Paul Vermette II
Ithaca,NY
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
User Experience Strategist
Booz Allen Hamilton
06.2022 - Current
- Designed over 50% of new Navy platform with over 200 daily users.
- Participated in design review meetings to brainstorm new UX developments through collaborative thinking.
- Identified, documented and reported on technical factors impacting interface performance.
- Presented UX designs and solutions to senior staff, evangelizing for user-centric design decisions.
- Analyzed user feedback to influence future UX updates, ameliorating user concerns and pain points during subsequent patch cycles.
Research Assistant
Cornell University
01.2020 - 06.2022
- Facilitated user interviews and prototyped solutions for visually impaired smartphone users, research paper was published in ASSETS '22.
- Led user research for biomedical engineering product prototypes, enhancing design decisions.
- Strengthened interdisciplinary team communication and R&D methods.
- Conducted user tests to optimize usability and functionality of products.
- Provided UX leadership and training to Biomedical Engineering Project Team, addressing user needs for numbing retaining devices.
Education
Master of Sciences - Human Computer Interaction
05.2025
Bachelor of Sciences - Information Science
06.2022
GPA: 3.68/4.3
- Dean's List [Each Semester]
- Completed course in Human-Computer Interaction
- Completed course in Advanced Human-Computer Interaction: Qualitative User Research Methods
- Research Project: "Understanding How People with Visual Impairments Take Selfies: Experiences and Challenges" Accepted poster at ASSETS ‘22 (59% acceptance) Ricardo E. Gonzalez Penuela, Paul Vermette, Zihan Yan, Cheng Zhang, Keith Vertanen, & Shiri Azenkot. Contributed design guidelines for creating accessible selfie-taking applications.
Skills
- Usability Testing
- Persona Development
- User Journey Mapping
- Data Analysis
- Interviews and Surveys
- Prototyping
- Information Architecture
- A/B Testing
- Stakeholder Collaboration
- Ethnographic Research
- Accessibility and Inclusive Design
- Wireframing
Tools
- Figma
- Adobe XD
- Sketch
- UserTesting
- Optimal Workshop
- Hotjar
- Usabilla
- InVision
- Lookback
- Crazy Egg
- Miro
- Qualtrics
Timeline
User Experience Strategist - Booz Allen Hamilton
06.2022 - Current
Research Assistant - Cornell University
01.2020 - 06.2022
Rochester Institute of Technology - Master of Sciences, Human Computer Interaction
Cornell University - Bachelor of Sciences, Information Science
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