Dave Dixon |
User Experience
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Most of my career, whether in Business Intelligence or in illustration and graphics, has involved the User Experience. It's all about connecting with the person on the other side.
Government Contracting Lately (2015-present) I have been a contractor (and subcontractor) for various Federal agencies. Most notably, I have completely redesigned deliverables, both visually and functionally, for:
Personify, Inc. BI/Data Warehouse product and projects Based on user feedback from various clients before, during, and after Data Warehouse implementations:
Sprint-Nextel Corp. Change Management, Dashboarding and Scorecarding efforts I created data visualizations to help Ops Center management identify network issues and opportunities, developing manual visualization processes for portions of dashboards and scorecards that did not use readily-mined, database-sourced information. |
Analytics and Business Intelligence |
Distributed Solutions, Inc. 2016-Present
Senior Business Analyst
US Patent & Trademark Office 2015-2016 (contract via SalientCRGT) Senior Business Analyst, Functional Project Lead
Fonteva, Inc. 2015 (freelance) Business Intelligence Consultant
Personify, Inc. 2013-2015 Analytics Team Manager, BI/Data Warehouse Thought Leader and UX Lead
Strayer Education 2009-2013 Business Intelligence/Data Warehouse Analyst
Sprint-Nextel Corp. 1998-2009 Network and Data Analyst
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Art and Design |
Design and Illustration
Currently serving as Art Director for a mobile game in development by 3rd Degree Games, developing assets myself as well as curating and steering staff submissions. Additionally I am designing the UI for two games. 2016, 2011 Illustrated two editions of The Legal Guide To Video Game Development for the American Bar Association 2011-2014 Served as Art Director and principal designer for startup web network Rocketdemon Productions 2012 A comics-styled illustration I created noncommercially, for my family, generated over 430,000 hits on image-sharing site imgur.com Was tapped 3 years running to create the title-card graphics for 48-Hour Film Festival entries by Shankapotamus Films Prop fabrication 2012 I created a costume for ThinkGeek mascot 'Timmy the monkey', which has been worn by the mascot at large conventions including San Diego Comic-Con 2011 My build of a Steampunk-styled Portal Gun generated over 50,000 hits to the Replica Prop Forum in a single day, and won my client a cash prize at a gaming convention. |
Software Skills |
Business Intelligence and Data Analysis
Illustration and Design
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