Bruce Sklar

103 Briarwood Court E-mail: bruce.sklar@gmail.com

Sterling, VA. 20164 (H) 703-574-2206

Career Summary

Senior level design and development experience, more than 14 years of experience focusing on Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs). Responsibility for the entire process from user requirements and design to commercialization. Produced full range of designs including low and high fidelity prototypes, task analysis, questionnaires on user interaction satisfaction, online help, user interviews, and usability testing. Experience includes work with multiple GUIs and platforms, as well as various Web browsers. Work directly and efficiently with users, as well as with technical, product management, marketing, usability, quality assurance and product development teams.

Skill Summary

Extensive experience in developing Web and graphical applications for federal and commercial clients. Experience includes: interface design, needs analysis, task flow analysis and design, forms design, rapid prototyping, user-involved design, user requirements, competitive analysis, and usability testing. Excellent interpersonal skills, “quick study”, strong project organization skills, keen interest in technical aspects of software, attention to detail, ability to pinpoint target audiences and their specific requirements.

12/04- Present User Experience Engineer – SAIC, Herndon, VA

• Responsible for design and development for all graphical user interfaces for an Intelligence Estimate Prototype. Interfaces were 100% Java Swing (1.4) developed with Eclipse IDE 3.1.

• Responsible for design and development for all graphical user interfaces for the Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) Prototype. All GUI’s were designed to be compliant with Section 508. Interfaces were 100% Java Swing (1.4) developed with Eclipse IDE.

12/01-12/04 Web Designer/Usability Analyst for federal clients

• Responsible for design and development for user interfaces for the Customs and Border Protection Web Portal Project. Interfaces developed using WebSphere, VB.NET, Java Swing, HTML, and Javascript. Also, responsible for making all interfaces compliant with Section 508. Active Department of Homeland Security Full Clearance. Project received a CMMI Level 3 rating.

• Responsible for design and development for the National Quality Measures Clearinghouse web site (http://www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/). Designed the look and feel of web site using Cascading Style Sheets. Developed and wrote the GUI Style Guide for the project. Responsible for all testing of the site for Section 508 compliance. Developed the VB.NET and SQL Server code required for the Detailed Search, Comparison of documents, and Resource sections of the site. Project received a CMMI Level 3 rating.

6/01-12/01 GUI Design & Development Consultant for federal & commercial clients

• Responsible for designing the look and feel for the Seniors.gov site of the SSA. Designed the site to accommodate the special needs of Senior Citizens associated with use of the Internet and for Section 508 compliance.

• Designed 50+ screens for the client’s wireless mobile applications in the areas of Plant Management, Field Services, and CRM. The screens were designed using MS Visio and Windows CE Visual C++.

11/00 – 5/01 Senior Usability Specialist - SpaceWorks, Inc., Rockville, MD

· Responsible for developing the HTML Style Guide for SpaceWorks’ B2B e-business application. Tasks include: developing user interface templates, analyzing existing user interfaces and analyzing competing product user interfaces. The completed guide was used by all UI developers to standardize web page format.

· Designed and developed all user interfaces to support the search enhancements and products attributes functions of the software application. This enhancement required more than 40 screens to be designed using HTML to show product searching, product attributes, and product comparisons.

· Reviewed all existing product user interfaces for usability problems. Analyzed over 300 interfaces for problems in usability or inconsistent design. Worked with quality assurance to develop a more consistent and useable structure for the product.

8/00 – 11/00 Lead User Interface Engineer - DataZen, Herndon, VA

· Designed and developed all user interfaces for the telecommunication-marketing products. These products generated leads for telecommunication-marketing professions.

10/98 – 7/00 Senior Software Engineer - EnterWorks, Ashburn, VA

· Worked with users to redesign the GUI for a business process automation tool. Responsibilities included: user profiles, task analysis, user requirements, graphical user interface (GUI) design, system reviews, competitive analysis, usability testing, software development and integration. Evaluated help system tools (RoboHelp and Java Help). Developed front end windows using Java Swing for the flow builder tool. Develop tools to allow HTML front end to be generated from XML files.

2/98 – 10/98 Human Factors/Design Engineer - Comsys, Herndon, VA

· Designed the GUI’s for a tool on the AT&T Customer Care Platform. Responsibilities included task analysis, user requirements, graphical user interface (GUI) design, system reviews, software development and integration. Product developed using Motif with C++ and Neuron Data for HP/UX computers.

6/97 – 2/98 Principal GUI Engineer - Comsat RSI Plexsys Wireless Systems, Herndon, VA

· Lead developer responsible for the design, development, and direction of a GUI for a TDMA wireless call-processing switch. GUI developed in MS Windows using MS Visual C++.

9/95 – 5/97 Principal GUI Engineer - Comsearch, Reston, VA

· Designed and developed GUIs (C++ and Motif/UNIX) for all of the company’s wireless telecommunication analysis tools. Restructured the software development process to be user centered. Additional responsibilities included the development of a Questionnaire for User Interface Satisfaction of the telecommunications tools, design of the company’s web site, and competitive analysis.

9/82 – 9/95 Senior Software for various DoD contractors – (E-Systems, UNISYS, Vitro Laboratories)

· Lead user interface engineer responsible for designing and developing more than 80 X Window GUIs for an Electronic Warfare simulation environment. Responsible for the direction of the system software architecture and human interface direction. Implemented user interfaces in C++, C, X Windows (OSF/Motif/UNIX) and ORACLE. Additional responsibilities include developing human interface specifications and conducting usability tests. TS/SI security clearance granted by DISCO 9/90.

Education

Board Certified Human Factors Engineering Professional, Oxford Research Institute, New Market, MD.

Applied Scientist, George Washington University, Washington, DC. Human Factors and Multimedia Design

MS, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. Computer Science

B.Sc., George Washington University, Washington, DC. Computer Science and Applied Statistics

Platforms and Software

Microsoft Windows HTML Java Swing C++ Dreamweaver

UNIX ASP.NET (VB) NT JavaScript Oracle