raymatsil
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Summary	Interaction Designer with over 4 years of experience designing consumer and enterprise interfaces. Proven track record of reducing usability issues by utilizing comprehensive knowledge of research and design methods. Skilled designer with the ability to take design concepts and produce high fidelity mock ups and prototypes.
Skills	Design Wireframes, High-Fidelity Prototypes, Tutorial Creation, Mobile Prototypes, User Centered Design, Mock Ups, Flow Charts
	Tools Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, Premiere, InDesign, Visio, HTML, CSS, PHP, Javascript, jQuery, JIRA
	Research Methods Heuristic Reviews, Interviews, Usability Tests, Personas, Scenarios, Affinity Diagrams
Experience	InfoStretch Corporation, Santa Clara, CA, May 2011-Present
	User Interface Designer
	Led the design efforts of mobile and desktop software with multiple international design and development teams Designed highly detailed desktop based style guides to ensure implementation of new designs was pixel perfect Created wireframes and mock ups to drive development of mobile websites Defined comprehensive specifications for the development of a mobile cross-platform quality assurance test management application Documented precise flow charts which were used as a baseline for the development of several mobile and desktop based applications
	Oracle Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA, June 2010- June 2011
	User Experience Design Contractor
	Led the redesign of an internal help documentation program which lowered the barriers of use for Information Developers Designed and developed an interactive prototype for dynamic usability report generation to help standardize report formatting and data storage location Performed usability testing on mobile user interfaces with consumers Designed an interactive prototype to test benefits of improved user assistance in new Oracle products Updated user assistance message design patterns
	Freelance Web Design and Implementation, Sept 2009-June 2010
	Interaction Design Engineer
	Researched and implemented low cost e-commerce solution for small business which resulted in increased profits Designed and implemented user friendly easily updateable site for a non-tech savvy business Created more visually appealing sites to maximize user engagement and increase traffic Standardized look and feel of sites to create more pleasant user experience Extended metaphor of a professional portfolio to achieve a unique brand for career coaching company
	Infinity Primary Care, Livonia, MI, Feb 2009-Sept 2009
	Support Analyst
	Conducted a usability study on Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system templates which resulted in design changes and made it easier for doctors to document patient data Created tutorials for EMR system that allowed staff to focus more time on patient care
	University of Michigan Chemistry Dept, Ann Arbor, MI, Sept 2008-April 2009
	Computer Consultant
	Tested beta version of internal issue ticketing system for bugs Performed timely computer maintenance and support
	Unified Real Estate Services, Farmington Hills, MI, Summer 2008
	User Experience Intern
	Did research with customers to pinpoint their needs from a new website Conducted competitive analysis on other websites to determine most common features and design trends Created wireframe and Hi-Fi mock up concepts for new website
	University of Michigan, Kinesiology Department, Ann Arbor, MI, Sept 2007- April 2008
	Computer Consultant
	Improved quality of visual design materials for department Led project to import and edit department video materials
Education	University of Michigan, School of Information, Ann Arbor, MI, May 2009
	MS, Information, Specialization in Human Computer Interaction
	Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, May 2007
	BA, Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media
	Cognate in Business, Dean's List (6/6 Semesters)
Publications	Erika Noll Webb, Ray Matsil, Jeff Sauro. Benefit analysis of user assistance improvements.
	CHI Extended Abstracts 2011: 841-850.
	Erika Noll Webb, Ultan O'Broin, Ray Matsil, Laurie Pattison, Mindi Cummins. Oracle Mobile User
	Assistance Testing. HCI (9) 2011: 687-695.