UX/UI Consultant | MaxFx Solutions

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Education

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Haileybury Imperial Service College

Hertford Heath, Herts, UK

GCSE and A Levels

Loughborough University

Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK

BSc, Ergonomics and Human Factors

Duke of Edinburgh

Bronze and Gold Awards

Skills

Adobe Illustrator

Figma

Human Factors

Adobe XD

Balsamiq Wireframing

Problem Solving

Graphic Mac OS

G-Suite

UX/UI

WIX Website Creator

Mac OS

Managing Multiple Projects

Microsoft Office

5D Planner

Idea creation and linking

Experience

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Loughborough University

Sept 2007 - Jun 2008

Bar supervisor

I was responsible for managing a team of 20 people covering 2 bars in a venue of 4000 people.

This included:

Time management of staff shifts and breaks

Ensuring stock levels

Dealing with customer complaints

MOD, RAF, Henlow

Institute of Aviation Medecine

Noise and Vibration Devision

Feb 2012 - Sept 2013

Acoustic Consultant

I returned to the RAF after graduating as an acoustic consultant, this involved extensive project management and team supervision. Planing and conducting specialist noise and vibration measurements at various MOD sites. These included Environmental Noise, Impulse Noise, Occupational Noise, Hand Arm Vibration and Whole Body Vibration. Producing detailed reports based on British Health and Safety Standards and managing multiple, fast paced project with ever shifting deadlines and priorities.

MaxFx Solutions

Contract for Lockheed Martin UK

HMI Research Department

Mar 2014 - Jul 2014

Ergonomics/Human Factors Specialist

This role involved:

Developing HMI/UX/UI interfaces for land based vehicles for the MOD.

Advising and testing on physical ergonomics.

Organising and conducting physical testing with end users.

Ensuring user requirements were met by the design engineers.

MOD, RAF, Henlow

Institute of Aviation Medicine

Noise and Vibration Devision

DPS, Industrial Placement Year

Jul 2009 - Jul 2010

Acoustic Technition

As part of my degree I elected to do an industrial placement year at the RAF's Institute of Aviation Medicine.

My role involved visiting numerous MOD sites, measuring noise and vibration exposure levels of personal, analysing the data, producing reports and recommendations on exposure limits to conform with British Health and Safety Standards.

I was also responsible for the procurement of new equipment, and the redesign, role out and usability of the departments new data storage system.

MaxFx Solutions

Contract for Jaguar Land Rover

HMI Research Department

Sept 2013 - Mar 2014

Ergonomics/Human Factors Specialist

This role involved:

Researching new technologies to see if they could benefit JLR customers.

Providing HMI/UX/UI expertise to development teams both within research and mainstream teams.

Writing customer requirements for new features.

Managing multiple projects across multiple teams and vehicle lines.

User Testing.

Prototyping both physical and digital.

MaxFx Solutions

Contract for Jaguar Land Rover

HMI Department

Jul 2014 - Mar 2017

Ergonomics/Human Factors Specialist

This role involved:

Project Management of multiple projects across multiple development teams and vehicle lines.

Feature owner for complex user interaction features.

Writing customer requirements for personalisation, self learning car and Gen 2 HUD.

Often being asked to take over projects to sort out complex HMI issues close to the end of the development cycle.

Understanding the whole vehicle HMI, linking features and projects together to provide a seamless customer experience.

Wire-framing digital.

MaxFx Solutions

Contract for Bombardier

Ergonomics and Design Department

Mar 2017 - May 2017

Ergonomics/Human Factors Specialist

This role involved:

Working on the new London Underground Trains for the Elizabeth Line.

Working on the Great Eastern Rail network train design.

Creating documentation to ensure HMI requirements had been met.

Developing HMI/UX/UI for train cab control panels.

Conducting workshops with end users to ensure their requirements had been met.

Risk analysis of controls and safety systems.

Working with the engineering teams to ensure requirements had been met.

MaxFx Solutions

Contract for Jaguar Land Rover

HMI Department

Jun 2017 - Nov 2018

Ergonomics/Human Factors Specialist

I was asked to return to my JLR due to my unique and in-depth knowledge of the whole vehicle HMI in order to finish the delivery of the features I had previously been working on, winning a Technical Excellence Award for New Era Collaboration and releasing 3 features receiving 0 customer complaints in the first 24 months, these were:

Smart Settings
Self Learning Car
HUD Gen 2

I was also tasked with the design and development of the UX/UI for the Gen 3 HUD. This involved using augmented reality to deliver a number of useful user experiences. After testing and assessing the proposed hardware to deliver the AR HUD I, discovered that it was not fit for purpose and saved the company £96 million in development.

I worked on a number of other features including, Clusters, 4x4i, InControl, PIVI, Low Traction Launch, Wade Mode, Clear Site Mirror and ADAS.

MaxFx Solutions/Hestia Phoenix

CEO

Property Developer

Nov 2018 - Feb 2021

After the unexpected and sudden passing of my father in Dec 2017, I decided to take a break from UI/UX work and spend time with my family.

During this time I started property development, at the same time as dealing with a young family and the buyout of my father's company shares on behalf of my mother.

During this time I learnt to:

Project manage large complex building projects.

Budget and source materials.

Manage and coordinate deliveries, teams and tasks.

Self motivation and communication.

Vencasa

Head of UX/UI

Proptech Startup

Feb 2021 -

My current role is working for a property technology start up as a UX/UI consultant.

Working for a startup means I have to adapt and change what I am working on and get involved anywhere help is needed.

I have been solely responsible for:

Customer Journey
Wireframe Design
UI/UX requirements
Market Research
Managing the development team
Testing

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Examples of Published Work

MOD, RAF, Henlow

Institute of Aviation Medecine

Noise and Vibration Devision

DPS, Industrial Placement Year

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Think Differently.

Did You know that ADHD allows an individual to think differently to others? It allows people to manage multiple projects with ease and allows them to see a more wholistic view of a project often linking ideas together to give a better experience. They also work extremely well under tight impossible deadlines. If you combine this with Dyslexia which is a totally different way to wire someone's brain it produces a person who can manage multiple projects, under extreme pressure and deadlines, while having an overview most people would struggle to understand. They can also see a project in 3D allowing them to see solutions to problems no one has thought of yet.

They may not have the detailed programming or engineering knowledge to solve the problem directly but often they can spark the idea that leads the team to the solution much quicker. An example of this is an idea I was told was impossible to solve by the programmer after a quick meeting to discuss my way of doing it I was told the developer would think about it. An hour later after being told it was impossible he came to tell me he had sorted it and it was implemented for the customer.

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