9175 Judicial Drive Apt 6335 San Diego CA - 92122 http://preethamnagaraj.com PREETHAM M. NAGARAJ (312) 804-8549 mnpreetham@gmail.com EMPLOYMENT UX/Front End Engineer Illumina Inc., San Diego September 2014 - Present BaseSpace  Lead the Front end development for the new BaseSpace help site.  Designed the layout and interaction to improve the functioning and contextual utility of the site.  Developed high fidelity mockups to demonstrate interaction.  Conducted usability tests for a business priority feature and worked closely with product owners and developers on the requirements and design.  Conducted usability research and analysis of the Search feature and developed a new approach for analyzing features within BaseSpace.  Worked in Agile methodology as part of small scrum teams. UX/Front End Designer, Intern Sage Clarity Systems, Chicago May 2013 – Aug 2013 Replay Analytics – http://mindovermetrics.com  Designed the UI for Replay Analytics®, a web based data analytics application for data analysis in the form of visual charts.  Developed prototypes using tools like Axure RP and Balsamiq mockups.  Improved the navigability after conducting usability tests and user interviews.  Enhanced the appearance of dashboards by defining modern look and feel for visual elements.  Implemented data charts and time sequencing functions in Java & ExtJS and site tracking in JavaScript which increased the visitor engagement. Graduate Web Developer University of Illinois, Chicago Nov 2013 – May 2014  Developed WordPress multisite plugin in PHP – http://publish.uic.edu  Maintaining the web hosting service options across virtual machines using MySQL.  Developing scripts in Perl to manage the web hosting services on Apache Linux server.  Providing support to various technical problems across the users of the university computing resources. LANGUAGES AND TECHNOLOGIES  HTML5; CSS3; JavaScript; jQuery; AngularJS; C++; Java; MySQL; C# .NET  Git; Axure RP; Visual Studio; Bootstrap; WordPress; Illustrator; Photoshop EDUCATION Chicago, IL University of Illinois Aug 2012 – May 2014  M.S. in Computer Science with Specialization in Human Computer Interaction, May 2014. GPA: 3.11/4.0  Graduate Coursework: User Interface Design; Multimedia Systems Design; Computer Graphics; Algorithms; Information Retrieval; Software Engineering. Hassan, India Visveswaraya Technological University Sep 2008 – June 2012  B.E. in Information Science and Engineering, June 2012. GPA: 8.82/10  Undergraduate Coursework: Computer Graphics; Management Information Systems; Service Oriented Architecture; Database Design; Algorithms; Discrete Math; Operating Systems. TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE Masters Project  CarNav (2014) – (Android App) Developed an android based mobile app for car navigation system in an outdoor parking space. Uses outdoor localization and geospatial database design techniques. UX Projects  Antscillary (2013) - (Game Design) Developed an outdoor game for children based on ant behavior. Ideas of Participatory simulation and embodiment in learning environments are used.  Dainik (2013) – (Home Automation) Developed interface for a big screen family assistant device. Consists apps for users in a family space with demanding diversity of applications.