Chirag Rana

/ Interview potential candidates, analyze skill sets, and make recommendations to match individuals with UX opportunities. Consultative Projects:

Design global reconciliation system (Control Monitor/Crystal) that resolves millions of dollar breaks occurs during security trading. This web based system will replace 4 legacy systems used by reconciliation and line of business teams across the globe.

/ Providing design strategy and UX consultancy services. Bringing lean UX approach to design multi-million-dollar enterprise software. Envisioning and executing strategic digital initiatives for large enterprises across the globe. LOOK+ / founder / 2012 - 2015 / B2B mobile application based on image recognition and augmented reality.

Define UX strategy to redesign "Markets & Policy" section of NY Fed website. Define heuristic analysis, persona and sitemap. Conduct Mind mapping exercise to brainstorm with various business units during initial research phase.

Build UX team from ground up. Prepared presentations for VPs to developers to educate and establish UX best practice. Build separate design strategy for contractors and dealers after initial user study to redesign enterprise web applications. Introduced mobile first responsive web design approach.

Design iPad app and responsive web UX solutions for healthcare clients including Bristol Myers, Novartis and Gerber. Conceptualized new features and present wireframes and rapid prototypes for framework based tablet application that is highly scalable for other medicine products.

Managed large UX initiative to bring all MetLife mobile B2B and B2C web applications under one umbrella with persona driven user centered design approach. Helped VP of eBusiness to plan next design strategy for mobile platform.

Strategized internal user experience architecture for "Integrated Professional Experience" (IPE) with new styles to match with College Board branding. Design online styleguide used by production team located in various geographical locations. Focused on simplicity of Interface design to match with College Board's professional target audience.

Customized Microsoft SharePoint 2007 to design KPMG's US intranet portal in a scalable way that can easily customize to KPMG's various international portals for European and Asian countries. Focused on user centered design approach, usability, simplicity and KPMG brand identity.

Managed multi-disciplinary team and provide hands-on direction for mobile Apps, SMS text services, Gamorama download manager and dating projects. Conceptualize a unique dating product with mobile first design approach. Integrated social media on Gamorama and dating project. Led team with lean design approach to brainstorm craziest ideas to explore innovative user experience across web and mobile platforms.

(UX BA group) / Served as a Sr. User Experience Architect for consulting unit of EMC corporation. Designed UX for Microsoft SharePoint 2007 and custom web applications for EMC clients such as Pitney Bowes, Merck, Watson Wyatt, Energy East, Camstar and NYSERDA. Implemented web 2.0 social user centered design approach during Merck intranet portal design project. Re-define UX strategy for complete Camstar software suite. IPC / Interactive Art Director, Fairlfield CT / 12 05 - 04 06 / Design Graphic User Interface of "Call Insight toolbar", a VoIP desktop application developed for IPC financial traders to manage all inbound and outbound telephony activity. Brainstormed features with executives and recommend optional features. Dept. of Correction & Probation / Interactive Art Director, New York NY / 07 05 - 11 05 / Conceptualized and design intranet portal, touch screen kiosk and web based application for the Department of Corrections and Probation. Developed visual identity for brand consistency and creative concepts for intranet based applications. Proxicom (now iCrossing) / UX Lead, CA NY / 02 05 - 06 05 / Collaborated in a team to re-design MazdaUSA.com and GMAC Financial Services with web standards. Design wireframes, prototypes and styleguide. Verizon / Design Lead MA TX CA / 07 02 - 12 04 Involved in every aspect of the information architecture and design process including the kick-off, strategy, design and development. Served various projects with iobi, Flyout designer, Verizon DSL and project deployment portal. Designed graphic user interface, icon and layouts for vzShare, a unique P2P file sharing application of iobi (Digital Companion). Collaborated with business analysts to brainstorm new product features. Conceptualized user interface architecture for Project Deployment Portal, a large-scale dynamic intranet portal of Verizon. Contributed to the new architectu...