Diego Corti portrait

Diego G. Corti, MA, MSc.

knowledge media interaction architect

1961, from Curio, Switzerland
Married 1990, two children 1995,1998
Jehanne de Hochberg 19, CH-2000 Neuchâtel
corti @ madepublic.com
+41 078 802 41 04
http://madepublic.com
http://madepublic.com/corti

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SUMMARY
  Highly creative and versatile Human Computer Interaction designer with ten years of experience in research, consulting, teaching and development, as well as the management of large corporate IT projects. I lead the design of a Document Review Management System at Oracle, U.K. and managed the web related projects at the University of Fribourg.
1rst Prize Award at the U. of London Computer Science Open Day. I founded the start-up madepublic Ltd. Liab. Co.. Especially skilled at evaluating and optimizing the use of IT in business and education environments. Excellent management, collaboration and analysis skills. Leading projects in the HCI field that focus on both research and development of effective computer mediated interactions with users.

SELECTED SKILLS
 

Background: MSc in HCI and MA in Psychology, literate and numerate, scientific research, computer programming
Domains: knowledge and media interaction, computer supported collaboration
Methods: qualitative and quantitative, ethnographic studies, user requirements, rapid prototyping, participatory development, usability evaluation
Roles: project manager, team leader, consultant, designer, researcher, teacher, entrepreneur
Traits: creative, adaptive, independent, supportive, communicative, stress tolerant
Tech.: Unix, Win, Mac, multimedia, databases, Flash, PHP, DHTML, CSS, Javascript, Perl, SQL, C
Other: guitar player, band leader, composer

EXPERIENCE

2003

Entrepreneur: madepublic Ltd Liab Co

1996-2003

Project manager: lead web team, U. of Fribourg, Switzerland.
Lecturer: HCI and Cognitive Psychology, U. of Fribourg.
Freelance: consultant, researcher and web designer,
Swiss Federal Office of Public Health, University of California San Diego, Open University KMI U.K.

2001

Researcher: Computer Supported Collaborative Work, Training and Education,
U.of Geneva, Pictet & Cie. Private Banking, Viviance, Geneva

1999-2000

Consultant: Document Review Management System,
Oracle Corporation U.K.

1994+1999

Researcher: Cognitive and Cross-Cultural Psychology,
Swiss National Science Foundation, Prof. J. Retschitzki.

EDUCATION

1999

Master of Science in Human Computer Interaction,
Queen Mary, University of London,U.K.
Thesis: Collaboration Patterns and Common Ground: Resource Costs Analyses as a Basis for Designing a Computer Supported Collaborative Document Review.
1st Prize Computer Science Department Open Day

1995

Master of Art in Cognitive Psychology,
University of Fribourg, Switzerland .
Thesis: Computer Assisted Analysis of Expert Sight Reading in Piano Performance.
Summa cum Laude - First Class with Honours

LANGUAGES
 

French: native
English: fluent Toefl 267
German: good
Italian: good

References available upon request