29 Monument Square, Charlestown, MA 02129 (858) 361 7485 [email protected] Portfolio: steffanantonas.com STEFFAN ANTONAS USER EXPERIENCE (UX) DESIGNER PROFILE SKILLS User Experience Designer with strong research, prototyping and visual design skills focused on creating digital products and services. Extensive experience as a project manager/business analyst working with product and development teams in Fortune 500 companies designing solutions to complex business, social and technical challenges. UX METHODS EDUCATION USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN IMMERSIVE PROGRAM, General Assembly; Boston MA Sept 2014 - Nov 2014 Completed a 10 Week (400-500 hour), project-based training program focusing on user research, interaction design (IxD), user interface (UI) design, prototyping, testing and client management. GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, Washington DC 2003-2005 Masters of Arts, Communications Culture & Technology (CCT Program) Awarded Masters Thesis Honors Award for research on Human Interaction In Virtual Environments; Held three graduate-level teaching assistantships; Georgetown Men’s Varsity Waterpolo Team Captain ‘05. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, Boston MA 1998-2002 B.S.B.A, Management Information Systems (MIS). Cum Laude, Lock Honorary Society Card Sorting Competitive Analysis Contextual Inquiry Diagramming Ethnography Heuristic Evaluation Hi/Low-Fi Prototyping Information Architecture Interviewing Persona Creation Scenarios Sitemapping Sketching Specifications Strategy Development Surveys Task Flows Usability Testing Wireframing WORK HISTORY UX TOOLS SAPIENTNITRO; Boston MA Axure Balsamic Invision Omnigraffle Experience Designer Nov 2014 - Current SapientNitro, part of Sapient, is an integrated marketing and technology services agency. SapientNitro services global brands such as Citi, The Coca-Cola Company and Target with operations in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. Annual revenues >$800M. Responsible for the navigation, organization, interaction design, and business/ user process engineering for web solutions, mobile, and other interactive devices. Work with Senior level creative staff to apply user-centered design methods to translate user needs, business objectives, and technology capabilities into innovative user experiences. STATE STREET CORPORATION; Boston MA Engagement Manager / AVP, Applications Team, Corporate Audit Mar 2011 - Sept 2014 State Street is a global financial services firm servicing large institutional clients with $28 trillion USD of assets under custody. World’s largest servicer of pension plans and investment manager of institutional assets. Annual revenues >$10B. Managed business, application and infrastructure teams in the US, EU and Asia Pacific regions conducting integrated audits of State Street’s Global Markets, Global Advisors and Global Exchange business lines; audit work included evaluations of development and QA practices, as well as technical assessments of internally developed and vended platforms and applications supporting the businesses; presented findings and design solutions to senior leadership and stakeholders. RAHVALOR INTERACTIVE; Holmdel, NJ Front-end Developer (Contractor) Sept 2010 - Mar 2011 Rahvalor interactive is a creative services agency specializing in branding, web development, content management and SEO. Annual revenues < $1M. Led front-end web and Wordpress development activities for several Rahvalor corporate client projects. Responsibilities included visual design, as well conversion of designs using HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP and Wordpress. DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT Agile Methodologies Adobe Creative Suite HTML5, CSS3 & Javascript Search Engine Optimization Sketch 3 Wordpress Waterfall Methodologies PROJECT MANAGEMENT Budgeting & Project Planning Change Management Best Practices Enterprise Risk Management Issues Management & Resolution Status Reporting Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY; San Diego, CA Manager, Internal Control & IT Compliance Jul 2008 - Sept 2010 Callaway Golf is a sporting goods company specializing in golf. Industry technological leader in club and golf ball manufacturing. Revenues up to $900M. Reduced annual audit costs by $40,000 in 2008 and 2009 as manager responsible for the design and performance of Callaway Golf's integrated audits programs; Key stakeholder in enterprise application development, risk management and IT compliance initiatives; Led a cross-functional team that designed and implemented the Numara Footprints change management workflow system for Callaway's US Software Development and IT Infrastructure teams (used by over 80 employees globally). KPMG LLP; Boston MA & San Diego, CA Senior Associate, IT Advisory Services Jun 2005 - Jul 2008 KPMG LLP is one of the world’s largest professional services firms. Sales up to $22B, 145K employees. Supervised and coordinated client engagement teams in an in-charge role – Served as a fieldwork leader by directing the daily progress of fieldwork, informing client and internal management of engagement status and audit findings, and managing staff performance. INTERESTS Active member in both the design and startup communities. Speaker at Connected Marketing Week & Search Engine Strategies (SES) Conference in San Francisco (Aug, 2010) and guest host (twice) on Internet Talk Radio, WSRadio in San Diego, CA (January & March, 2010).