I work with businesses to bring the best possible user experience to their customers via their web sites and applications. I have more than ten years experience cleanly and efficiently designing, prototyping and building digital media and software with an emphasis on usability. I've worked with award-winning design agencies, corporations and start-ups. Currently I'm working for projekt202, an interaction and visual design agency based in Austin, Texas.

Here are some of the things I do:

• Heuristic evaluations
• Wire frames
• Paper and rapid HTML prototyping
• User testing using the think-aloud/formative method (in person or remotely)
• Field interviews/Contextual inquiry
• User profiles and personas
• Use case and behavior documentation
• Graphic design
• Style guides/cookbooks/design patterns
• Detailed mockup and template build-outs in HTML/CSS
• Full site build-outs working with back-end developers
• Front-end team management

I have spoken on design iteration using paper prototypes at the Austin Product Marketing Management Forum and on web development to students in the Austin Community College Webmaster Certification program.

I can be reached at kyra (at) edeker.com.