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Larry R. Torrez

Cell: 202-716-3402 Email: email.to.larry@gmail.com

Portfolio: www.larrytorrez.com

QUALIFICATIONS

Gifted hands-on UX/UI designer and business analyst specializing in Human Factors engineering and user centric solutions for web-based applications. Extensive on time and on or under budget

Agile project management success for federal and commercial clients. Expert in delivering webbased interactive presentations. Virtuoso in UX/UI design, development and production in any operating language or application including wireframes, visualizations, JIRA application management, Javascript, JQuery, HTML 5, CSS, Axure/Visio, Bootstrap. Broad range of team leadership work for international corporations, the federal government and private industry.

EXPERIENCE

2013-2014, Business Analyst/Human Factors Engineer/Web Designer, Intergraph,

Alexandria, VA

Lead for design and development for new ARIMS (Army Records Information Management

System) Dashboard. Project lead for special project to create a “real time” data driven user experience showing key deliverable factors utilizing the latest html 5, css 3 and bootstrap design.

This involved creating wireframe screen mockups and visualizations, requirements documentation to working prototype utilizing JSON data to populate screens. Project was successful and well received by client.

2013-2014, Business Analyst/Human Factors Engineer, One Spring, Alexandria, VA

Document, design, and produce functions and workflow for Team Picasso for the U.S. Customs &

Border Protection’s Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) application. Expert in creating wireframe screen mockups and visualizations using Justinmind Prototyper. Provide significant experience in Agile software development and JIRA, the companion management tool. Specialist in user interface design (UI), user experience (UX), human factors engineering, knowledge management, information architecture, usability testing, and 508 compliance. Deliver visual design and modeling of systems and applications based on requirements gathered from subject matter expert stakeholders (SME’s). Develop workflows, interaction flows/information architecture, navigational flows and mock-ups including conditional logic and decision points to inform how best to build new products and services. Assess strengths and weaknesses to deliver working solutions for each production cycle. Consistently deliver successful process-solution program management support.

2010-2013, Human Factors Engineer- Business Analyst, Apex Systems, Inc., Springfield

VA

Served as human factors engineer for the U.S. Army’s Automated Movement and Identification

Solutions (AMIS) http://www.pdamis.army.mil

. Designed and developed AMIS graphic user interface. Kept all projects on time, on schedule and on budget. Consistently produced positive results derived from intensive user feedback. Implemented Agile scrum development techniques to deliver front end UX/UI design and measurable project management. Designed and developed all products to ensure Section 508 compliance.

2008-2010, New Media Manager, GDIT, Arlington, VA

New Media Project Manager/GUI designer for GDIT ’s global projects for the Department of

Defense Military Health System, Department of Defense Wounded Warrior Initiatives and the

U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Created designs and managed development of Flash-based modules for the Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record and its Single Sign-On Configuration

Management tool. Designed GUIs for Force Health Protection and Readiness ( http://fhp.osd.mil/ ), the Defense Health Services Systems ( www.health.mil/dhss ), and GDIT’s corporate subsidiary

Vangent ( www.vangent.com

).

2001-2008, Creative Director, HMA Associates, Inc. Washington DC,

Led all creative projects for this national multicultural marketing firm ( www.hmaassociates.com

).

Created high-quality, award-winning marketing materials, print, electronic, and digital media for national and international clients. Developed, managed, and conducted periodic market surveys and analysis. Created and managed all project guidelines, designs, and branding techniques and policies. Provided business solution recommendations to clients using the latest global communication strategies. Seasoned graphic designer with the ability visually capture clients’ messages and consumers’ imagination. Clients included the U.S. Centers for Disease Control &

Prevention ( http://www.cdc.gov

), the American Lung Association ( http://www.lung.org

), \ the U.S.

Department of Defense Military Health System ( www.health.mil

), and the Smithso nian Institute’s

National Museum of the U.S. Army ( https://armyhistory.org

).

1997-2001, Project Manager, United States Mint, Washington DC

Led and produced creative concepts, configuration management, and coordinated live release of the U.S. Mint main Web site and its children’s Web site www.u.s.mint.gov/kids (nominated for a

2005 Webby award for outstanding children’s website). Completed total redesign and promotion of the Mint’s main Web site in less than six weeks. Managed team of designers and developers for the Mint’s first e-commerce Web site named by The Financial Times as one of the top 20 most profitable e-commerce sites in the world. Led web design, project planning, budgeting and workflow processes for all web projects. Created all web design project planning, budgeting and workflow processes for management.

1992-1997, Production Manager, Fleercorp, Durham NC

Managed creation and production of high-quality trading cards for the National Football League, the National Basketball League, the 1996 U.S. Olympic Basketball Team, the Walt Disney

Company and Paramount Pictures. Each card line was an instant sell-out. Solicited, negotiated, and scheduled all vendors/partners to ensure cards were printed and delivered on time and under budget. Managed all efforts of the company’s in-house and vendor design/production teams.

Prepared timesensitive schedules, budgets, and coordinated the card lines’ entire creative, pre- press, printing and conversion process.

1985-1992, Officer, United States Air Force

Pilot. Cross-trained to Logistics Management. Managed 90 people in a warehouse operation with more than $250 million in assets. Reorganized warehouse operation resulting in best-run operation in the command. Served in Saudi Arabia (USMTM, Dhahran).

1979-1985, Production Artist, Walt Disney Company, Burbank CA

Trained in original character design and development, sculpture, animation, mural painting and graphic design production. Managed all finance, budgeting, scheduling and marketing efforts for

15-person department specializing in designing business plans, schedules, brochures and newsletters. Supervised all public relations and marketing projects for this section. Coordinated several video production animation projects and multi-media presentations.

Accomplishments

Project Manager and promoter, “Cards as Toys” concept for the Walt Disney Company. This interactive approach used to introduce and encourage trading card collecting to young children.

Concept first used for the Disney feature Toy Story , a critical and financial success still used today for marketing all Disney trading card products.

Illustrator , Carlitos Controls Asthma, the nation’s first original, bilingual comic book published by the American Lung Association targeting Hispanic children with asthma in the United States.

Created in-house productions for The Disney Company from in-park multimedia presentations to feature animation productions including The Little Mermaid and The Fox and the Hound.

Software/Web Protocols/Operating Systems/Languages

JIRA, Justinmind Prototyper, iRise, Axure, Balsamiq, Visio, Adobe Create Suite (Photoshop,

Illustrator, Flash, Fireworks, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Contribute, and Captivate), Final Cut Pro,

AVID video editing, Acrobat, WYSIWYG, Microsoft Office Suite, CSS, HTML 5, JavaScript,

XHTML, Action Script, J-Query, AJAX.

Education

MBA Campbell University

BS Political Science California State University

Clearance

BI Secret, DoD Secret

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