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Denis M Sweeney

Location
campbell, CA (US)
Work Category
Design
Currently working on...
Look for Quinly's iPhone/iPad version of the successful Android mobile application Bubbles. Search for "Bubble Magic" in the Apple Store

About Me

Denis is a Visual/Interaction Designer in the San Francisco South Bay Area of California. His Bachelor of Fine Arts degree is from Tyler School of Art/Temple University. He has over 15 years experience as a Graphic Designer, and over 10 years specializing as a User Experience Designer. His designs have won awards and been featured in San Jose Mercury News.
During his career, he has designed for many companies, including Apple, Compaq, Cisco, Dell, Obopay and Oracle, and industries ranging from Medical and Telecom to Security and Financial sites.
As an expert user of Photoshop, Illustrator and Visio/Omnigraffle and rapid prototyping tools Axure, and Dreamweaver, Denis is highly skilled at layout, design, prototyping and wireframing. Additionally he has experience designing and producing Marketing collateral, and doing web marketing.

Work Experience

  • Mar 2008 - present
    santa clara, CA (US)
    Visual/User Interface Designer
    Quinly.Com
    OBJECTIVE
    Use my Visual Design/User Experience skills to continue to explore the emerging areas of mobile and social platforms.
    PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
    QUINLY Santa Clara, CA 2008 - present
    Co-founder, Visual/User Interface Designer
    · Co-founder of Quinly.com, a San Francisco Bay Area company developing Apps for social networking and mobile devices.
    · Designed IA, HTML and CSS for Quinly.com and NoodleSquares.com.
    · Created graphics, HTML, CSS and page flows for Facebook apps Truth or Dare, About Friends, and Mafia Blood Bath; and for Android mobile app Bubbles Deluxe.

    CONTRACT POSITIONS THROUGH QUINLY

    EMC2/Acadia Santa Clara, CA
    Visual Designer
    · Created network diagrams and custom visual graphics simplifying complex technical concepts and configurations.
    · Created library of Visio stencils and templates for team to use.
    · Designed iPhone/iPad app for Acadia.
    Technology Employed
    Visio, Adobe Creative Suite
    OBOPAY Redwood Shores, CA
    Senior Interaction Designer
    · Translated visual designs into HTML and CSS.
    · Developed work- and interaction flows, wireframes, low fidelity mock-ups, navigational flows, and high fidelity prototypes.
    · Produced a site redesign, to improve usability, and expand functionality with a modular approach to allow Obopay site integration into hosted bank sites.
    Technology Employed:
    Visio, Adobe Creative Suite 4, Word, VMWare Fusion, Axure, Omnigraffle, Excel, Powerpoint
    INSIGHT GLOBAL AT CISCO.COM San Jose, CA
    User Interface Designer
    · Represented user experience team and worked closely with IT Analysts and Business Stakeholders on a portal project for improved communication and collaboration between Cisco support engineers, partners and clients.
    · Rapidly prototyped concepts and ideas into low- and high-fidelity mockups for enterprise applications.
    Technology Employed:
    Visio, Illustrator, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Acrobat, PowerPoint, Word, Snagit, WebEx Connect
  • May 2007 - Jun 2008
    santa clara, CA (US)
    Senior User Interface Designer
    Oracle
    · Actively worked to re-brand Hyperion products with the Oracle look-and-feel, and to integrate the Hyperion products with Oracle products and initiatives.
    · Created mockups for development teams looking to add functionality or make other changes to improve usability.
    Technology Employed:
    HTML, CSS, Dreamweaver/Notepad, Photoshop, Illustrator, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Visio, Flash, and Firebug for Firefox.
  • Jan 2004 - Nov 2006
    colmar, PA (US)
    Website/Visual Designer
    Dorman Products

Education

  • 1983 - 1987
    Bachelor's - Fine Art
    Tyler School of Art

Clubs & Organizations

BayCHI

Hobbies & Interests

Photography, swimming, drawing