews and surveys; user profile, personas and use case development, designing and administering qualitative and quantitative usability studies, heuristic evaluations, Affinity models.
• User-centered iterative design, low to high fidelity prototyping techniques
• HTML, DHTML, and CSS
• Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash, Quark Express, Illustrator, CorelDraw, AutoCAD, Premiere, After Effects, Indesign, MS Office suite.

EDUCATION

• Bachelor in Commerce, Vinayaka Mission Trust Deemed University, 2006.
• Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, Karnataka Technical Board, 2000.

CERTIFICATION

• Diploma In Multimdia, Media Fusion,2000.
• Monsoon HCI Course, IDC, IIT Bombay, 2008.

HOBBIES

• Photography
• Long rides on Motorbike.
• Music and Computer Games.