UX Lead at Google
Mountain View, California
Usability Engineer @ Cisco Systems Led the user research for three web based enterprise network management applications that focused on Service Providers, Telepresence Management and Network Performance Monitoring. Responsible for implementing a new user experience research introduction program for established teams including understanding their needs, developing research strategy, and educating them on the value and process of...
Usability Engineer @ Cisco Systems Led the user research for three web based enterprise network management applications that focused on Service Providers, Telepresence Management and Network Performance Monitoring. Responsible for implementing a new user experience research introduction program for established teams including understanding their needs, developing research strategy, and educating them on the value and process of user research. Conducted surveys, interviews, formative usability studies, contextual inquiries, card sorts, and created recommendations on usability issues, product opportunities, and users needs. From July 2010 to December 2011 (1 year 6 months) San Francisco Bay AreaUX/UI Designer @ Cengage Learning Owned for all interface design and front-end production for the company’s direct-to-consumer textbook, ebook, and digital materials ecommerce site. Acted, as Cengage’s first on staff ecommerce designer and worked to develop the role and workflows to create a tightly integration with the development team. Responsible for the creation of wireframes, mockups, prototypes, and coding the site’s front-end. Managed external contractors who assisted with special project. From January 2009 to July 2010 (1 year 7 months) Usability Engineer @ Oracle Acted as primary user researcher for the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Customer Needs Management (CNM) applications. Provided research support to various other departments throughout the Enterprise Applications team. Conducted usability studies, surveys, card sorts, interviews and other activities to develop recommendations on product requirements, validate design directions, and identify usability issues. From June 2007 to December 2008 (1 year 7 months) Belmont, CAUser Experience Manager @ Google Mountain View, CaliforniaDirector of Product Design @ Grubhub - Manage a Design and UX team of 12- Responsible for design of the restaurant, delivery, and internal tools products From August 2015 to December 2017 (2 years 5 months) Greater Chicago AreaLead Product Designer @ Grubhub - Managed a team of 3 UX designers across multiple product verticals- Worked on consumer, b2b, and internal platforms From December 2011 to July 2015 (3 years 8 months) Chicago ILUsability Assistant @ Indiana University DLP Conducted usability tests, heuristic evaluations, and competitive investigations to assess the usability of web documentation and software applications. From October 2006 to May 2007 (8 months) Bloomington, Indiana Area
Cisco Systems
Usability Engineer
July 2010 to December 2011
San Francisco Bay Area
Cengage Learning
UX/UI Designer
January 2009 to July 2010
Oracle
Usability Engineer
June 2007 to December 2008
Belmont, CA
User Experience Manager
Mountain View, California
Grubhub
Director of Product Design
August 2015 to December 2017
Greater Chicago Area
Grubhub
Lead Product Designer
December 2011 to July 2015
Chicago IL
Indiana University DLP
Usability Assistant
October 2006 to May 2007
Bloomington, Indiana Area
Led the user research for three web based enterprise network management applications that focused on Service Providers, Telepresence Management and Network Performance Monitoring. Responsible for implementing a new user experience research introduction program for established teams including understanding their needs, developing research strategy, and educating them on the value and process of user research. Conducted surveys, interviews,... Led the user research for three web based enterprise network management applications that focused on Service Providers, Telepresence Management and Network Performance Monitoring. Responsible for implementing a new user experience research introduction program for established teams including understanding their needs, developing research strategy, and educating them on the value and process of user research. Conducted surveys, interviews, formative usability studies, contextual inquiries, card sorts, and created recommendations on usability issues, product opportunities, and users needs.
What company does Kurt Peterson work for?
Kurt Peterson works for Cisco Systems
What is Kurt Peterson's role at Cisco Systems?
Kurt Peterson is Usability Engineer
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Kurt Peterson works in the Internet industry.
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Kurt Peterson's colleagues are Nicholas Dufour, Jie Zheng, Shao-Chuan Wang, Elena O., Thiago Valverde, Alex Busch, Angus Macdonald, Junrui Ruan, Stephen Elliott, and Markus Freitag
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