Producer of Human Experience
2000 – 2006
PLANETii USA, Inc.
New York, NY & San Jose, CA
www.planetii.com

• Team Leadership & Management: Acted as head of Research and Content teams, defining our product direction and managing its development and deployment. Managed Content and Design teams on a tight budget and timeline in the development of a database of 30,000 multiple-choice questions with visual aids for students K-6, replete with cross-referenced data to personalize questions to each user.



• International Teamwork: Collaborated with and trained team members in Hong Kong, cutting our production costs and enabling translation of our entire curriculum into Chinese.



• Mockup Development: Conceived many ideas for product features, transforming them into designed page mockups for team review, which were then translated into design and tech specifications for development.



• User Research & Testing: Performed initial user research for company. Visited schools, performed focus group activities, and conducted online research. Produced detailed user profiles to aid in product development.
  
  Designed and conducted full Beta Test effort for our company, analyzing the results of both user testing and online surveys to prepare clear and actionable recommendations for our launch product.



• Product Requirements Analysis and Development: Met frequently with other business unit leaders to determine product features and requirements, translating these into prioritized action items for members of content, design, and technology teams.



• Building a Networked Curriculum: The backbone of PLANETii's innovative math learning experience is an intelligent "networked" curriculum. From the beginning we analyzed curricula from the U.S., Singapore, and Hong Kong to create a "super-curriculum" that satisfied multiple countries' curricular requirements.
  
  I then planned the development process for our database of 30,000 multiple-choice questions, complete with various tagged fields to input meta-data which then could be accessed to further personalize the user experience.



• Algorithm Development: Developed logic for intelligent algorithm for central K-6 “networked” mathematics curriculum (applied for patent in 2002). The resultant engine was combined with our “networked curriculum” to precisely serve students with questions based on their prior performance, as well as provide intelligent suggestions for teachers and parents on how to shore up a student’s weaknesses and build on his/her unique strengths.