Gordon Cindric

Building and leading a team of passionate user experience & product designers, helping companies create professional, domain-specific, and user-centered software.

Leading, mentoring, and working with other extraordinary designers to build an intelligent next-gen internal service desk portal for a big corporate client.

Working on a few big software products for clients in various domains with a team of 3 other great designers. Developing and implementing team-orientated workflows and best practices (implementing Abstract for design file versioning, design reviews, design sprints, weekly/monthly design R&D sessions) with the team. Using approaches like "atomic design" and "design systems" to keep big projects consistent and maintainable.

Designing brand & corporate websites, e-commerce websites, and web apps. Design of "Wave2Pay" Android and iOS mobile application for Intesa Sanpaolo Group. Video editing & animation (After Effects, Principle).

Designing for mobile (iOS, Android, WP) and the web. Working on in-house apps in the e-learning, e-book publishing & distribution, and speed reading domains (TookBook, Cheetah, Libar). Graphic design, print design, and branding.

• Designing apps for clients in various domains. Designing for mobile (iOS, Android, WP/W8), desktop, and the web. Product management, requirements gathering, user research, information architecture. Design for web and print (conference posters, brochures, business cards). Involvement in business and software architecture planning and team leadership.

Organization and logistics of IT events. Promoting software entrepreneurship, IT skill development, certification. Proctoring Prometric test center for Microsoft Technology Associate certification. Working with local students, Microsoft Student Partners, start-ups and ISVs. Working with the local technology park and universities. IT training, practical labs, Microsoft community meetups.

Leadership and coordination of Microsoft Student Partner activities with the local MSFT office. Promoting Microsoft technologies and certification to high-school and university students. Implementing free Microsoft resources and technologies into university curriculums. Promoting the local "Software Start-up Academy" and global "Imagine Cup" programs. Organizing and lecturing at monthly "Student Tech Clubs" and practical "Student Tech Labs".

Promoting Microsoft technologies and certification to high-school and university students. Promoting the global Imagine Cup contest. Part of the annual Microsoft WinDays conference content team (2012 & 2013). Organizing and lecturing at monthly "Student Tech Clubs". Designing and developing Windows Phone 7 applications.

Part of the Future Cities Institute Technology Team for the CEE region. User experience and interface design (Web, Windows Store, and Windows Phone). Basic frontend development of ASP.NET MVC 4. Graphic & web design. WordPress customization and SEO. MailChimp newsletter template design.

Business correspondence, communication, marketing, office management, etc.