Ben Sykes

Palo Alto, CA

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What's your ideal work environment?

I have 8 patents pertaining to interactive video and the psychology of choice, 13 years experience managing successful teams and projects, extensive User Experience and Usability background.. I'm looking for a position that is focused on interactive video, and or interactive advertising.

INTERACTIVITY = RELATIONSHIP... read more

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Work history

Cisco Systems January 2008 to the present
Manager of User Centered Design

How would you describe your time at Cisco Systems?

MANAGEMENT
o Hiring manager
o 7 direct reports
o Career goals and evaluation
o Team morale motivation.
o Disparate vendor management

PROJECTS
o Conference Clients
o Enterprise IM
o Web 2.0
o WebEx

CONTRIBUTION
o Project Management
o UI Spec Development
o Contextual Inquiry
o UED/Interaction Design
o Rapid Prototyping

TECHNOLOGIES
o Adobe Suite (all)
o Visio
o MS Project
o Expression Suite
o Visual Studio
o XAML... read more
Microsoft July 2007 to January 2008
Product Manager - GFS MSN Live

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How would you describe your time at Microsoft?

* Product managed the marketing strategy and usability testing plan.

* Led GFS MSN Live team in User Experience Design, and integration of Web 2.0 functionality into an internal version of Live with integration into SharePoint.
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Microsoft August 2006 to July 2007
User Experience Lead & Web 2.0 Dev

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How would you describe your time at Microsoft?

* Led team in conception and prototyping of a TSP Methodology plug-in for Microsoft's Visual Studio Team Foundation.
* Assisted in user contextual inquiry and usability tests.
* Translated user findings into affinity diagrams, event sequence diagrams, and use cases.
* Applied usability best practices into the creation of multiple fidelity and Flash driven clickable prototypes.
* Further translated user testing, and heuristic evaluated prototypes into a final UI Spec.
* Worked closely with disparate development groups to establish product functionality, scope and delivery.... read more
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Education

Mediterraean Flat Breads

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How would you describe your time at Culinary Institute of Ameri...?

This was a program at the Greystone Campus for already working Chefs.. I took this course during the Summer whilst I was filling in as a Chef Tournant at the Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa
Carnegie Mellon University August 1993 to May 1997
English, Cognitive Science

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