About
Areas of Specialization
- Usability of software and Products interfaces. Expert in Interaction design, HCI, Web design, Cognitive Psychology, Ethnography, Heuristic review, Usability testing, Rapid Prototyping, Humanfactors & Ergonomics.
- User Interaction (UI) Design for Enterprise Applications. Mobile touch screens , Gestures designs, Speech Interaction design.
- Expert in Accessibility ( US 508 Accessibility standards)
- Well familiar with UI Standards and Patterns for Mobile, Web Applications, Rich Java & Desktop Applications
- Conduct UCD Training and workshops
- Design Management , Product management, Requirement gathering, User study and research, and Project management.
email: sameerhere (at) yahoo. com
Sameer currently works at LG R&D Labs at Seocho-gu, Seoul, South Korea as Chief Interaction Designer and Researcher in Mobile domain. Previously, Sameer had a User Experience Design consultancy company from Pune.- lillyChilli.com ( Contact us for UI design of Internet portals, Web applications, Desktop and Mobile devices )
Recent activities
- Attended Mobile User Experience conference, London. Nov-2009
- Attended International design research conference, IASDR -SEOUL, Oct 2009
Affiliations
- Founding member & President of UPA Hyderabad
- member of ACM & SIGCHI
- member of UPA US
- member chi-si.org
Published Paper & Articles
- Pending US Patent on UI Design.
- Task description for usability testing” published paper for HCII2007, China
- Opportunity for Industrial Engineers in Human Computer Interaction” (Word ) article in theglobaleducator magazine - Sept 2006
- Culture & Usability in Enterprise Applications”(pdf 750kb) paper presentation at IIT Guwahati, - May 2006
- What is HCI” (PDF -448kb) an article published in Indian magazine, “DeveloperIQ” - April 2006
- Standards Based Approach for Software User Interface Design” (PDF - 434 kb) CHI paper presentation at Easy6 conference, Bangalore. - Jan 2006,
- Virtual or Remote Collaboration” ( PDF - 500kb) , a presentation at UPA, MNconference.- Aug 2003
- Product Design- a Presentation at Design conference, pune India - Feb 2004
- Need for Usability / ROI for Usability “ ( PDF - 650 Kb) a presentation at CHI chapter, Pune India - Mar 2003
- Design process- a workshop at KBP College of Engg, Satara, India. - Sept 1999
- Cognitive analysis and chaos theory for Fire rescue. Product design of such system. IIT bombay M.Des final thesis - June1999
- Characters in Bond movies. An M.des special subject presentation on Art and motion pictures- Nov 1998
- Form design in clay. An M.des special subject presentation. - Mar 1998
- Design of spray pond system for max heat transfer. PVPIT final thesis- April 1995
Education
- Master’s in Industrial Design from Industrial Design Center, Indian Institute of Technology, Powai, Mumbai India.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering fromPVP Institute of Technology, Sangli India.
- Masters in Business Administration (MBA) …pursuing
External Training and Workshops attended
- Designing for mobile, workshop at Mobile conference , London 2009
- Workshops on HCI & UCD conducted by IIT andHumanfactors
- UPA2006 conference in Denver & UPA chapter meet at Minnesota, USA
- IHCI 2004, Rashmi Sinha’s “Design for strangers”, Easy2005, Easy 2006(Won design contest )
Professional Experience
- Currently work as Chief Interaction Designer and User Researcher for R&D Labs LG Electronics, Seoul, Korea.
- Last worked as Vice President - User Experience & Design, Info Edge.
- Past- Manager User Experience, Oracle, Hyderabad. Supporting Industry Vertical applications like Higher education, Healthcare, Telcom, Banking / insurance
- 11 yrs of Industry experience.
- Worked at Oracle, UGS, Geometric, MBT, Bajaj Auto, Mahindra, Piaggio Italy.
- Recruit, mentor and manage a multi-disciplinary User Experience team in India & US.
- Evaluate Equipment Vendors & Build one of the finest Usability labs at Oracle, hyderabad, India.
On BBC World TV as a leading Designer from India - 1999
With my car prototype at IDC IIT Mumbai.
Pictures at UPA2006
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