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    Greg Schwartz

    Greg Schwartz (He/Him)

    Senior UX Designer & Researcher; Stanford Masters in HCI

    ❤️ climate change, personal finance, politics, crypto, podcasts, online dating

    🛠 Figma, A/B testing, data viz

    Ux Designer Los Angeles County Stanford University '09
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    Experience
    Freelance
    Freelance
    AI Engineer
    Couple Up Dating
    Couple Up Dating
    Founder, Founder 2020 - 2022 (over 1 year)
    - Concept, vision, UX design, and domain expertise (online dating)
    - Created prototype, recruited 100 users, gathered feedback
    - Released on the Apple App Store
    -... more Managed freelance visual designer, engineer, and marketers
    Springboard
    Springboard
    Mentor for User Experience course 2016 - 2020 (almost 5 years)
    - Created User Research video example & lesson for 1300+ students
    - Teach UX skills: user research, empathy maps, personas, sketching, wireframes, clickable prototypes,... more heuristic analysis, lean aka MVP design, information architecture, style guides
    Zipongo
    Zipongo
    Director of Product, User Experience, Mobile 2012 - 2014 (almost 2 years)
    - Developed interaction design and mockups for web, iPhone, Android mobile platforms
    - Designed & tested iBeacon/Bluetooth LE system to recommend items when user enters... more cafe
    - Coordinated with engineering team and product manager to take ideas from conception to launch
    - Owned A/B testing using Optimizely, hand-wrote Javascript alterations for tests
    - Patent US10049598: Passive Tracking And Prediction Of Food Consumption, used wearable body sensors
    Keas
    Keas
    Lead User Experience Designer 2012 (7 months)
    - Designed wireframes, rich prototypes, and worked with graphic designer to create finished comps
    - Conducted user research: on-site in CA & FL, documented via video... more & screen captures; presented findings and recommended solutions in combined meeting with Engineering and Product teams
    - Introduced team to data-driven design with A/B testing to measure improvement of new features
    MindSwarms
    MindSwarms
    Lead User Experience Designer 2010 - 2011 (over 1 year)
    - Architected complete overhaul of prototype’s UI & UX, including integrating founder’s wish-list of features, to paper prototype critical flows and validate design with... more customers
    - Created roadmap, wireframed all screens, supported engineers to implement and launch powerful application
    - Two most-used flows received resounding praise from users during paper prototyping & after launch
    Playdom
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    Playdom
    Front End Designer and Engineer 2009 - 2010 (7 months)
    - Created easy-to-use UX for games, including reusable mobile components for targeted messaging
    - Started and led regular meeting for engineering to brainstorm new features... more for existing games
    Venrock
    Venrock
    Interactive Prototyping Intern 2008 (3 months)
    Founder
    Couple Up Dating
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    Venrock, Playdom, Keas, MindSwarms, Zipongo, Springboard, Freelance
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    About
    Achievements

    Eagle Scout

    iOSDevCamp: “Best Audio/Video App”
    Collaborated on design and implementation of iPad app for collaborative video creation.

    iPhoneDevCamp: "Best Game" award
    Built and playtested game based on Two Truths and a Lie.

    Describe the most impressive thing you've done.
    Skills
    Interaction Design HCI/ UX Design A/B Testing Data Visualization iOS Design UI/UX Design User Research User Experience Design Human Computer Interaction Android Design
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