chrisarella
261 Bretton Woods Drive • Coram, NY 11727 • 631.404.2929 • chris@chrisarella.com 

position sought	User Interface Design and Information Architecture Consultant

summary	Web-based application and user experience designer specializing in the visualization of multi-dimensional abstract concepts and simplifying complex technical systems for real-world users resulting in seamless integration of elegant visual design into interactive solutions.

relevant history	Ogilvy PR Worldwide [August 2008 - Present] 
	User-Interface Designer, Information Architect, Business Analyst & Technical Consultant for Microsoft SharePoint Custom Application and Intranet Project

	Praxair Inc [August 2008– November 2007 - Present] 
	User-Interface Designer, Information Architect, Business Analyst, and Technical Consultant for Microsoft SharePoint Intranet Project

	Covanta Energy [July 2008 - August 2008]
	User-Interface Design Consultant for Microsoft SharePoint Intranet Project

	Parsons Brinkerhoff [June 2008 – July 2008] 
	User-Interface Designer & Technical Consultant for Microsoft SharePoint Intranet Project

	Buchanan Street Partners [May 2008 – August 2008] 
	User-Interface Designer & Technical Consultant for Microsoft SharePoint Intranet Project

	De Lage Landen [January 2008 – March 2008] 
	User-Interface Designer & Technical Consultant for Microsoft SharePoint Extranet Project

	Sard Verbinnen Public Relations [November 2007 – May 2008] 
	Project Manager, User-Interface Designer, Information Architect, Business Analyst for Microsoft SharePoint Custom ERP Application Project

	J. Walter Thompson Advertising Agency – JWTwo [May 2007 – November 2007] 
	User-Interface Designer & Technical Consultant for Microsoft SharePoint Extranet Project

	NRG Systems [May 2007 – July 2007] 
	User-Interface Designer & Technical Consultant for Microsoft SharePoint Intranet Project

	Shearman & Sterling [February 2007 – October 2007 and February 2008 – Present] 
	User-Interface Designer/Information Architect/Business Analyst/Microsoft SharePoint Administration Consultant for Global Intranet Project

	Computer Generated Solutions [February 2007 – Present] 
	User-Interface Designer, Information Architect, Business Analyst for Microsoft Technology Solutions & Training Division

	Impact Management [September 2006 - the present]
	Freelance SharePoint Portal Designer, Corporate Branding

skills	Ten years experience in user-interface design and information architecture.
	Design Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) Intranets/Extranets using best practices.
	Design and customize WSS and MOSS master pages, page layouts, and themes. 
	Web Content Management (WCM) and Enterprise Content Management (ECM) Consulting
	Complete working knowledge of WSS and MOSS CSS, UI, and Content Type structure.
	Built and managed multidisciplinary teams including developers, application architects, system administrators, designers, and copywriters in the implementation of feature-rich, enterprise applications.
	Engage throughout all phases of project implementation including concept development, deciding scope-of-work requirements, functionality, prototyping, testing, and evaluation. 
	Organize and design shared information environments such as web sites, intranets, online communities and software to support usability.
	Apply principles of design and information architecture to web-based applications that maintain standards compliance and best practices. 
	Carefully consider the context of usage to create user interfaces that meet user needs and expectations.
	Develop taxonomies with deliverables like site maps, flow diagrams and screen-level design prototypes to represent the structure of a Web site or interactive application. 
	Analyze and foresee how users are likely to use an interface design and test user behavior in practical application.
	Optimize the user interface around how people can, want, and need to work.
	Apply user-centered design principles to information architecture around the needs and capabilities of the intended user audience while maintaining internal consistencies and logic.
	Core contributor focused on branding, corporate presence, and other thematic design work. 
	Comprehensive knowledge of UI technologies including XHTML, DHTML, JavaScript, .NET, and CSS.
	Proficient in the design of enterprise applications, proprietary software and CRM tools. 
    
accomplishments	Collaborate with Microsoft’s best MVPs and Certified Consultants on SharePoint projects
	Designed and developed dozens of corporate intranets and extranets 
	Designed Web Content Management Systems for dynamic database-driven websites
	Designed B2C and B2B portals for financial services clients.
	Integrated multidimensional CRM and Sales Force Automation Applications into an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system.
	Designed UI of Web-Enabled, real-time Stock Market Trading application for Ascend Trading.
	Responsible for launching a web-based, on-demand, variable-data print delivery system.	
	Successfully converted a labor intensive print processes to a web-based, variable-data print workflow.
	
awards	Graphics.com Editors Choice for Logo Designs (September 2006)
	Graphics.com Editors Choice for Graphic Design (September 2006)
	CoolHomePages.com Design Award Winner (April 2006)
	Graphic-Design.com. Site of the Month (April 2006)
	Creative Public's Top 10, Designer of the Month (March 2006)

applications	Microsoft Visual Studio	Microsoft SharePoint Designer 
	Microsoft Visio	Microsoft Office SharePoint Sever 
	Adobe PhotoShop	Adobe InDesign	
	Adobe Flash 	Quark Xpress	
	Adobe Dreamweaver	PageFlex Persona	
	
Education	Hendriks Institute
	660 North Welwood Avenue, Lindenhurst, NY 11757
	Graduated 1999
	
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