Resume

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/