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Klarence OuYang

ux engineer, ux/ui architect, design technologist

Career Summary

Innovative, design technologist with 10 years’ experience working with multi-functional teams and global business & IT units. Creative cross-functional leader credited for a collaborative design and development process. Agile and usability specialist skilled at improving productivity and efficiency, and decreasing time to delivery and increasing customer satisfaction.

Work History

Lead UI Engineer, Design Systems – present

Castlight Health

Bridging the gap between our designers and engineers.
Developing and maintaining internal design system, a cross-platform pattern and component library built in (SASS(SCSS), HTML, and JS (Angular & Ionic)

UX/UI Design Teaching Assistant ( Berkeley Bootcamp

Trilogy Education (part-time)

24-week bootcamp covering UX Design, UI Design, and Frontend Dev Principles. Including topics like Human-centered Design Thinking, Interaction Design & Web Prototyping.

UI Developer

SRS Consulting

Client - First Tech Credit Union. Worked on the developer portal apigee API’s

UX Analyst & Frontend Developer

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Design Lead — In charge of the Design & Frontend Code for several Partner Applications. Assist in the development of an internal CSS Framework/Style Guide, creating flexible grids (Responsive Web Design) to ensure a cohesive experience across all devices and all applications. Building reusable components (HTML, CSS, JS) used in production. Go to person when facing CSS code conflicts.

Web Developer

San Jose State University, Career Center

Oversaw the maintenance and updating of the SJSU Career Center website. Helped with the transition of the website to a OUCampus, a CMS. Created graphic design materials for print and web. Assisted with IT Support as needed (desktop setup, Active Directory, etc.).

Marketing Assistant & Web Developer

MiraCosta College, Student Activities Office

Maintained Student Activities Department Website. Created a marketing plan to promote school events and workshops. Created uniform fliers, posters, and digital ads to continue the ease of promotion. Started tracking data for college events in order to evaluate funds appropriation.

  • Student Worker of the Year Award

Education

MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

Human Computer Interaction for UX Design Certificate

San Jose State University

Bachelors of Business Administration

  • Emphasis in Management Information Systems

MiraCosta College

Associates in Web Development and Design

Associates in Business Administration

Certificate of Competence in Video Production

  • Senator of the Year Award 2010 – 2011
  • President’s Permanent Honor Roll spring 2010
  • Emerging Leaders Institute Award spring 2010