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amf@stanfordalumni.org
Jul 2005 - Present
Lead designer and product manager for person-to-person lending marketplace.
Product Manager, eBay, Inc., San Jose, CA
Nov 2003 - Jul 2005
Responsible for planning and executing products and services for eBay's community of 3 million sellers, focused on eBay Stores and eBay's Trading Assistants program.
Partner, Senior Architect, V2 Group, San Francisco, CA
Sep 2000 - Nov 2003
Founder of consulting firm that helps startup companies accelerate their product development through rapid prototyping. Lead architect and product manager on client engagements, responsible for project management, design leadership, and rapid prototype development for software design. Internally, involved with sales and business development, defining best practices methodology for client engagements, and managing IT infrastructure. Clients include Seagate, Barra, and E2open.
Director of Interactive Architecture, Intend Change, Palo Alto, CA
Dec 1999 - Aug 2000
Developed and executed on product development methodologies for venture incubator, allowing clients to more quickly deploy time-critical products. Worked closely with clients to design web based solutions for application, broadcast, and e-commerce sites. Clients included eScene (acqured by Inktomi) and Project Voyager.
Interface Design Manager, USWeb/CKS, San Francisco, CA
Jun 1997 - Nov 1999
Manager in Interactive Sciences department, part of USWeb/CKS's global e-commerce practice. Developed interfaces for communications, content management, and retail e-commerce sites. Established, grew, and managed eight-person group within Interactive Sciences in a six-month period. Clients included Dell, O'Reilly, and Walgreens.
1994 - 1998
Coursework included mechanical engineering, general engineering core, art and design, and product design coursework. Product design classes focused on industrial design, manufacturing, human factors, marketing, and product lifecycle management. Also worked as graphics editor at Stanford Daily newspaper, managing a staff of graphic designers.
UC Extension, San Francisco, CA
Winter 1999
Interface Design Project. Course topics included human factors, visual design language, and usability.
Fall 2000
Fundamentals of Visual InterDev and ASP. Course topics included architecture, scripting, and database connectivity.
Requirements definition, user profiling, competitive analysis, market analysis, generative research, information architecture, user interface design, prototyping, user testing and analysis
Web Development
ASP, JSP, SQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, VBScript, some DHTML
Graphic Design/Production
Freehand, Photoshop/Imageready, Flash, QuarkXPress
Foreign Languages
Fluent in Spanish, Intermediate German
Stanford Reunion Special Gifts Committee Member, Head of Parish Young Adult Group Steering Committee, Volunteer in Tenderloin Children's Reading Program, President of Condominium Homeowners Association.
Hobbies
Cycling, Woodworking, Cooking, Travel, Sports, Arts
References available upon request.