Narayanan Thiruvengadam

• Cross Media Professional with 18+ years of experience, 5+ years in User Experience Design & 8 years in Digital Media and 5 years in Project Management

• Experience in handling and implementing user experience methods and practices including Qualitative User Research, Requirements Gathering, analyzing and mapping business requirements to design strategies through conceptual modelling, prototype-design (Low & High fidelity prototype), validation and iteration using Usability evaluation techniques

• Proven experience in building, mentoring and leading UX & Front-end Development teams

• Experienced in defining product road-map, requirements definition & prioritization, gathering user requirements through user & stakeholder interviews.

• Experience in providing UX solution for Responsive Web Design (RWD) & Mobile Application Design,

• Thorough exposure to Agile UX & SDLC processes and proven ability to process tailoring.

• Experienced in handling New Business Plans, Proposals, Resource planning, Recruitment, Effort Estimations, Project Tracking, Mentoring, Monitoring Quality standards and Deliverables.

• Proven track record in managing Offshore Development Centre for UK based e-learning company as a Project Manager & Delivery head. Handling a team of 23 resources, Servicing for Fortune Global 500 clients

• Possess onsite-offshore project management experience in both Web & Digital Media Projects for major clients in UK, UAE, and Malaysia

• Experienced in live/archive WebCasting with onsite project experience for major UK clients

• Proven track record in handling & delivering critical projects, meeting & exceeding client confidence & satisfaction.

Area of Competency

• Convert Business Requirements to Design

• Qualitative User Research

• Affinity Modelling

• Information architecture

• Data visualization

• Low & High Fidelity Prototype

• Interactive Prototype (using Axure)

• Usability Evaluation Techniques

• Writing User Interface Standards & Specifications

• UI Interaction Patterns Narration

• Mobile App Design & RWD

• UX Agile Process

• Motion Graphics

Software Skills

• Prototyping Tools: Axure, Visio, Excel

• Design Tools: Photoshop, Fireworks, InDesign, Illustrator

• Motion Graphics: After Effects, Combustion, Premiere Pro, 3ds Max