resumé of
       GEOFFREY E. KATZ










OBJECTIVE    User Interface Design . INFORMATION ARCHITECT . Project Delivery


QUALIFICATIONS
SKILLS
User needs analysis, client requirements development, resource inventory and analysis, task analysis, UI idiom classification >>> DESIGN for navigational legibility (efficiency), visual delight, advanced meaning (symbolic content) >>> product delivery.
Project management, HTML, excellent graphic and writing skills.
DESIGN TRAINING
Master of Landscape Architecture, Harvard Graduate School of Design (1992)
Bachelor of Design in Environmental Planning, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (1985)



ACHIEVEMENTS

design -- project management
Park and Wildland Recreation Design, BC Parks, BC Ministry of Forests
: Preparation of concept options and final design; ongoing client interaction and participation development, user needs analysis 1996-99

task analysis and method formation
Instruction in Open Space Planning, UBC
: Design of integrated residential, commercial, and recreational community responsive to contextural ecological systems; digital 2D design and 3D terrain modelling, graphic instruction 1994-96




user needs analysis
City of Ottawa Official Plan
: Wrote Mission Statement and Environmental Management Strategy: user (public) needs analysis, client (City) requirements analysis, writing for technical meaning and user-friendliness 1990

pattern product delivery
Planning for Ecological Reserves in Nova Scotia, NS Ministry of Natural Resources
: Analysis of existing object systems and regulatory environment, design of algorythmic method for embedding in existing environment 1986

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NAME
Geoffrey E. Katz

ADDRESS
2 -- 2355 West 1st Avenue
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada V6K 1G4

VOICE / FAX (call first)
(604) 732-7360

e-MAIL
gkatz@interchange.ubc.ca

WEBSITE
http://geoffreykatz.tripod.com