William Keel

William Keel

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  • About me

    Senior Product Manager of User Experience at Ansys, Inc.

  • Education

    • Virginia Tech

      2010 - 2013
      Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science

      Activities and Societies: Golden Key Honor Society, Computer Science Community Service, Creative Computing Studio Minor in Mathematics

    • Virginia Tech

      2020 - 2025
      Master of Engineering - MEng Computer Science 4.0 GPA

      Currently pursuing a graduate degree in Computer Science with a focus on Human-Computer Interaction.

    • New River Community College

      2007 - 2010
      Associate’s Degree Engineering

      Magna Cum Laude

  • Experience

    • Phoenix Integration

      May 2012 - May 2022

      As a Senior Application Engineer on the Engineering Services Production Team at Phoenix Integration, I was honored to work with a team of talented engineers, delivering world-class software services ahead of schedule. I was privileged to collaborate with some of the brightest minds in industry on some of their toughest problems. I enjoyed the many facets of my craft, including: •Traveling to represent Phoenix at conferences and training seminars.•Serving as a champion of user experience (UX) across the organization.•Writing and editing proposals for Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) contracts.•Getting nose-down in a compiler, leveraging my computer science background to develop software solutions to a broad swath of complex problems. Show less Responsibilities included deriving requirements and producing efficient solutions to complex problems for customers in industries like aerospace, defense, and automotive. • Designed and executed usability tests for Research and Development, presenting results to stakeholders. • Represented Phoenix while leading software training on-site at multiple customer locations. • Successfully completed numerous Engineering Services contracts ahead of schedule. • Regularly prototyped initial designs and interactive wireframes for use in design documents and requirements gathering. Show less

      • Senior Application Engineer

        Apr 2020 - May 2022
      • Application Engineer

        May 2015 - Apr 2020
      • Software Engineer

        Aug 2013 - May 2015
      • Student Software Engineer

        May 2012 - Aug 2013
    • Ansys

      May 2022 - now
      • Senior Product Manager, User Experience

        Apr 2023 - now
      • Product Manager, User Experience

        May 2022 - Apr 2023
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