Located in Brooklyn, NY.

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Gloria Petron

User Experience Research & Design

"Leadership is not something you do to people. It’s something you do with people."

- Ken Blanchard

My sincerest thanks to the members of the NYC Usability Professionals' Association who elected me president, effective September 2009. I will be working hard to continue the organization's tradition of success!

About Me

As a kid, I drew the human figure from my imagination. Then I went to art school and learned how to draw from a model. Far from being a squelch on my imagination, I discovered that this disciplined approach to drawing yielded far richer results.

Fast forward to the dotcom years, when I designed interfaces according to my perception of common sense. Then I went to work for a Fortune 100 company with a user experience team and learned about goal-directed design. Far from cramping my style, I discovered that this disciplined approach also yields far richer results.

Skills

  • Interviewing end users to determine tasks, needs, and goals
  • Synthesizing findings into recommendations for management
  • Developing project strategies that synchronize with other teams
  • Creating prototypes to work through interface challenges
  • Creating task flows, presentations, personas, and style guides
  • Team-building, mentoring, and project management