David Schlossberg's Resume

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Summary

A seasoned technology manager experienced in product management, UI design, and project management, with a strong background in user-centered design principles, seeks a position with an innovative company to lead creation of compelling, online experiences.

Work History

Meez
Product Manager
San Francisco, CA
Mar 2007 - Apr 2008

• Launched co-branded versions of the Meez website on partner sites, bringing in 20% of daily visits
• Revamped friend invite features over several releases, increasing friend referral traffic 30-40x
• Applied user-centered design principles in designs for a new forum and content management tools
• Managed external contractors, and assisted community and customer service management
• Improved products' user experience using heuristic evaluations and usability tests
• Coordinated engineering, marketing, art, executives, and third parties throughout the development process

IODA
Senior Engineer/Technical Producer
San Francisco, CA
May 2006 - Feb 2007

• Redesigned the site look and information architecture, managing a consulting graphic designer
• Authored functional requirements, PRDs, and mockups based on company needs and MRDs
• Ensured timely delivery of new features and marketing materials for conferences and releases
• Conducted usability tests, presented results, and made improvements based on test results
• Assisted web developers with QA, feedback, overcoming obstacles, heuristic evaluation, and prototypes

School of Information Management and Systems - U.C. Berkeley
Graduate Student Researcher
Berkeley, CA
May 2004 - Aug 2005

• Participated in research and events that preceded the MacArthur Digital Youth project
• Created a collaborative workspace and provided research and ideas for Prof. Larry Downes
• Tutored and graded the introductory and advanced networking courses at SIMS
• Interfaced a learning object library with Berkeley's digital library via XML, PHP, and MySQL

Applied Research Laboratories: University of Texas at Austin
Engineering Scientist Associate
Austin, TX
June 2000 - July 2003

• Redesigned large portions of C++ code base including new documentation for users and developers
• Contributed to software that became the cross-platform, open source GPSTk library
• Created new QA and build processes with PERL and Jam including test automation

Masters Degree Accomplishments

• Conducted a final project studying how Berkeley freshmen use communication and media technologies
• Co-president of IMSA, the SIMS student organization
• Participated in the Samuelson Law, Technology, and Public Policy clinic
• Researched blogging through the lens of economics with statistical analyses and interviews
• Built a web site and user documentation for the San Francisco Women’s Political Committee

Relevant skills

• Product management, interaction design, project management, user interface design, information architecture
• User-centered design, needs analysis, usability testing, surveys, interviews, contextual inquiry
• Photoshop, Visio, HTML, CSS, Perl, PHP, SQL, Java, CVS, XML

Education

University of California at Berkeley
Masters of Information Management and Systems
GPA: 3.8/4.0
Aug 2003 - May 2005

Washington University in St. Louis
B.S. in Computer Science and B.S. in Computer Engineering
GPA: 3.6/4.0
Aug 1996 - May 2000