Gary Anderson

Human-Centered Designer, Researcher, Product Manager

Role
Principal Design Director at Microsoft
Location
Bellevue, WA, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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About Gary Anderson

17+ years of experience conducting human-centered research and design efforts to support a variety of projects across large enterprise environments. Additional experience providing human-centered research and design consultancy in non-profit and private domains.13+ years of experience in formal management positions in non-profit and corporate domains. This work includes supervision, staff development, crisis response, budget/resource management, and organizational development.Extensive experience with training development and implementation/facilitation.Core skills:RESEARCH- Card Sorting- Cognitive Walkthroughs- Competitive Analysis- Contextual Inquiry- Field Studies- Heuristic Evaluations / Expert Reviews- Personas- Requirements Elicitation- Surveys- Usability Studies (Ad-hoc, Lab, Field, Remote)DESIGN- Interaction Design- Instructional Design- Process Design- Prototyping- Sketching and Ideation- Storyboarding / Scripting- Visualization- Wireframes / RedlinesOTHER- Product Management- Design & Development life cycle management (e.g. Waterfall, Agile, etc.)- Mentorship- Participant Recruitment (cold calling)- Supervision / Team Leadership- Training & Workshop Facilitation- Conflict Resolution & Mediation

Experience

  1. Principal Design Director

    Microsoft

    Sep 2024 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

Education

  • University of Washington

    Master’s Degree, Human Centered Design and Engineering

    2013 — 2016

  • Montana State University-Bozeman

    B.S., Psychology / Minor - Business Admin

    1994 — 1998

  • Boise State University

    Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration and Management, General

    2002 — 2005

Skills

  • Persona
  • Visio
  • User Interface Design
  • Contextual Inquiry
  • Visual Design
  • Interaction Design
  • Card Sorting
  • Business Analysis
  • User Experience
  • Research
  • Process Improvement
  • Team Leadership
  • Instructional Design
  • Wireframes
  • Organizational Leadership
  • Problem Solving
  • Team Building
  • Usability
  • Training
  • User Research
  • Technical Writing
  • Html
  • Analysis
  • Usability Testing
  • Heuristic Evaluation
  • Wireframing
  • Software Documentation
  • Business Process Improvement
  • Powerpoint
  • Requirements Gathering
  • User Interface
  • Illustrator
  • Public Speaking
  • Information Architecture
  • Leadership
  • Information Design
  • Web Design
  • Microsoft Office

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