Hello! My name is Sanjay Swamidass. I am an experienced, design-minded, UX Engineer focused on the creation of experiences between what and how a user uses something to achieve their goals, by making technology accessible and easy to understand for people.

What do I do?

My Areas of Expertise

UX

Creating products that provide meaningful and relevant experiences to users.

Design

Crafting aesthetically pleasing UIs for all audiences.

Development

Bringing beautiful ideas to life in the browser.

What Can I Do?

My Skills

HTML

90%

SCSS/CSS

90%

Vanilla JS

55%

PHP/MySQL

35%

Photoshop

90%

Illustrator

80%

InDesign

90%

Prototyping/Wireframing

85%

GIT

80%
Where Did I learn?

Education

2007-2012 Andrews University - Berrien Springs, MI

2004-2007 Kingsway College - Oshawa, Ontario

I've worked for some cool companies!

Where Have I Worked?

Experience

2021-Present Sr IxD & UX Lead at GE Healthcare

Responsible for the creation of useful and desirable software product and service experiences for the healthcare industry. Contributes to multiple user experience engagements and highly complex projects that require in-depth knowledge across multiple specialized business domains. Using participatory design activities (e.g. paper prototype co-creation, card sorting) to understand vision, business model and assumptions and tacit knowledge about user needs and behaviors. Capturing specific information from the audience and validating it back to them for acceptance. Synthesizing output of stakeholder research & create visualizations that effectively summarize key insights related to user and customer needs and behaviors. Creating annotated prototypes or wireframes of user interface designs that visually and textually communicate the behavior of a software application. Leading and influencing business-wide discussions relative to current user experience projects and the future direction of design and user experience. Developing knowledge of industrial business domains, products, key processes, suppliers, customers and market/competitors. Guiding effective documentation and communication of design - via wireframes, mockups, prototypes and user stories.

2015-2021 UI/UX Engineer at Mitsubishi EDM/Laser

Designer and front-end developer for the web app, remote360®. Brought on to the company to build this remote monitoring solution that provides transparency to the machining processes. Tasks included: gathering and evaluating user requirements in collaboration with product managers and end-users. Illustrated design ideas using wireframes, process flows and sitemaps. Designed a graphic user interface dashboard, which include menus, tabs and widgets. Built page navigation buttons and search fields. Developed UI mockups and prototypes that clearly illustrate how sites function and look. Created original graphic designs (e.g. images, sketches and tables). Prepared and presented rough drafts to internal teams and upper management. Identified and troubleshooted UX problems (e.g. responsiveness). Conducted layout adjustments based on user feedback. Adhered to style standards on fonts, colors and images. Also assisted back-end development efforts working to effectively handle data that translate into ideal experiences for end-users.

2012-2015 Web Designer at The Tire Rack

Designed and produced web projects with high-level design with a focus on visual design, navigation, usability and brand identity. Worked closely with online marketing manager and department leads to solidify design direction and effectively translate ecommerce/business goals and requirements into compelling visual solutions. Also included responsibilities: online advertising, mobile/social media platforms and email marketing. Maintained design standards and interfaced with web developers. Researched and recommended web design/user interface trends, technologies and processes for site development.

2011-2012 Web Designer at Andrews University

Worked a student position at Andrews University's Distant Learning department. Responsibilities included: Designed and maintained website for distant learning students who took online courses provided. Also created brochures and banner ads as needed.

2010-2011 Web Designer at Simple Updates

Paid internship that included designing and building web templates for the Simple Updates CMS. Internship eventually became paid position to be part of the company's development team.

Portfolio

Recent Work

remote360® - Mitsubishi EDM/Laser

• UX Research
• UX Design
• UI Design
• Front-End Development

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tirerack.com - Tire Rack

• UI Design
• Front-End Development

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Product Kiosks - Mitsubishi EDM/Laser

• UX Design • UI Design • REACT WP Theme Front-End Development

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N-Cell - Mitsubishi EDM/Laser

• UI Design

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Office Wallboards - Mitsubishi EDM/Laser

• UI Design
• Front-End Development

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Get in Touch

Contact

808 W Van Buren St, Chicago, IL 60607