Dave is a seasoned creative and UX director with over 18 years of experience in user experience design and research for major international companies. He has significantly influenced the design of products like SharePoint, led user experience innovation for various organizations, and transformed customer engagement through effective design strategies. His career spans multiple sectors, including sports, entertainment, and enterprise software, showcasing a strong ability to harness design, media, and technology to enhance user experiences.

1. curriculumvitae
Human Centered Design
Cross Group Collaboration
Mobile and Responsive Experiences
Prototyping & Ideation
Vision Casting
Project Management
C U R R I C U L U M V I TA E
CREATIVE/UXDIRECTOR
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DAVE
brings over 18 years of diverse accomplish-
ments in user experience design and research for a number
of international corporations. His passion is found in leveraging the
synergies around design, media and technology. Dave delights in exceeding
the user and business objectives, within the context of creating a compelling
customer experience with the product, service or content. He serves as a zealous
customer advocate with expertise in creating information architecture, visual interface
design, and usability testing to move the heart of the target audience to take action and engage.
Dave and his teams innovated new paradigms for collaborating and communicating across multiple
devices in a NUI environment for Office Labs. They transformed the user experience for the multi
billion dollar revenue generating product “SharePoint”. He has been a key part of evangelizing Metro
design principles across Microsoft properties. Prior to his role as a lead UX Designer in the Office Expe-
rience Group, Dave served as the UX Sr. Director, covering visual interface, information architecture
and media strategist for the NFL’s New Orleans Saints official site. He has provided innovative and
award winning user experiences for global clients such as Rockwell International, Panasonic,
Siemens, Mitsui, Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures, Boeing and Westin Hotels to mention a few.
He was hired to innovate, provide strategy, visual design, and information architecture and
user experience for the Scene IT DVD board game. He designed the user experience for
photo tools on DoCoMo cell phones, Nortel’s PDA’s, Kodak’s photo gallery, Sony &
HP iTV set tops and the Sega Dreamcast system. His experience mix covers a
blend of entertainment, consumer and business products, mobile,
games, and online experiences that delight customers
around the globe.
BRIEFPROFILE
Global UX Director Product & Labs
SAP/Concur - The world’s 3rd largest sofware company
Global Focus [Jan 2015 - Present]
National Creative/UX Director
Sinclair Broadcast Group - Largest Broadcast Media Co.
US Focus [May 2014 - December 2014]
Creative/UX Director
Picture IQ - Adobe spin off
International focus: US & Asia [Aug. 2000 – Apr. 2001]
Sr. Creative/UX Manager & LABS
Getty Images - iStock, ThinkStock, & Connect API
International focus: US & Europe [May 2013 - December 2013]
Lead UX Designer & Researcher
And Sr. Product Marketing Manager
Microsoft Office OXG, Labs, MSDN & Technet
Global Focus [June 2007 - May 2013]
Creative UX Dir. & Product Strategy
d | m | t synergi, inc. US, Asia & Europe Focus
[April 2001 - June 2007]
UX Design & Internet Business Dir.
WRQ - 23 Online Strategies Managed
International focus: US, Japan & Europe
UX Design & Marketing Director
Cendant Software/Sierra Online
International focus: US Asia & Europe
DAVELANDIS
dslandis@outlook.com
425 387 5391
15220 55th Ave SE, Everett, WA 98208
DESIGN
Adobe CC
HTML & CSS (basics)
Office Suite
InvisionApp
Others available upon request...
CONTENT MANAGEMENT
React & Node JS
SharePoint
Site Core
Broad Vision
Vignette Story Server
Microsoft TechNet
[20 Million users & over 3k pages of content]
Oversaw and implemented the design makeover of the 2.0.
Significantly improved page performance and launched new
editorial designs that resulted in a 6 point NSAT up-lift.
Provided rich customer insights through UX research.
technologies
impact
training
New Orleans Saints
[Official NFL Fan Web site]
Lead the UX design, information architecture on the full
redesign. Designed the interface and strategy for rich
media and interactive games for the site. The result:
Record breaking traffic, visitors increased 43%, page
views grew 233%.
SceneIT!
[DVD Interactive Board Game]
At its inception, I was brought onto design the original
UX and IA for this interactive innovation. The result: this
game transformed the standard, achieving international
award winning best seller status year over year. I
developed the patented technology for this solution.
Concur
[35 Million customers Spend and Travel Management ]
Lead the roll out of a new responsive product experience.
Transformed the companies UX processes, integrated new
product offerings and leveraged new technologies. I
owned the translation strategy, budget and deployment as
well as the global HIG (Human Interface Guidelines).
Sinclair Digital
[177 TV Stations across the US]
I was hired as the first employee of this new initiative to
design and develop a fully functioning UX Engineering
practice in Seattle. I lead the design strategy for reimaginig
both all the companies news, weather sports sites and mobile
applications as well as OTT experiences. I drove the vision
and design for their unique CMS soltuion.
Warner Brothers
[Creator of blockbuster films]
Provided design direction & hands on UX design and
IA for several major motion pictures. I did the screen
motion for Charlie's Angels, Swordfish, The 6th Day,
Assassins and Tales from the Crypt, etc..
engineeringexcellence
UXLT People Team [Volunteer Design Manager]
[Microsoft’s User Experience Leadership Team]
Windows Design Evangelist
[Microsoft’s Engineering Excellence]
Delveloped and delivered training across all of Microsoft
TCN UX Experts Advisory Council
[Microsoft’s Technical Community Network]
NW University [BA] + Special Studies @ UW & SPU
Windows Modern App “Devigner” Training
Scrum Master Certified - Product Owner
Microsoft Brand Training [96, 97, 07, 08, 10, 12, 13, 14]
Agile and Lean UX [And trained others]
Teamwork & Collaboration [Certified]
Getty Images
[Largest online media brand in the world]
Owned and improved the design & customer UX for 12
of the top stock brands. Transformed the way UX was
done by initiating the first fully equipped UX Research
lab integrating customer’s feedback into site
experience.
Microsoft Office: SharePoint & Labs
[$2 Billion revenue product - Enterprise & Search experiences]
Design lead for the Office Labs innovation team. Design lead for
the design makeover of version 2013 for Office. Drove the
experience design direction for the Office 16 Advanced Planning
for the SharePoint Enterprise team. Lead designer and UX
researcher for Server Tools Online sites (MSDN & TechNet).
Scenario Focused Engineering
UX Design & Research at Microsoft
Making Research Actionable
Customer Insights
Creating Effective Specs
Others available upon request...
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