Srikant ChariUX Researcher & Designer

www.srikantchari.com cheenu.chari@gmail.com 512-241-9077

I am a research-driven UX Designer with a penchant forapplying insights uncovered to solving design challenges.

Selected Experience Education

Skills

UX Designer & Researcher, Olivia AIJuly 2015-July 2016

·Consulted literature in behavioral economics and cognitive psychology to influence the conversational design between the user and the chatbot.·Designed surveys to figure out which areas of spending users needed the most help with. ·Conducted secondary research on over 21 spend categories relevant to the user’s needs. ·Designed over 21 conversation maps that model how the user interacts with the chatbot through various scenarios.

Founder & President, TEDxUTDNov 2013-Apr 2015

·Organized two successful TEDx conferences at my university, held on April 13th, 2014 and April 12th, 2015 respectively.·Coordinated with my 22-member team for the planning and development of the conferences ranging from speaker selection to marketing the event. ·Provided an engaging and enlightening experience for the audience with an eclectic array of topics ranging from public health to virtual reality.

UX Architect Intern, MePlusYouJune 2014-Sep 2014

·Worked with the creative department to design websites for various eCommerce and Healthcare clients such as Convergence Health, GlaxoSmithKline, and Louisville Slugger.·Designed mobile and desktop iterations of sitemaps, user flow diagramsand wireframes for various clients. ·Learned how to build mobile first responsive websites.

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Center For BrainHealthMar 2011-Aug 2013

·Assisted Prof. Dan Krawzyck’s lab in studying working memory, decision making, and reasoning. ·Designed over 32 sets of visual-spatial tasks for the fluid intelligence project. ·Recruited and proctored participants for the behavioral portion of the study.·Gained rudimentary knowledge of fMRI imaging analysis using the MATLAB software extension, Statistical Parametric Mapping (SPM).

MS, Applied Cognition & Neuroscience(Concentration In Human Computer Interaction)

BS, Cognitive Science(Concentrations In Cognitive Neuroscience & Computational Modeling)

University of Texas at Dallas, May 2016

University of Texas at Dallas, May 2014

Methods

Software

User InterviewsSurvey DesignPrototype Personas StoryboardingAffinity DiagrammingCustomer Journey MappingTask FlowsSitemapping WireframingUsability Testing

Adobe IllustratorAdobe PhotoshopMicrosoft VisioMicrosoft ExcelUX PinMockplusInvisionAxureHTMLCSSJava MATLABPythonR