Contact Details

Adrian Ramcharitar
Montreal, Quebec

Work

Unity Technologies

Product Designer Dec 2021 - Jan 2023

  • Led the redesign efforts of Unity’s current profiler module to enhance data visualization for the Data Oriented Technology Stack (DOTS) from conceptual ideas to refined wireframes
  • Worked alongside developers to understand their user journey through gameplay code by diving in and programming several prototypes resulting in a better user experience for developers
  • Communicated complex designs, prototypes, UX explorations and findings to executive team on a monthly basis by presenting them in an easy to follow summary presentation
  • Collaborated across several areas including product management, design and development on five different projects ensuring open communication between teams

Buildings IOT

UI/UX Developer Apr 2021 - Nov 2021

  • Communicated directly with product managers and users to understand project requirements and user needs for new features in order to prioritize designs, delivering a better user experience, faster
  • Delivered high fidelity wireframes in Figma based on the project requirements and user needs allowing Product Managers to receive more accurate user feedback
  • Collaborated with the customer success team to validate wireframe designs, resulting in twice as much users giving design feedback
  • Implemented designs using React, Javascript, CSS and HTML to adhere to the company's design system

Caseware RCM

UX Designer and Developer Apr 2020 - Apr 2021

  • Introduced the first user experience framework into the company by creating a design guide that emphasizes best practices when creating web components
  • Took lead as the liaison between product managers and the development team to turn big picture ideas into specific designs wireframes using Figma
  • Implemented the designs using Javascript, Ext.js and CSS to adhere to design and accessibility standards

Foci Solutions

Software Developer/Interaction Designer Apr 2019 - Apr 2020

  • Developed an API mocking service using .NET for the back-end server and Angular for the front-end client
  • Created both unit and integration tests for client and server using XUnit and Jasmine
  • Configured CI/CD pipelines in Azure to automate building, testing and deployment of software
  • Collaborated with product owners to create three iterations of wireframes using Figma based on user feedback which was then implemented using Angular.

Canadian Institute for Health Information - Digital Experience

UX Researcher (Contract) Winter 2018 - Spring 2019

  • Conducted three rounds of usability testing across two different projects using Adobe Connect on multiple wireframe iterations
  • Created six different validated personas based on data gathered from usability testing sessions
  • Lead the creation of user stories, user journeys and personas to understand the goals of the product design specifications
  • Worked with multiple project owners to develop project testing plans, surveys, and scripts for usability testing
  • Analyzed and summarized findings from usability tests into reports, where were then presented to other team members and project owners

Trend Micro - Research and Development

Interaction Designer Intern Summer 2018

  • Prototyped new dashboard designs using JavaScript libraries such as D3.js, Charts.js and React.js according to data visualization principles
  • Implemented several interactive data visualizations using D3.js, HTML and CSS while adhering to DevOps best practices and principals to ensure continuous integration and delivery of software
  • Led strategic research in collaboration with the UX team to identify user needs when performing task-based interactions

Virtual Reality Laboratory - Carleton University

Research Assistant Fall 2016 - Fall 2018

  • Developed an experimental framework in Unity 3D using C# to test selection quality of various input devices which led to an academic publication
  • Integrated the Oculus Rift APIs into the framework to receive controller and headset tracking data

Education

Carleton University

Master in Computer Science - Human Computer Interaction Fall 2018

  • Specialized in Human-Computer Interaction research and design that included user interfaces, cognitive psychology, emerging technology prototyping and quantitative/qualitative data analysis
  • Designed a mobile phone application using interaction design principles with personas
  • Conducted in depth user testing to better understand behaviour in virtual environments
  • Created experimental frameworks for virtual reality built in Unity using the Oculus Rift APIs

University of Ottawa

Honors Bachelor of Science in Computer Science Summer 2015

  • Coursework included data structures, coding theory, software architecture, user/software requirements as well as hardware prototyping and coding
  • Honors project focused on battery optimization for mobile cloud gaming on Android using change blindness

Skills

Design

  • Product Design
  • User Experience
  • User Research
  • User Journey
  • Wireframing
  • Personas
  • User Interviews
  • Ideations
  • Survey Design
  • Competitive Design

Tools

  • Figma
  • Unity3D
  • Adobe Suite
  • Adobe XD
  • Axure RP
  • Visual Studio
  • IntelliJ
  • Git/Github
  • Eclipse

Frontend

  • Angular6
  • React
  • C#
  • HTML
  • SCSS
  • Bootstrap
  • Ext.js
  • Javascript
  • Java
  • Typescript
  • SQL
  • d3.js
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Adrian Ramcharitar
Montreal, Quebec