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EDUCATION

University of Michigan - School of Information Ann Arbor, MI  |  April 2010

Master of Science in Information (MSI)

• Specialized in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Information Retrieval & Analysis (IAR)
• Merit Scholarship Recipient
• Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) Scholarship Recipient
• Cofounded Phonagle LLC after winning RPM 10 competition
• Revelant Courses included:
  • Exploratory Data Analysis
  • Interface and Interaction Design
  • Contextual Inquiry
  • Data Manipulation
  • Statistics and Data Analysis
  • Applied Statistics
  • Information Retrieval
  • Principles in Management
  • Content Management Systems
  • Fundamentals of Human Behavior
  • Game Theory

Washtenaw Community College Ann Arbor, MI  |  August 2006 - July 2008

Coursework included:

• C++
• Java
• PHP
• Relational database design with MySQL
• Linux administration
• User Experience Design
• German language

University of Michigan - College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Ann Arbor, MI  |  August 2002 - May 2006

Bachelor of Arts in Spanish

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Santiago, Chile  |  August 2004 - June 2005

Completed coursework in Latin American culture and society

COMPUTER & LANGUAGE SKILLS

• Skilled in PHP, Perl, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, *nix Shell, MySQL, C++, Objective-C, iPhone SDK, Java, R
• Proficient with Illustrator, Photoshop, Omnigraffle, Axure
• Fluent in Spanish and experienced in Portuguese, Italian, and German

EXPERIENCE

Mobiata LLC Ann Arbor, MI  |  February 2010 - Present

App Engineer (iOS devices)

• Practice user-centered design, make sure pixels line up, write awesome code, localization (Spanish).
• A little bit of everything!

Phonagle LLC Ann Arbor, MI  |  April 2009 - December 2009

Cofounder / Developer / UI Designer

• Lead developer and UI designer of outWord, a location-based word game for the iPhone/iPod Touch.
• Tasks included drawing mockups, front and back-end programming, graphic design, interaction design, and user testing.

University of Michigan - Office of the Vice President for Communications Ann Arbor, MI  |  August 2006 - May 2010

Translator

• Translate news articles, UMHS health reports, and research studies, among others, from English to Spanish for the University of Michigan's Portal en Español. See translation samples.

Freelance Web Design Ann Arbor, MI  |  September 2007 - November 2008

Web Designer / Site Administrator

• Develop sites in entirety using XHTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, and Mootools Javascript library.
• Clients include:
  • Hal Bidlack for Congress 2008 - bidlack2008.com
  • Ancestral Apothecary - ancestralapothecary.com

A Translator’s Dream Ann Arbor, MI  |  July 2007 - August 2008

Founder / Designer

• Site provides user-generated translations between various languages (English, Spanish, Italian, and German).
• Long-term goals include richer cultural exchange between users and implementation of more languages.
• Site technology includes XHTML, CSS, PHP, Javascript and AJAX.

D&M Language Services Lima, Peru  |  April 2007 - August 2007

Translator

• Translate documents from Spanish to English from remote location.
• The translated material consists of corporate pamphlets, technical catalogs, legal contracts, and bid invitations.

University of Michigan - Department of Psychology Ann Arbor, MI  |  January 2007 - July 2007

Research Assistant

• Collaborated with doctoral student in Faceism research project (PDF).
• Recorded and compiled bilingual political data using SPSS.
• Analyzed data and prepared PowerPoint presentation for psychology conference.

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