Andrew McKinney
mckinney.drew { at } gmail.com – (773) 951-5121Objective
Work with a creative team to develop technology-based products and services.
Education
Masters Human-Computer Interaction Design 2008 – present
Indiana University School of Informatics, Bloomington, IN
- Associate Instructor & Guest Lecturer
- Professional Development Chair, GISA
Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science 2001 – 2005
Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, Michigan
- Studied abroad for seven months in Bonn, Germany
Recent Design Projects
MotionMusic
- Patent pending: musical toy design effort. Four accelerometers on a persons hands and feet control music generation. Designed for children and young adults.
Audi User Experience Review
- Consulting partnership with FactoryLabs in Denver. I worked with their team to design and test site improvements for AudiUSA dealership sites.
Disney Remote Artist Collaboration
- Designed and prototyped system for Disney animators to collaborate with off-site talent
Work Experience
Disney Animation Studios Summer 2009
Interaction Design Graduate Associate
- Worked with the Interaction Design team on a variety of technology-oriented projects for collaborative work with both animators and support staff.
- Lead two key projects: Remote Artist Collaboration and Disney Project Management Design. I consulted on a variety of projects as well.
Deloitte Consulting, Chicago, IL 2005 – 2008
Business-Technology Consultant 2007 – 2008
Business-Technology Analyst 2005 – 2007
- Worked directly with clients and project teams to fulfill client needs in both strategy and technical roles; led work-threads, presented to clients, provided solutions
- Industry focus included Health Care, Print Media and Financial Services
- Project roles included Integration Lead, Software Architecture Lead and Functional Lead
- Responsibilities include functional-to-technical; leading development teams, reviewing functional requirements with clients, leading user testing sessions
Red Vector Design 2004 – 2005
Flash Developer/PHP Front-end
- Designed and developed websites and applications for various clients including small business, E-commerce and non-profit
- Transitioned summer internship to part-time work
Other Experience
Inkitecture.com, Chicago, IL 2008 – Present
Co-Founder
- Led design direction and front-end work (Ruby, HTML, Javascript, iPhone optimization)
- Responsible for interactive direction of all sites under portfolio
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN2008 – Present
Associate Instructor
- Acted as full-time Associate Instructor for Indiana School of Informatics
Skills
- Ruby, Java(J2EE), HTML, CSS, Javascript, ActionScript, XML
- Adobe Suite including Photoshop, Flash and some Flex
- Expertise in software and electronic physical prototyping, software architecture
Professional experience with all technologies listed above
Awards
- Apple iPhone ‘Staff Pick’ for Craigsmonitor.com
- Deloitte Marketing Design Competition 2006
- Honors dissertation: “New Media and the Internet”, 2004
- Provosts Award in Classics, 2003