NEIL W. PETERSON  
SEATTLE, WA 
Tel: 404-797-7980
www.neilwpeterson.com

SUMMARY
PUGET SOUND REGION -- I'm a designer, UX generalist, and mentor who helps teams integrate and leverage design thinking and user-experience practices for the business. I am grounded in human-computer interaction and cultural anthropology but never stop learning-I embrace moments when I'm outside my comfort zone.

EXPERIENCE
THE BOEING COMPANY-IT PROGRAM MANAGEMENT OFFICE (PMO)
Product Designer
Established a user-centered approach for the IT business management systems that drive the multi-billion dollar IT production system for Boeing. Modeled SDLC and system integration for Strategy2Portfolio and Requirement2Deploy. User research, process modeling and analysis, integrations. Agile coaching. SAFe, IT4IT, ITSM, TBM and DevOps.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPACE, LLC 
UX Design Immersive Instructor 
2016-2019 
13-25 students per cohort. I delivered daily lectures, critiques, and workshops to teach adult students core UX skills. GA's user experience design 10-week training empowers teams to solve design problems using proven skills and methods, including research and ideation, prototyping, and testing. 13 full-time immersives, 2 part-time, over 200 students. 

CARESTREAM DENTAL, LLC 
Interaction Designer 
2013-2015
Created IxD system for product, components library, transitioned product to HTML5. Trained coworkers in HTML5, CSS3, Angular, D3.js. Collaborated with engineers using jQuery, Bootstrap. Agile environment, user research, usability, multi-modal interfaces.

MONUMENTAL INTERACTIVE, LLC 
Idea & User Experience Architect
2012-2013
Designed for cross-platform and platform specific devices, typically iOS, including iPad,
and desktop. 20 products over 18 months, gamification elements. Eye-tracking study.

AT&T LABS, INC. HUMAN FACTORS LAB 
User Experience Researcher
2009-2011
30+ in-lab usability studies ~10 participants each, as well as some guerrilla style, including web and mobile phone interfaces. GUI and speech, Uverse, etc. Interview and research design support.

EDUCATION
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 2010   
Atlanta, GA - M.S. Human-Computer Interaction
THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA With Honors - 2006  
Iowa City, IA - B.A. Anthropology & Women's Studies, Chinese Minor

SKILLS
UX Design, User Research, HTML/CSS, Product Management, Visual Design, Usability, Hi-Fi Mockups, User Flows, Branding, Information Architecture, Interaction Design, Customer Experience