Yair Giwnewer, Human Factors Engineer in Haifa, Israel

About

I'm a Human Factors Engineer with passion to understand, design and develop interactions between human beings and technology. I'm a strong design thinker and user experience transformation expert with 10 years of applied experience in Intel and in the academy.

Education

M.Sc Industrial Psychology

Technion Institute of Technology

2007 - 2009

• My thesis subject is “The need for uniqueness of early adopters”. • I was part of a collaborative research between IBM, Technion and Rambam hospital. During two years of research I analyzed different aspects of patient care in the Emergency Department and developed a Dashboard for the ED staff.
B.A Psychology

University of Haifa

2004 - 2007

Experience

Human Factors Engineer and project manager

Intel.

* End to end user experience design of various software projects and products. I was responsible for the concept design and presentation as well as the detailed design and implementation support Wrote UI specs Conducted usability testings and created prototypes. Projects included collaboration tools, complex engineering systems, Smart Phone and Tablet apps, responsive websites, wearables and client based applications. * Europe region UX SME (Subject Matter Expert) for the User Experience service define tailoring processes and templates and define practices of User Experience projects management Technical Focus Area Lead for UX in Intel's Product Development IT (PDIT) and Mobile UX Swarm team lead. * Teaching UX design courses to Intel employees.
Teaching Assistant

Technion Institute of Technology

Teaching Assistant

Skills

On Coroflot

@yairgi, member since 2016

Yair Giwnewer

Product Designer – LEGO DESiGN

Design Director for Social Impact Design Agency (F/T, Remote)