David B. Duncan
Los Altos, CA 94024
650.559.5838
mobile 650.714.3325
Email: jobs@dbduncan.com
http://www.dbduncan.com
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User Interface Design Engineer
Experienced Visual Designer and Web Engineer with over five years developing intuitive user
interfaces, engineered templates and client-side code for web based consumer-facing B2C
Personal Health Information (PHI) and International B2B eCommerce applications.
Improved customer satisfaction, retention and sales of REDmedic's PHI access and retrieval
products by producing user friendly, demographic independent and accessible UIs based on
design specifications developed in collaboration with Company staff and Customer Reviews.
Increased sales of Auction, Sourcing, and Contract Management Business-To-Business products
for Commerce One by producing user friendly, multi-lingual User Interfaces based on design
specifications developed from interactive reviews of PRD, FSD and Customer Beta Reviews.
OBJECTIVE
To develop highly intuitive user interfaces for web delivered national and international
applications and websites by participating in strategic planning sessions with product
management, engineering management, and customers to evaluate UI specifications and
product features and then architect and implement the UI with emphasis on ease of use
through application of established user-centered software design principals by creating
style guides, live web sites and optimized graphics.
SKILLS
* Web Design and Development Tools - Eclipse, UML, Acrobat, Dreamweaver MX, Flash, MS
Office, Fireworks, QuickTime, CVS, Perforce, Clearquest, PowerPoint, Visio
* Graphic Design and Layout - PhotoShop, ImageReady, QuarkXPress, FreeHand, Illustrator,
Painter
* Multimedia Creation - Director, Premiere, SoundEdit 16, DeBabelizer, ActionScript
* Programming Languages - HTML/ XHTML, JSP, PHP, JavaScript/DHTML, CSS, XML, ASP, SQL
* Operating Systems/Web Browsers - Windows, Macintosh, Tomcat, Apache, IIS, Safari,
Netscape, Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Lynx
EXPERIENCE
WEST VALLEY COLLEGE, Saratoga, CA 2005-Present
College Webmaster
* Manage college public website, college intranet, instructional technology help system,
instructional audio and video delivery systems, and accreditation content management system.
* Member of Marketing, Publications, Accreditation Steering and Online
Student Services Committees.
REDMEDIC, INC., Santa Clara, CA 2003-2005
Manager, Web Development
* Engineered and coded all JSP page templates and front-end scripts for the REDmedic
Hospital Network PHI interface that allows Medical Providers to access the Member's
information, as well as the Call Center and Customer Service Modules.
* Built JSP/Java/JS/CSS/DHTML development templates for the Member's Site including
payment, registration, invoice, login, PHI entry and report interfaces, DHTML layer
help, and calendar, and email/contact forms. Authored all client-side code and scripts
for navigation and validation and designed and created all graphics.
* Designed and implemented code and graphics for UI of self-contained, PHP based live
mock website based on Product Roadmap and Architecture documents used for investor demos.
* Transitioned to Java/JSP/MySQL and developed REDmedic's public site including extensive
customization of Lutece CMS to allow for hand-off of updating to the marketing department.
* Investigated, analyzed and reviewed customer and investor feedback on usability,
additions and improvements. Met regularly with Engineering, Marketing and Management to
discuss development status and strategy, analyze successes, triage problems and plan ahead.
COMMERCE ONE INC., Cupertino, CA 1999-2002
Senior User Interface Engineer
* Collaborated in strategic planning and accountability for current and future product
development and reviewed past product bug fixes, issues, updates and change requests.
* Increased application usability by producing intuitive User Interfaces based on design
specifications developed in collaboration with Product and Engineering Management.
* Designed and created original graphics, images, animations and icons created with
PhotoShop, Flash, Fireworks, and ImageReady.
* Refined and streamlined the user experience on all company products by creating a
common style-guide for an original Section 508 compliant UI design to be implemented
through the use of JSP Custom Tags.
* Authored streamlined HTML pages and templates and CSS styles for fast loading on
internationally hosted sites using Dreamweaver, Visual Interdev and Hand coding.
FABRIK INC., San Francisco, CA 1999
Website Developer (Consultant)
* Designed and produced websites used to demonstrate integration of Web, messaging, and
database technologies to assist corporate clients with customer branding and loyalty.
Designed and produced all facets of web technology used in the demos.
EAST SIDE ADULT EDUCATION, San Jose, CA 1999
Associate Instructor
* Taught beginning Adobe PhotoShop Image Editing Class
* Taught beginning Adobe Premiere Video Editing Class
EDUCATION
B. S., FINE AND APPLIED ARTS
University of Oregon, Eugene
Undergraduate studies in ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING and SOLID STATE PHYSICS
California Polytechnic State University,
San Luis Obispo, CA
DIGITAL MEDIA DESIGN AND PRODUCTION, CERTIFICATE
West Valley College, Saratoga, CA
WEB CONTENT DESIGN, CERTIFICATE
West Valley College, Saratoga, CA
AFFILIATION
BayCHI - S.F. Bay Area chapter of ACM SIGCHI
Organized and operated exclusively for educational and scientific purposes in the
area of Computer-Human Interaction (HCI).
Silicon Valley ACM SIGGRAPH
Promotes the generation and dissemination of information on computer graphics and
interactive techniques.
Silicon Valley WebGuild chapter of The Association of Internet Professionals
Dedicated to the education and professional development of bay area internet
professionals.