Claudia Wai Yu

1 Mandalay Place #1608
South San Francisco, CA 94080
Mobile (408) 838 7998 or Home (650) 273 1320
[email protected] or [email protected]

EDUCATION

Coursework:

·Mechanical Engineering
·Computer Science
·Math and Computational Science
·Electrical Engineering
·Computer Technology in Medicine
·Engineering Economy
·Materials Science Economics
·Courses in Kyoto, Japan
·Digital Media
·Psychology of Interfaces
·Design (Needfinding, Formgiving, Manufacturing

Projects:

·Alternative energy system analysis for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan
·Designs for water pumps, crawlers, bed lifting apparatuses, food packaging, Target, school supplies, toys, flexibility devices, cooker interface for Haitians, slideshows, graphics, art, photo
·Computer programs for surface rendering from MRI data, games, screensavers, and text editors

EXPERIENCE

·Redesign wholesale group intranet
·Design new interface for FIONA, a complex property loan application

·Administer ethnographic user interviews with customers, synthesize results into a user requirements design report
·Verify designs through iterative usability testing with the Echouser magnitude estimation metrics
·Lead and managed several design projects with multiple teammates in multiple time zones
·Achieve close adherence to UI designs with constant review of implementation against guidelines
·Illustrated design spectrum from start to end- visual design (icons), interaction design (design documents), and prototypes

·Greatly improve the usability of the open source Eclipse-based business intelligence and reporting tool
·Produce mockups of new web reporting designer tool
·Fill the role of visual designer by creating icons, standards, color schemes
·Conduct usability research

·Design complex interface of web-based business intelligence product
·Collaborate to produce user research, conceptual design, detailed design, documentation, and communication
·Expand knowledge of company's integrated set of analytic products
·Pioneer design team to become a vertical group in the company

Panasonic Design Company, Product Designer, Fukuoka, Japan
July - Sept. 2002

·Design cordless phone for the American female user to be released in 2004
·Create new value and differentiation through numerous sketches, drawings, and hand-made models
·Complete market research on competitor product trends and analysis of user needs

Silicon Storage Technology Inc., Linvex Product Line Supporter, Sunnyvale, CA
June - Aug. 2000

·Study wafer maps and yield enhancement
·Develop a more efficient Excel template to analyze complicated backlog and invoice data from Oracle
·Initiate digitization of chip bonding diagrams

Nuclear Medicine Department, Stanford Hospital, Research Assistant, Stanford, CA
Sept. 1999 - June 2000

·Research effects of radioimmunotherapy on cancer
·Author for "The Effect of Adapting the Administered Dose to the Effective Half-life of the Agent in
Radioimmunotherapy", European Society of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) Paris, 2000

Sina.com, Marketing Assistant, Hong Kong
June - Aug.1999

·Plan promotions and events leading up to website's debut in Hong Kong
·Negotiate with the Hong Kong radio and press
·Coordinate research on users and needs

Accountant and Event Coordinator, Adler Jewelry, Hong Kong
July - Aug. 1997 - 1999

·Technically assist in financial administration
·Prepare financial studies and evaluations

·C, HTML
·Oracle SQL
·Visual Basic
·Turbo Pascal
·Adobe Premiere and Adobe Photoshop
·Macromedia Fireworks and Macromedia Dreamweaver
·Final Cut Pro
·Solid Edge
·Matlab
·Windows
·MS Office and Frontpage

FOREIGN LANGUAGES

·Fluent in Cantonese
·Able to work in Japanese
·Conversant in French
·Working knowledge in Mandarin

·Society of Women Engineers
·Kids With Dreams - disabled children swim instructor
·Stanford Society of Asian American Engineers
·Senior Outreach Concert Series Program Director
·Intel Computer Clubhouse mentor
·Alpha Kappa Delta Phi Sorority Alumni chair, Historian, Sisterhood chair, Gift creator, and Secretary
·Exploring New Worlds coordinator - engineering conference for elementary school students
·Glass Flameworking, photography, El Wire skills, fashion design
·Hands on San Francisco volunteer

·Cum Laude Society, Kent School
·Horace Schiedt Chemistry Prize
·Harvard Club Book Award
·Scholastic Silver Art Award
·Math Team Award
·Photo published in Yellow Pages, Yale student magazine