Thomas G Petersen
Mobile User Experience Researcher/Designer
thomas.g.petersen [ at] gmail.com 
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@thomasgpetersenSummary:
User experience designer and media developer/programmer with proven success in mobile, web, CBT, and television media development seeking to continue making technology both useful and usable.
Quick study, adaptable to new environments and challenges, with notable history of forging improved methods and techniques for eventual adoption as new standards.
Skills:
Android
User Experience Design
Eclipse
Photography
Arduino / Robotics
Experience:
eximietate, inc.
01/2000-PresentP.O. Box 1077, Bernalillo, NM 87004; (734) 796-7397
Technologist
- Research new and evolving mediums, media, and delivery mechanisms.
- Maintain Voice Dictionary Daily Definition repository blogs:
- Maintain social media accounts for letsgetwordy.com:
Advancia Corporation
09/2002 - 07/2012881 Historic Route 66, Saint Robert, MO 65584; (573) 336-8312
Senior Application Developer 09/2010 - 07/2012
- Established a User Centered Design (UX) paradigm for military training delivery via mobile devices improving the education experience by making Android media usable.
- Assimilated User Centered Design into the Android application development process using MyEclipse and Team Foundation Server (Agile) as the collaboration mechanism.
- Supervised 2 Android developers and 1 UX specialist and participated in all UX/usability and development activities (personas, prototypes, mockups, wireframes).
- Briefed management and product stakeholders to communicate the benefits of the Agile, iterative process used for development.
Media Developer 08/2005 - 09/2010
- Provided in-person and telephone Blackboard technical support for instructors and courseware for soldiers.
- Refined SCORM courseware packages, ensured conformance and playability.
- Independently established a process and developed Blackboard BuildingBlocks and Excel macros to virtually eliminate human intervention with a task three (3) temporary hires were slated to complete in six (6) months.
- Created Blackboard Building Blocks to satisfy various operational needs of the help desk staff, instructors, and students.
Technical Writer 09/2002 - 08/2004
- Drove the conversion of U.S. Army classroom training into Web-based, self-paced, interactive courses by conceptualizing and writing storyboards, audio and video scripts to defined objectives.
- Refined SCORM courseware packages, ensured conformance and playability.
- Independently established a process and developed Blackboard BuildingBlocks and Excel macros to virtually eliminate human intervention with a task three (3) temporary hires were slated to complete in six (6) months.
- Created Blackboard Building Blocks to satisfy various operational needs of the help desk staff, instructors, and students.
College of DuPage
01/2000-09/2002425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn, IL 60137; (630) 942-2468
New Media Developer
- Increased learning productivity and promoted department resources by pioneering the creation of a production environment for streaming audio and video over the web at one of the nation’s largest single campus community colleges.
- Directed and technical-directed, remote live streaming Internet coverage of numerous campus and teaching events using Pinnacle Systems Stream Genie.
- Created graphics in various media formats for televised productions in support of local TV cable channel focused on college tele-courses.
- Constructed a chroma-key (blue screen) set and organized lighting, shot sequence, and audio arrangement for live-to-tape video sequences using a Grass Valley switcher as the keyer.
- Served as studio and remote camera operator for live, recorded, and on-location productions.
Pitsco, Inc.
03/1997-01/2000P.O. Box 1708, Pittsburg, KS 66762-1708; (800) 828-5787
Multimedia Author
- Ensured consistently presented subject matter, a common graphical interface, and an automated development process by first designing and building a single application engine in Authorware.
- Used Knowledge Objects in Authorware 5 to enable systematic updates to all 56 CBT modules, substantially increasing consistency, quality, and turnaround speed.
- Reduced training expenses for digital classroom teachers/facilitators by designing a hybrid online/local training program (and an ongoing reference tool) to support the main product line.
- Re-engineered Authorware application for servo-driven robot SAMI (Synergistic Automated Manipulator) in Windows NT 4.0.
- Compressed instructional videos for MPEG1 computer playback, using Minerva Studio 4.2.1.
- Recognized with People’s Choice Award for Most Innovative Use of Multimedia at 1999 Macromedia Users’ Conference in San Francisco with the 5 axis servo driven robot SAMI, Synergistic Automated Manipulator Interface.
Education:
Publications:
All I needed to know about projects I learned as a kid shoveling snow: Earning a Motorcycle
Several years after I had shoveled enough driveways for money to purchase a motorcycle, I noticed many parallels to the task of removing snow from a driveway, and virtually any project. The short story, sums up the experience.
Written by: Pete Thompson Published by: WestBowPress
Date published: 11/14/2011
ISBN: 978-1449730475
Available on Kindle , Nook , Google Books , and in Paperback ($9.95 USD)
The Effects of Technology on Literacy(s): Master's Thesis
Comparison between two communities, one where electric technology is the forefront of everyday life and one where electric technology is non-existent (Amish). The results highlight the impact technology has had on the literacy of personal and societal well-being.
Written by: Thomas G Petersen Date published: 05/01/2009
Published by: Missouri S&T Press
Available in Hardcover and PDF.
Android Applications:
Three applications are available at Google Play:
- AlphaMetic - Puzzle
- Voice Dictionary / Voice Dictionary (Lite) - Books & Reference
AlphaMetic
An AlphaMetic is a math problem of words, not to be confused with a word problem, so it is a math game consisting of an equation whose digits are represented by letters. The goal is to identify the numeric value of each letter. An AlphaMetic is sometimes called a cryptarithm, cryptogram, verbal arithmetic, cryptarithmetic, crypt-arithmetic or word addition. It's logical, it's fun, it's an AlphaMetic. Check out the history behind the Android application. ($0.00 USD)
