Ben S.

About Ben S.

PRODUCT DESIGN LEADERSHIP //(overview)-• 25 Years of designing (UX IXD) and launching digital products-• Excel at early stage (MVP) product design & market need analysis.• Able to successfully vet, build & manage quality teams that are qualified, professionally fulfilled, and match the company culture.• Track record of **HANDS-ON** full product execution from ideation, user research, low-fidelity design, brand design, and language to hi-fidelity design and asset handoff-• Awarded Google patent: Adwords Display patent related to story ads concept.• Wrote the UX Design apprentice program curriculum for General Assembly.• I have taught and mentored over 400+ design students via General Assembly, San Francisco State University (SFSU), CareerFoundry, DesignLab & Independently—• Led the creative UI vision of American Idol Underground to over 1 million+ uniques a week.• Designed the Siderean’s Seamark UI - named by KMWorld, as one of the Top Trend-Setting Products of the Year!(2006).• Conceived and designed the search engine Information.com. Achieved top 500 sites on the web – Alexa MILITARY //(highlights)-• Marine Corps Infantry Reserve• Weapons Platoon - Machine Gunner (0331)• Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003 / 04 - RCT-1 (Regimental Combat Team) & Task Force Tarawa.• Secured Baghdad UN & Saddam Hussein\'s primary palace complex.• Fox, MSNBC, LA Times front page unit recognition—// MOTION PICTURE / FILM //(highlights)-• Worked on 12+ features & 4 TV Shows• (Oscar Winner) American Beauty (Camera PA)• Melrose Place (Production Office - double ep. seasons)—// CULINARY //(highlights)-• Catering chef for the Grand opening of Opus One Winery (Napa)• Catering chef for the Dennis Tito Spaceflight send-off: Soyuz TM-32 mission• Worked as Jr. Sous Chef at the Peninsula Hotel (Beverly Hills)• Catering chef for the Grand opening of the Getty Center (Los Angeles)• Catering chef for the TV Show “Friends” 100th episode party• 2x Beringer Winery rack & blender. Personally yeasted the 1995 Knights Valley Cabernet—

Experience

1. Cxo

   Syked

   Apr 2009 — Present · Austin, TX, US

   PROJECTS-• A.I. meets real-estate projections & data mining• Blockchain Campaign: Smart contracts & political campaign finance.• Specialized: Rad Routes - Advanced route finding.

Education

• Harvard Business School Online

  Specialization in Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Skills

• Human Computer Interaction
• Start-Up Consulting
• Usability
• Wireframes
• Paper Prototyping
• User Interface Design
• Team Management
• Strategic Planning
• Information Architecture
• Agile Project Management
• Product Management
• Curriculum Design
• Omnigraffle
• Strategy
• Online Advertising
• User Experience Design
• User-Centered Design
• Mobile Interface Design
• Experience Design
• Web Design
• Rapid Prototyping
• Mentoring
• Analytics
• Agile Methodologies
• Team Building
• Management
• User Experience
• Usability Testing
• Sem
• Html
• Innovation Games
• User Stories
• Mobile Devices
• User Interface
• Leadership
• Heuristic Evaluation
• Interaction Design
• Product Design
• Product Launch
• Contextual Inquiry