Arun Ganesh

Experience

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  Nora Solutions

  May 2008 - Jul 2008

  Summer Intern, Indian Institute of Technology Madras

  Worked with a frontend end engineering team to completely design and implement the user interface of a web based sentiment analysis service.- Created high fidelity prototypes in Adobe illustrator- Wrote HTML+CSS to integrate the interface design in the frontend- Did user testing to improve the interfaces

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  BusRoutes.In - Public transport route wiki for India

  Mar 2009 - Dec 2012

  Founder and Designer

  Started a citizen led project to crowdsource public transport information and create online route planners for Chennai. Built on fully on opensource technologies with the aim of sharing knowledge for increasing public transit usage in the country.- Managed the design, development and outreach of the project- Designed the user interface and interaction flows for crowdsourcing data and displaying transit informationThe project led to many more citizen initiatives in various cities like chalobest in Mumbai and dtcroutes.in in Delhi- https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Chennai/Bus_Route_mapping_project- https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/Online-mapping-of-MTC-routes/article16881316.ece Show less

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  Redbus

  Mar 2011 - Jul 2011

  Design Research Intern

  Understanding the requirements of Indian travelers for online bus booking experiences and proposing interface and workflow improvements for the redbus.in website.- Creating a comprehensive research document on travel habits of Indian bus travelers- Creation of interface prototypes and workflows for desktop and mobile ticket booking experiences

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  Wikimedia Foundation

  Apr 2012 - Dec 2012

  Interaction Designer, Language Engineering Team

  Contracted to improve the user experience of language selection with the Wikimedia Language Engineering Team. Responsibilities included designing wireframes, creating interactive prototypes and conducting remote user testing for the Universal Language Selector that enables easy language selection from 250+ possible options.https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector

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  Studio 4th Main

  May 2012 - Feb 2015

  Founder and Digital Cartographer

  Founded an information design studio to experiment with open knowledge, digital cartography, interaction design, web development and sustainability initiatives at a home grown studio in the Himalayas.

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  Infinity Hackbase

  Jun 2013 - Feb 2015

  Co-Founder

  Setup a rural digital collective in Himachal Pradesh, working towards the adoption of open source tools and technologies in collaboration with the local people.We also started an annual arts+technology event called Hillhacks to promote the culture of making, inspired by the Chaos Congress.https://wiki.hackerspaces.org/Infinity

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  Tata Institute of Social Sciences

  Nov 2013 - Sept 2014

  Consultant (Digital literacy)

  Consulting on a pilot course on digital literacy using open knowledge projects for the National University Student Skill Development Program (NUSSD) in collaboration with the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education - TIFR and the National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT). - Conceptualize course outline and activities to achieve digital literacy mission goals- Creation and implementation of course activities at field testing classrooms at Talasari and Ahmednagar in Maharashtra- Designing a modular frontend for the learning software MetaStudio- Designing and implementation of user interface for NROER Show less

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  Mapbox

  Feb 2015 - now

  Managing the data validation operations and data integration projects in the map cartography team. - Designing and improving the workflow of a comprehensive data validation system on OpenStreetmap data with a team of engineers, designers and analysts- Using analytics to monitor the performance and provide automated feedback for the daily data operations of a team of 5 quality analysts- Scoping project engineering and design improvements using metrics and user feedback- Designing and implementing node modules for map data integration from multiple sources Show less Hired and managed a team of 20 data analysts responsible for strategic data creation and improvement projects on OpenStreetMap data, Wikidata and other third party map data providers.- Created and implemented a comprehensive training and on-boarding program for fresh graduates to confidently contribute complex and high quality updates to OpenStreetMaps- Worked across timezones with product and engineering teams to scope data projects and requirements for a team of 20 analysts- Created growth plans, regular 1:1s and took care of people management for a team of 10 analysts- Reinforced strong team principles to work in the open and had projects comprehensively tracked on public Github repositories with comprehensive workflow documentation.- Managed external communications with open data communities on blogs, wikis and Github ticketsThe work of the Mapbox data team is regarded as the reference standard of paid contributors to the voluntary OpenStreetMap project. The team made significant contributions to open resources like training guides, map editor plugins, data QA tools and working principles that are followed by similar data teams today. Show less

  • Cartographer - Boundaries

    Sept 2019 - now

  • Cartographer - Basemap

    Dec 2017 - Sept 2019

  • Data Team Manager

    Feb 2015 - Dec 2017