About Me
Michael Grossman merged his skills in graphic design and multimedia into a career in User Experience Design after graduating with a B.S. in Jazz in 1989 from Hofstra University.
He has delivered projects for clients including Kenneth Cole, Merrill Lynch, Apple, Time Warner, NFL Properties, AOL, Toshiba and W&R Grace.
These projects include websites, intranets, thick/thin client interface design, kiosks, sales tools, CD-ROMs, investor relations presentations, and graphic design. He has been a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) since 1999 and has attended courses and conferences by leaders in the field of user experience including Jared Spool, Jakob Nielsen, Edward Tufte, Kim Goodwin and Clement Mok.
You can read my thoughts on User Experience Design on my blog.
Technology Tools:
Dreamweaver, Flash, Flex, AIR, Photoshop, Illustrator, Connect, Captivate, Contribute Web Publishing System, Acrobat, Director, Microsoft Office.
Conferences & Courses Attended:
- GEL 2008 with Mark Hurst - Featured Speakers: Alex Lee (OXO), Marissa Mayer (Google) and Bob Mankoff (The New Yorker)
- UI12 2007 with Jared Spool (full 5 day conference & courses)
- UI11 2006 with Jared Spool "Enriching The Experience" (full 5 day conference & courses)
- UI10 2005 with Jared Spool "Celebrating 10 Years" (full 5 day conference & courses)
- UI 2001 with Jared Spool (full 5 day conference & courses)
- UI 2000 with Jared Spool (full 5 day conference & courses)
- 1999, 2006 - Edward Tufte, “Presenting Data and Information”
- CHI '99 (full 7 day conference & courses) with Clement Mok and Jakob Nielsen
- Member of the ACM since 1999
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Why we need a dedicated customer listening channel
