1. Address: Contact Info:
7233 Kingman Circle ted.harton@gmail.com
Indianapolis, IN 46256 (317) 919-2365
WORK EXPERIENCE
ADESA – Carmel, IN February 2015 – Current
E-Business Operations Administrator
• Manage and audit client auction information on a weekly basis by showing strong attention to detail
• Actively network with ADESA clients in various cities across the country
• Effectively correspond with team members to successfully process roughly 8,000 vehicles a week using
internal ADESA programs
GfK Custom Research – Chicago, IL November 2013 – February 2014, August 2014 – September 2014
User Experience Specialist
• Trained 18 participants of different demographics on a medical device for an arm of a validation study
• Documented study trends for 60 participants throughout user testing
• Moderated 3 usability studies with one study requiring me to moderate 2 participants at one time to
effectively simulate a restaurant environment
• Developed the protocol, edited the moderators guide, moderated, took notes, analyzed data, or edited the
report for 7 very diverse products ranging from medical devices to mobile applications
• Worked closely with a cross-functional project team reprioritizing research questions during formative
testing to maximize important data collection
• Utilized research objectives to dictate research strategies to implement for user testing
• Simulated how a usability study on a hand-held game device was going to be executed for the whole market
research team at the corporate headquarters of a well-known restaurant
Roche Diagnostics – Indianapolis, IN Summers 2011 + 2012
Human Factors Intern
• Wrote the complete protocol and facilitated a usability study to help identify deficiencies in the packaging
design and instructions for a blood glucose meter kit
• Designed and developed 7 databases to aid the retention and querying of study data
• Discovered new video conversion software to assist future human factors study processes
• Designed an experiment through eye tracking to maximize user feedback on a blood glucose tracking app
EDUCATION
Indiana University, School of Informatics and Computing - Bloomington, IN Graduated May 2013
• Bachelor of Science in Informatics, GPA 3.0/4.0
• Major: Informatics | Minor: Business
Interaction Design Foundation (IDF) June 2014 – Current
• I am currently a member of IDF and I am taking UX related courses. Thus far, I have acquired certifications
in the following: User-Centered Design | Human Computer Interaction | Practical Guide to Usability |
Gamification: Creating Addictive User Experience | The Psychology of Online Sales
ACTIVITIES
Young Entrepreneurs Association – Suggested and applied marketing ideas for local struggling businesses
St. Vincent DePaul - Help move heavy objects and groceries out to cars at the thrift store/food pantry
IU Dance Marathon – Stood up for 36 hours straight to help raise $1,500,000 for Riley’s Children Hospital
SKILLS/INTERESTS
• Strong at moderating usability studies, requirements gathering, and working in an Agile/Scrum environment
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Products, and social media outlets
• Intermediate proficiency with Python, HTML, CSS, SQL, Photoshop, and Axure
Ted Harton
