SRIKANT CHARI(512)241-9077 ■ cheenu.chari@gmail.com

SUMMARY Graduate student with a passion for understanding human interaction with technology studying Applied Cognition and Neuroscience at the University of Texas at Dallas, seeks a summer internship in UX. Interests encompass information architecture, product management and usability testing. Prior experience includes internships in UX design, and a research assistantship in the UTD Center for Brain Health as well as organizing two TEDxUTD Conferences.

EDUCATION M.S. Applied Cognition and Neuroscience Expected May 2016 Concentration in Human Computer Interaction GPA: 3.33/4.0 University of Texas at Dallas B.S. Cognitive Science May 2014 Concentrations in Computational Modeling and Cognitive Neuroscience University of Texas at Dallas

EXPERIENCE

Founder/President Nov 2013-Present TEDxUTD Primary curator, organizer and license holder for two TEDxUTD Conferences

held on April 13th, 2014 and April 12th, 2015 respectively. TEDx conferences are independently organized TED-like events.

Orchestrated a four-month long campaign, recruiting and coordinating a 22-member team for the planning and development of the conference ranging from speaker selection to marketing the event.

Utilized a LEAN Startup Methodology for event planning and strategy.

UX Architect/Research Intern Nov 2014-Jan 2015 Quantifye, Dallas,TXStartup Company based in Dallas that provides small-medum sized businesses an online marketplace to access top quality consultants at a price within their budget.

Designed sitemaps, workflow diagrams, and wireframes to create a responsive website.

Designed surveys of potential clients to understand user needs and how to improve the customer experience of the website.

Conducted cold sales calls. Learned about LEAN Startup UX Development process.

UX Architect Intern June 2014-Sept 2014 MePlusYou, Dallas,TXDigital marketing agency Worked with Creative Department to design websites for various eCommerce

and Healthcare clients such as GlaxoSmithKline, Convergence Health aand Louisville Slugger.

Designed mobile and desktop iterations of sitemaps, workflow diagrams, and wireframes for various projects.

Learned how to design Mobile First Responsive Web Design.

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Aug 2013-Apr 2014 Text Comprehension and Memory LabUT Dallas Assisted Prof. Richard Golden’s Lab in computational modeling of reading

comprehension with implications for understanding cognitive flexibility. Compared free-response data from participants to software generated

summaries using an internally developed Autocoder software package from MATLAB.

Undergraduate Research Assistant Mar 2011-July 2013 Center For BrainHealth, Dallas,TX Assisted Prof. Dan Krawzyck’s lab in studying Working Memory, Decision

Making and Reasoning. Designed visual-spatial tasks for the Fluid Intelligence Project. Recruited and instructed participants for study. Gained rudimentary knowledge on fMRI imaging analysis using the MATLAB

software extension, Statistical Parametric Mapping (SPM).

PROJECTS Political Psychology Project Jan 2014-Present Designed a political psychology project for my “Experimental Projects In Cognitive Science” class. The goal of this study was to understand the differences in voting behavior between Moderates and Partisans using textual information of a policy. Designed three sets of surveys with five short paragraph policies each (Healthcare, Social, Economic, Education, and Foreign) with different tones in political leaning (liberal, moderate, or conservative) arranged in arbitrary order. Designed a 7-point Likert scale where the participant must select how liberal, moderate, or conservative the tone of the policy is followed by whether they would vote for the policy or not. Analyzed the data using 2-Factor ANOVA on SAS. Currently continuing this study but with a larger, more diverse sample size as a side project.

Mahabodh Foundation Jan 2015-Present Mahabodh Foundation is a relatively new nonprofit organization whose purpose is to promote women empowerment and preventive healthcare in rural India through educational and scholarship programs. Currently redesigning the website to be very persuasive in storytelling the mission of the organization as well as creating a better user experience for donations in supporting the cause. Project involved interviewing our client to gain a better insight into their brand identity, a competitor analysis of similar nonprofit organizations, and a redesign proposal so far. Next steps involve creating iterations of user flows, wireframes, mockups, and development of website.

SKILLS Project Management Experimental Design Data AnalysisWireframing Sitemaps Content User FlowSurvey Design Programming Public Speaking

TOOLS Proficiency – Microsoft Visio, Balsamiq, R, MATLAB, SAS, SPSS, Java, Adobe PhotoshopWorking Knowledge - Microsoft Excel, Python, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Adobe Illustrator