About

Sameer Chavan

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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