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Matthew Stroop

Matthew Stroop

Usability Consultant

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Technology Teacher at E.C. Goodwin Technical High School

  • Education

    • University of Cincinnati

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      Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Research and Experimental Psychology 4.0

      Activities and Societies: Emphasis on Human Factors Psy Chi - undergraduate psychology honors program

    • Central Connecticut State University

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      Post-graduate credits Educational/Instructional Technology 3.5

      EDT 500 Instructional Design and Evaluation IEDT 501 Message Design and ProductionEDT 512 Computer-Based InstructionEDT 521 Interactive Multimedia for Instruction I

    • University of Connecticut

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      Master's degree Ecological Psychology 3.5

      Activities and Societies: Center for the Ecological Study of Perception and Action - CESPA Emphasis on haptic and visual perception

  • Experience

    • IBM

      Oct 1999 - Jul 2005
      Usability Consultant

      Global Services; User-Centered Design Services. Usability consultant on numerous internal corporate web solutions. Worked on over fifty projects: frequently the sole usability consultant addressing all business and user requirements, usability, and UI design considerations. • Rapid prototyping, web site evaluation, task analysis, usability testing, etc. • Proficient in meeting deadlines and budget targets. Frequently wrote contracts and plans detailing activity deadlines and budget targets.• Evaluated and documented compliance with Web standards and good Web practices.• Assessed applications for accessibility requirements.• Expert in online questionnaire development and provided a cross-company educational session.• Evaluated and standardized work products for a thirty-person team on dozens of activities to raise the SEI efficiency rating from level two to level four. Show less

    • Hartford School District

      Sept 2009 - Aug 2021
      Technology Teacher

      Teacher of courses in web design, user experience, game development, programming, and mathematics. Skills: HTML5, CSS3, Python, Unity game engine, C# scripting, rapid prototyping (Axure RP, Balsamiq, Prototyper), competitive analysis, heuristic evaluation, personas, survey development, formal work product documentation, learning management system administration

    • Goodwin College

      Sept 2015 - May 2016
      Adjunct Instructor

      Teaching a required course on Microsoft Office 2013: Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

    • Pathways Entrepreneurial Labs

      Jun 2018 - now
      Website Design and Evaluation Senior Director

      Director of student-driven summer internship work on web design projects for external clients. Website creation work done in Wordpress. Clients include Sons of Thunder, a writing tutor, and CT Hart Cheer. "At the Pathways Entrepreneurial Labs, teams of high school students work with professional adult staff to create and run their own businesses developing advanced manufactured products, digital media and also website evaluation and development services for their customers."

    • Connecticut Technical Education and Career System

      Aug 2021 - now
      IST Instructor at E.C. Goodwin Technical High School

      IT instructor at a vocational high school. Topics leading to certifications range from Python programming and game design to web design and user experience. Soft skills relating to project management, digital citizenship, productivity software and presentations, and entrepreneurship are also covered. Professional background based upon IT experience as a usability consultant to a major IT firm. Administrates a learning management system using Moodle. Demonstrated proficiency of differentiated learning, classroom management, and lesson planning. Show less

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