Angel J. Perez
UX Designer
Location
San Francisco, CA, United States
Toptal Member Since
July 13, 2016
Using an educational foundation with a doctorate in technology design, a master's in computational sciences, and bachelor's in physics, Angel has made significant impact at companies such as Nest, Microsoft, AKQA, and Bank of America throughout his professional career. He is a talented UX/UI designer with his finger on the pulse of the latest technology and communicates extremely well.
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Work Experience
2014 - 2015
User Experience Designer Lead
Nest
- Designed the UX for the Nest learning thermostat V3 head unit.
- Developed the Nest heat link interaction paradigm and feedback behavior.
- Created a series of services for Nest and energy companies partners.
- Identified and designed the feature set for the Nest learning thermostat European market.
- Redesigned the out-of-the-box experience for Nest installers in the EU market.
- Designed the UX for the Nest learning thermostat V3 mobile phone.
Technologies: Quartz Composer, Pixate, Adobe Creative Suite
2010 - 2014
Sr. UX Architect
Microsoft
- Designed the mapping tool services for operators to improve map models based on artificial intelligence algorithms.
- Designed new street-side map navigation paradigms to provide a more balanced focus vs. context equation for fully immersive or augmented reality displays.
- Designed consumer-centered marketing solutions to address brand management, retail transformation and return on marketing investment challenges. Also designed advertising monetization strategies for Microsoft new products and services ecosystem beyond traditional ad targeting.
- Created the concepts and experience designs to ensure new technologies transfer from product incubation to next version product release.
- Designed the new API’s and programming languages user research. Also did future technologies trend analysis and business strategy planning.
Technologies: XAML, C++, C#, JavaScript, Adobe Creative Suite
2009 - 2010
Sr Interaction Designer
AKQA
- Designed the concepts and strategies for web-based and mobile-based product experiences and digital campaigns.
Technologies: OmniGraffle, Adobe Creative Suite
2008 - 2009
Sr. UX Designer
Hands On Mobile
- Designed the concepts, strategies, and UI designs for mobile applications.
Technologies: Adobe Fireworks, OmniGraffle, Adobe Creative Suite
Education
2004 - 2006
Professional Doctorate in Engineering in User System Interaction Design
Eindhoven University of Technology - Eindhoven, Netherlands
2001 - 2003
Master of Science in Computational Sciences
San Diego State University - San Diego, CA (USA)
1994 - 1999
Licentiate Degree in Physics
Universidad de los Andes - Merida, Venezuela
