Matthew Garvin
Objective
2nd year MSI student and doctoral hopeful specializing in UX/HCI/Social Computing seeking to gain relevant experience as a research assistant or graduate student instructor.
Education
- UMSI | Ann Arbor, MI
- MSI | 05/21
- UX/HCI/Social Computing
- GPA: 3.9
- World IA Day Chair | SOCHI
- Wayne State University | Detroit, MI
- BA | 05/17
- Four-field Anthropology
- Peer mentor/President Anthropology Undergraduate Learning Community
Experience
12/19 – current
UXR/HITL Coordinator | CLAWS (Collaborative Lab Advancing Work in Space) | Ann Arbor, MI
- Perform need assessment and usability evaluation on front-end design
- Constructing simulated test environment, task analysis and scenario development
- Recruiting, screening, scheduling and facilitating remote HITL testing
- Qualitative and quantitative analysis
05/20 – 08/20
UXR Intern | Tyler Technologies | Troy, MI
- Evaluated products for compliance with organizational heuristics
- Calculated speed/accuracy improvements on proposed vs. current design
- Performed remote usability testing, generated KPI benchmarks
- Qualitative and quantitative analysis
01/20 – 04/20
UX Consultant | IBM | Ann Arbor, MI
- Project Management
- Conducted high level need assessment and usability evaluation
- interaction map, user interviews, personas, comparative evaluation, survey, heuristic evaluation, usability testing
09/19 – 12/19
IS Consultant | GRDC | Detroit, MI
- Project Management
- Conducted contextual inquiry for requirements and need assessment
- Performed affinity diagram analysis
Awards & Acknowledgements
- International Delegation on Anthropology and Archaeology (2005) | Beijing, China
- Honors Transfer Scholarship (2011) | Dr. Irvin D. Reid Honors College (Wayne State)
- Peer Mentor | President Anthropological Undergraduate Learning Community
- Relevant certifications (MOOCs & IRB) – https://mtthwx.com/about/
Matt Garvin
Cross-functional mixed methods user-experience research designer with a background in anthropology and human-computer interaction
Want to work with me?
- Monday
- 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
- Tuesday
- 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
- Wednesday
- 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
- Thursday
- 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
- Friday
- 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed