Tansy Peplau has a Master's degree in Human-Computer Interaction from the University of Maryland and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Saint Lawrence University. She has over 5 years of experience in UI development, UX design, and user research. Her skills include HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Java, MySQL, usability testing, prototyping, and design methods like personas. She has worked as a UI developer for Interfolio and as a UX consultant.

1. EDUCATION
TANSY PEPLAU
Master of Science, Human-Computer Interaction, School of
Information Studies, University of Maryland
August 2011 - May 2013
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, Saint Lawrence
University
Sept 2007 - May 2011
tansy.amelia@gmail.com
661 524 5269
tansyamelia.com
3300 Ginger Tree Ct.
Fairfax, VA 22030
TP DEVELOPMENT
HTML
CSS
JavaScript
Java
MySQL
Processing
Arduino
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
PROTOTYPING
Omnigraffle
High/low fidelity
Wireframing
DESIGN METHODS
User-centered design
Participatory design
Affinity diagramming
Personas
USER RESEARCH
Usability testing
Qualitative Analysis
Contextual inquiry
Heuristic evaluation
Interviews
Task analysis
Focus group
Wizard-of-oz
Survey design
Requirements
Card Sorting
Mental Model
Skills
WORK EXPERIENCE
UI Developer
Interfolio Inc. Washington, D.C.
Sept 2015 - Present
- Worked as member of engineering team to produce tools in
AngularJS for users to accomplish conplex workflows
- Worked with lead UX Designer to develop and conduct user
research including surveys, click-task analysis, mental model,
etc.

2. WORK EXPERIENCE CONTINUED
TANSY PEPLAU
TP UI Design S.M.E.
Enlighten IT Consulting / Hanover, MD
Aug 2014 - Present
- Lead assessment and redesign for existing products to reflect
more efficient usability
- Lead designer for new solutions of analytics tools and system
administrator tools
- Lead designer in charge of refocusing image and theme of web
applications and tools through the company
Lead UX Developer
Center for Advanced Transportation Technology / College Park, MD
May 2013 - Aug 2014
- Assessing current projects to improve ease of understanding
and usefulness to users
- Designing new technologies to surpass current market options
in both appeal and usability and usefulness
Software Developer
Center for Advanced Transportation Technology / College Park, MD
Feb 2012 - May 2013
- Worked with a team to build an application to visualize data
recorded by traffic detectors
- Built applications to be easily understandable through graphs,
charts, and exportable tables
Internship - Application design and quality assurance analysis
Center for Advanced Transportation Technology / College Park, MD
Summer 2012
- Qualitative/usability analysis of an application in development
- Convenience sample user study after iterations to improve
design and usability
Consultant
Converge Networks Corporation / Bethesda, MD
Sept - Dec 2011
- Performed research for product comparison
- Edited bid/proposal documents
- Migrating company documents and information to Sharepoint
tansy.amelia@gmail.com
661 524 5269
tansyamelia.com
3300 Ginger Tree Ct.
Fairfax, VA 22030

3. WORK EXPERIENCE CONTINUED
TANSY PEPLAU
TP UMASS Research Experience for Undergraduates- Adaptive
Gaming lead by Dr. Andy Barto
Summer 2010
- Researched and designed an adaptive game of pacman to be
furthered during undergraduate senior thesis
iMagine Research Experience for Undergraduates -Efficient
Processing of Hyperspectral Imaging lead by Dr. Stefan Robila
Summer 2009
- Researched methods for facial recognition using hyperspectral
imaging and orthogonal subspaces
tansy.amelia@gmail.com
661 524 5269
tansyamelia.com
3300 Ginger Tree Ct.
Fairfax, VA 22030