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Resume

For further information, do not hesitate to contact me
( daniele@mentegrafica.it ).

** Personal Details **
Nationality: Italian
Born: 1980.02.19


** Education **
- 2004
5 years degree in Industrial Design at Politecnico di Milano with the final disseration about Information Visualization.
It has been titled “Da Information Visualizazion a Information Visual Handling. Il progetto Kmap”.
It was about creating a new User Experience in using Graphical User Interface to understand and edit data.
The final outcome was an Flash based InfoVis Application.

- 1998
Qualification as geometrician (60/60)


** Methodological skills **

- User-Centered approach
- Use of a systematic approach to problem solving
- Deep analisys about UserExperience related topics for all digital media projects
- Knowledge and use of the tools of the Information Architecture tehory
- Continuos Learning and Researching about eLearning, Information Visualization and RichInternetApplication fields
- Use and knowledge of standards defined by international consortium
- Knowledge of OOP paradigm ( DesignPatterns, best practices, etc.. )
- Knowledge of JavaDoc



** Technical skills **

- RDBMS
PostgreSQL, MySQL
- Multimedia Developing
Lingo, ActionScript 1.0, ActionScript 2.0, ActionScript 4 FlashLite, Server Side Action Script, J2ME
- Web Developing
HTML, DHTML, Javascript, XHTML, CSS, XML, XSL, UML, AJAX, SQL, PHP, AMFPHP, Java



** Software skills **

- Multimedia Developing
Macromedia Director

- Web Developing
Macromedia Flash, Flash Communication Server, Flash Remoting, Dreamweaver
Macromedia Flex

- Coding
Eclipse, MTASC, SciTE, NetBeans

- 2D Graphic
Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator

- 3D Modelling
McNeel Rhinoceros
Kinetik 3DstudioMax, Autodesk Autocad, Think3 ThinkDesign

- General
Microsoft Office



** Languages **

Italian, English



** Work Experiences **

from 1998 till 2003 freelance stuff, mainly:
-- web-design / web-development
-- eLearning applications.
-- knowLedgeManagement application
-- Interactive presentation
-- small infovis solutions
-- teaching on programming languages and ActionScript related courses.


from january 2003 till now:
As a professional ( IT VAT NUMBER 01502870676 )
I offered ( and I offer ) these services to several clients in Italy and Europe:
-- design
-- development
-- research
-- consulting
-- education

About these fields:
-- Information Visualization
-- Knowledge Management
-- eLearning
-- Rich Internet Applications
-- RealTime Collaboration and Communication
-- Mobile applications
-- User experience

Note:
Since 1999, I have been collaborated as a multimedia designer and developer with several agencies in Italy; among others I would like to remember Gruppo36 (www.gruppo36.it) and dotland (www.dotland.it).

I also worked for a while at METID (www.metid.polimi.it) the eLearning center of Politecnico di Milano and with INDACO ( the Industrial design Department of Politecnido di Milano ).


** Other Activities **
I run a blog focusing mainly on infovis ( www.mentegrafica.it/blog ).

I was also one of the tutor assistant for a degree course at Politecnico di Milano focusing, among other topics, on InfoVis ( www.densitydesign.org ).

I collaborate as a writer with www.flashability.it,
an online magazine about UserExperience

I'm a moderator into the Adobe Italian User Group forum
( www.actionscript.it )


** Contacts **
dott. daniele galiffa
infovis designer and developer
Macromedia FlashMX Developer Certified

email: daniele@mentegrafica.it
msn: danielegaliffa@hotmail.com
skype: danielegaliffa
mobile: +39 335 57 53 078