Resume (English)

RESUME (CV)

Usability - interaction design - UX research

Jordi Sánchez (ramsys@gmail.com)
Mallorca (Spain)
Born: 1973

SUMMARY

Jordi Sánchez is an Information Systems Engineer who tries to develop his work in the border areas between human and computers, and between research and real projects. He has worked at the Institute of Computer Technology (ITI) in Valencia, Spain, as a Project Leader on projects related to software usability and accessibility. He is also working on his HCI master's thesis about User-Centered Design. He occasionally writes on his personal web page, jordisan.net and he's also at Twitter: twitter.com/jordisan

In his ordinary work, he manages and performs usability and UX projects: he develops and documents heuristic usability evaluations and accessibility evaluations; he prepares, runs and analyzes usability tests with users; he designs and reviews interface prototypes; he discovers and specifies user needs by mean of documents like use cases and "personas"; he works together with development teams to incorporate User-Centered Design techniques; he delivers courses and fomenting activities; ...

EDUCATION

• Currently studying Master in Human-Computer Interaction at Lleida University.
  
• May 2006, Computer Science Engineering at University of the Balearic Islands (UIB), after submitting final project 'Análisis de accesos a un servidor web de contenidos dinámicos (Analysis of accesses to a dynamic contents web server'); qualification: 9 (excellent).

Previously

• 1994, Degree in Computer Science, University of the Balearic Islands (UIB).
• 1991, University entrance examination; qualification: 7,525.
  
• 1990, Secondary Education Degree, Instituto "Virgen de San Salvador", Felanitx.
  

LANGUAGES

• Spanish (native language); Catalan (fluent).
• English written and spoken.

WORK EXPERIENCE

• May 2009-Dec 2011, Project Leader in Usability and Accessibility at the Software Engineering and Quality of the Instituto Tecnológico de Informática (ITI) in Valencia, Spain.
• 2007-May 2009, researcher of the SQUaC (Software Quality, Usability and Certification) group at the Instituto Tecnológico de Informática (ITI) in Valencia, Spain.
• 1997-2007, employee at "SA NOSTRA" Caixa de Balears in different IT departments.

Previously

• 1996-1997, intern of UIB (University of the Balearic Islands) at "SA NOSTRA" Caixa de Balears.
• November 1995 - January 1996, teacher of a Computer Science module in Instituto Balear de Nuevas Profesiones.
• Temporary private tutoring for 5 years, for kids between 8-18 years old.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Knowledge and experience in Usability and User Centered Design techniques and tools: heuristic evaluations, user testing, prototyping, etc.
  
• Knowledge and experience in web standards and technologies: HTML, JavaScript, XML, CSS, etc.
• Software quality experience: usability and accessibility; software testing.
• Juny 2008: The web and its psychology. Usability factors (Centro de Formación Permanente at the UPV).
• February 2007: Web Accessibility and Usability course of CTIC foundation (head office of W3C in Spain).
• March 2006: Specialization Course in Usability Methodologies organized by Ainda.info and Evolucy.

Previously

• Design and implementation of web applications (Internet and Intranet) using Lotus Notes Domino:
  - Participation in the development and maintenance of public web site of "SA NOSTRA" (http://www.sanostra.es)
  - Creation of the electronic organization directory at "SA NOSTRA" Intranet
  - Etc.
• Use of Macromedia web tools: Dreamweaver, Flash.
• Participation in the maintenance of electronic banking of "SA NOSTRA" (http://www.sanostra.net)
• Development of Java/J2EE applications using different tools: Visual Age; Eclipse; etc.
• Advanced knowledge and development of Microsoft Access applications.
• Advanced knowledge of ofimatic applications: text processing, spreadsheets, databases, email, etc.
• Experience in several development environments: Adabas, Natural, Oracle.

PAPERS AND CONGRESSES

• Jordi Sánchez. The $300 million button. What is usability, and why should I worry about it. Speech at VLCTESTING 2011 (Valencia).
• Jordi Sánchez. Psychological Usability Heuristics. UX Magazine, September 2011.
• Jordi Sánchez. In search of User-Centered Design (UCD): definitions, techniques and a proposal. No Solo Usabilidad, nº 10, 2011. ISSN: 1886-8592
• Is Joomla! usable? Speech at Joomla! Day 2010 (Valencia).
  
• Jorge Sánchez Sánchez, Rosa M. Gil Iranzo, Marta Oliva Solé. Towards an integrated tool for a real user-centered design. Lectures in the XI International Congress of Human Computer Interaction (Interacción 2010), in Tercer Congreso Español de Informática (CEDI 2010). ISBN: 978-84-92812-52-3. Valencia, Spain, September 2010.
  
• Jorge Sánchez, Tanja E.J. Vos. WEB ACCESSIBILITY: a glance to three public web sites in Spain.  Reicis (X JICS special issue) vol 4, n. 2. ATI (Asociación de Técnicos en Informática), 2008. ISSN 1885-4486.
• T.E.J. Vos , Jorge Sánchez, Maximiliano Mannise. Size Does Matter in Process Improvement. Testing Experience, n.3. Díaz und Hilterscheid Unternehmensberatung GmbH, 2008. ISSN 1866-5705.
• Mannise, M.; Sánchez, J.; Vos, T. Mejorando el testeo en las PYME ¿Cómo empezar? (Improving testing in SME. How to start?)  JTS2008 proceedings, UPV editorial, 2008. ISBN 978-84-8363-271-0.
• Accesibilidad web: principios, mitos y algunos ejemplos prácticos (Web accessibility: principles, myths and some practical examples). Speech at Expo:QA 2007.
  
• Sánchez, J.; Vos, T. Recetas para el Diseño de Casos de Testeo (Recipes for test-case design). JTS2007 Proceedings, UPV editorial, 2007. ISBN 978-84-8363-166-9.

PERSONAL PROJECTS

• Articles in personal web site http://jordisan.net; some of them in English: http://jordisan.net/english/
  
• Founder of favoritious
• Founder of blog METAeuFORiAS

OTHER INTERESTS

• Driving license.
• Fond of reading, sports, aquarium and other pets ...