Sylvia A. Lowden

UX designer / prototype maker

Santa Barbara, CA

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UX designer, prototyper, and front-end developer committed to creating usable products that exceed business goals. Skilled in responsive web design, Sketch/Flinto for rapid prototyping, HTML5/CSS3/Javascript, JQuery, Angular.js, Python and multiple design tools.

Lately I have been doing quick-turnaround prototypes for startups looking to validate their value propositions.
Education
- Coursework completed Film & TV Production
  
  DeAnza Community College
  
  2009 - 2011
- B.S. Electrical Engineering Technology
  
  Purdue University
  
  1983 - 1988
Experience
- UX Consultant
  
  UX Consultant
  
  Santa Barbara, CA
  
  Feb 2014 - Present (8 years 2 months)
  
  UX consultant and individual contributor for security, Hadoop Performance Management technology, network monitoring and financial.
  - Respect Network
  - Driven/Concurrent (Acquired by Xplenty)
  - LogicMonitor
  - Portfolio Quest
- Owner
  
  Smarty Womyn
  
  Jan 2013 - Present (9 years)
  
  Online retailer devoted to providing merchandise that encourages young girls to study science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). I design and sell t-shirts displaying notable women of science, as well as, calendars, with other products coming soon.
  www.smartywomyn.com
- Teacher
  
  Girls Who Code
  
  Los Angeles, CA
  
  Jun 2016 - Aug 2016 (2 months)
  
  Lead class of 20 high school girls through the Summer Immersion Program of Girls Who Code. We were sponsored by the USC Marshall School of Business and hosted five+ speakers from industry in addition to our bootcamp approach to learning the following programming languages.
  • Python/Pygame
  • Arduino/C++
  • HTML5/CSS3/Javascript
- UX Manager, CourseWork
  
  Stanford University
  
  Oct 2012 - Feb 2014 (1 year 4 months)
  
  Managed user experience and user support team responsible for Stanford’s internal learning management system (LMS).
  Conducted user research and interaction design for web and mobile presentation of learning management system used by faculty and students. Served as product manager prioritizing features and developing product roadmap. Developed front-end HTML/CSS for individual tools within the LMS.
- Manager UX Research & Design
  
  OCLC
  
  Aug 2008 - Oct 2012 (4 years 2 months)
  
  Lead team of user researchers, interaction and visual designers in creating innovative solutions to problems faced by the world's libraries. Our products range from world wide catalogs to widgets on tablets and smart phones. Mobile use represents the majority of our research lately and mobile apps have been great fun to design!
- Manager, User Experience
  
  Packeteer
  
  Jun 2004 - May 2008 (3 years 11 months)
- Software Development Manager
  
  Entelos
  
  2000 - 2004 (4 years)
  
  Promoted from front-end web developer to software manager. Responsible for web and client/server product development for the patented PhysioLab technology that provides a framework for creating dynamic, large-scale computer models of human disease with focus on user interface design.
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GirlsWhoCode

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- Design Management
- Design Research
- DIY
- Final Cut Pro
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Flight Simulation for Bankers

Flight Simulation for Bankers from Sylvia A. Lowden

Flight Simulation for Bankers

Interactive Gaming Prototypes for Financial Training. BankersLab creates game simulations that teach crucial financial concepts to employees of large banks and other financial institutions.

I worked on three projects with BankersLab.
1. PortfolioQuest - a configurable online game designed to teach the basics of credit portfolio management.
2. CreditLab - a game to teach more advanced concepts of credit management.
3. AML/CFT Fundamentals - a game to teach how to recognize and respond to attempts to launder money or fund terrorism.

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Graphical results of shifting unemployment on credit losses and return on assets - partial screen of draft

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Flight Simulation for Bankers

Interactive Gaming Prototypes for Financial Training. BankersLab creates game simulations that teach crucial financial concepts to employees of large banks and other financial institutions.

I worked on three projects with BankersLab.
1. PortfolioQuest - a configurable online game designed to teach the basics of credit portfolio management.
2. CreditLab - a game to teach more advanced concepts of credit management.
3. AML/CFT Fundamentals - a game to teach how to recognize and respond to attempts to launder money or fund terrorism.

View Website

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Sylvia A. Lowden

UX designer / prototype maker Santa Barbara, CA