Gary Anderson
Human-Centered Designer, Researcher, Product Manager
- Role
- Principal Design Director at Microsoft
- Location
- Bellevue, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
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
Principal Design Director
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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