Resume & Contact

resume-dl-imgSatyajit Das

contact #: 412-886-6809
website: www.satyajitdas.com
email: sdas1@andrew.cmu.edu


Academic Details

Graduate School – Carnegie Mellon University (exp grad- Aug ‘10)
Program – Masters in Human Computer Interaction

Graduate School – University of California Irvine (Aug ‘07 – Dec ‘08)
Program – completed Phd level courses in Informatics

UnderGrad School – Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (Jun ‘02 – May ‘06)
Program – Communication Design / Interaction Design

Relevant Courses – Human-Computer Interaction, Social analysis of Computing, System Design, Knowledge based UI, Design Management, Statistics, Multimedia & Animation, Human Factors, Grad Interaction Design, Ubiquitous Computing Interaction, Ergonomics, Usability.


Skill Set

  • Scripting  – JavaScript, ActionScript, DHTML
  • Application Software – Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Office Suite.
  • UI Design & analysis – UML, Task analysis, Contextual Inquiry, Ethnographic study, Persona creation, Focus group,GOMS modeling, Rapid prototyping, UI / Interaction specs, Design patterns.
  • Usability Techniques – Think-aloud protocol, Question-asking protocol,  Cognitive
    Walkthrough,  Heuristic Evaluation, Usability Audit.
  • Areas of Interest – User Experience Design, Geographical Information Systems, Learning Management Systems, ADK Toolkit, Knowledge Management, Service Design.

Corporate Experience & Internships

  • Sr. User Experience Designer. (Mar ‘09 – Aug ’09)

Company – Saba Software Inc. (Pune, India)

• Design touch point for the 200 people product company. Collaborated with product management to gather
requirements and development to ensure integrity of User Interface by authored style guides, design specs.
• Conceptualized the Information Architecture by creating Personas, Scenarios, Task Flows for the
Compensation module of Saba’s flagship Human Resource Management product suite.

  • Teaching Assistant, Research Assistant. (Sep ‘07 – Dec ‘08)

Company – University of California Irvine
Courses - Human Computer Interaction, Software Engineering, Social Analysis of Computing, CSCW.

  • User Experience Architect, Usability Analyst. (Jun ‘08– Sep ‘08)

Company - Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI, Redlands)
• Designed the User Interface, Architecture of Business Analyst Online, a web-based solution that applies
GIS technology to extensive demographic and business data to deliver on-demand analysis and maps.
• I conducted end user studies for requirements gathering and performed usability evaluations.

  • User Interface Designer (Jun ‘06 – July ‘07)

Company – Communication Design Group, Infosys Technologies Ltd, (NASDAQ: INFY)
• Developed the first Web 2.0 institution wide framework for generic/specialized User Interface for
e-commerce web applications.
• I was part of the usability evaluation team, and conducted usability analysis and reviews for several
in-house and external applications. (Both end users and heuristics)

  • Communication Design – Student Researcher (May ‘04 – Jul ‘04)

Research Organization – Industrial Design Centre, IIT Bombay, Mumbai
• Designed a module for “Colors of India”, a project of International acclaim.

  • Student Researcher (May ‘05 – Jul ‘05)

Research Organization – User Centered Technologies, Fh-Vorarlberg, Austria
• I conceptualized and developed the GUI of thermographic system for the detection of psycho-physiological
changes in usability analysis in Java (eclipse platform).

  • Flash developer. (May ‘03 – Jun ‘03)

Company – Disha Online, Software Solution Firm, Raipur
• Responsibilities – concept development, visualization, storyboarding, 2D & 3D animations, virtual tours
and learned about the post-production work.