User experience research professional with strong background in computer science, human-computer interaction research, virtual and augmented reality and NUI (natural user interface). Specialties: UX research, interaction design and prototyping, usability testing, heuristic/expert evaluation, user research, statistics and experiment design, software development (C++, Javascript, Python and others).

Senior User Experience Researcher @ Lead UX researcher in Perceptual Computing Group (RealSense). UX research for depth camera technologies, particularly for head-mounted display (augmented reality and virtual reality), tablet, and PC applications. From May 2013 to Present (2 years 8 months) Senior User Experience Researcher @ UX lead for a new consumer product, doing UX research, usability studies, and interaction design in close collaboration with software, hardware, and product management teams. From February 2012 to April 2013 (1 year 3 months) Senior User Experience Researcher @ Usability for touch and gestural interfaces. Conducting usability tests, expert reviews, and HCI research on touchscreen mobile and touchpad hardware and software. From July 2010 to February 2012 (1 year 8 months) Usability Analyst @ From September 2007 to July 2010 (2 years 11 months) R&D Engineer @ Software engineering -- 2D graphics and image processing. Custom ILM software and plugins for Shake compositing system. From January 2006 to September 2007 (1 year 9 months) Senior Developer @ Researched and developed digital image editing software for products including Image Doctor, Eye Candy, Xenofex. From July 2001 to December 2005 (4 years 6 months) Senior Software Engineer @ Developed software for HiBall 6-degree-of-freedom optical tracker and DeltaSphere 3D scene digitizer. From May 2000 to July 2001 (1 year 3 months)

PhD, Computer Science @ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill From 1993 to 1999 M.Sc., Computer Science @ The University of British Columbia From 1991 to 1993 B.Math., Computer Science @ University of Waterloo From 1986 to 1991 Kevin Arthur is skilled in: User Experience, Usability Testing, Heuristic Evaluation, User-centered Design, Human-computer Interaction, Human Computer Interaction, Interaction Design