Curriculum Vitae

Sarven Capadisli

Summary

I like to work with open Web technologies. I am interested in human-computer interaction, and how it changes us.

Experience

  • Linked Data Researcher

    DERI Galway

    http://deri.ie/ Galway City GY IE
    (2010-10 — expected 2012-09)

    Researching and developing technologies for linked datasets at the Linked Data Research Centre.

  • User Experience Designer

    StatusNet, Inc.

    http://status.net/ Montréal QC CA
    (2008-11 — 2010-03)

    Designed and architected StatusNet platform's front-end user interface; desktop and mobile browsers, platform widgets, templating, and plugins. Used Apache, PHP, MySQL, (X)HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Git, MediaWiki. Made product and identity decisions. Collaborated with an open developer community, worked with company clients, instructed graphic designers and other contributors to the project. Platform's flagship site:

  • User Experience Architect

    Transcontinental Media

    http://medias-transcontinental.com/ Montréal QC CA
    Tel.
    +15143929000
    (2007-02 — 2008-10)

    Lead the integration team, set internal communication protocols, documentation and coding standards, and advised on information architecture and user interface guidelines for magazine sites:

  • Information Architect

    Concordia University Web Communications

    http://web2.concordia.ca/iwc/ Montréal QC CA
    (2008-10 — 2009-01)

    Client management for assigned sectors within the University. Documented project needs analysis and information architecture:

  • User Interface Designer

    • kei.ki — The Free Parenting Guide

      http://kei.ki/ Montréal QC CA
      (2007-04 — 2007-10)

      Designed keiki network's MediaWiki and Drupal UI. Derived an approach to brand keiki's new logo in collaboration with a graphic designer. Established a colour palette, typographical elements and wrote templates in HTML/CSS/Javascript.

    • wikiHow — The How to Manual That You Can Edit

      http://wikihow.com/ Montréal QC CA
      (2007-02 — 2007-06)

      Designed wikiHow's MediaWiki UI. Scope of work included; information architecture (IA), branding, selection of colour palettes, typographical testing and layout design.

    • Certifi.ca — Secure OpenID Provider

      https://certifi.ca/ Montréal QC CA
      (2007-03 — 2007-04)

      Created the UI design for an OpenID system using HTML/CSS. Selected the colour palettes and advised on logo and branding for the graphic artist.

    • EFnet — The Original IRC Network

      http://efnet.org/ Montréal QC CA
      (2007-02 — 2007-03)

      Wrote the HTML and CSS of a screen design for the EFnet IRC network.

    • Le Groupe Rutagi

      Montréal QC CA
      (2006-02 — 2006-03)

      Built an HTML/CSS prototype template and advised on best practices for UI design for a community site. Prepared a UI demonstration written in standards-compliant code. Selected colour palettes to best match the psychological attributes of the site.

  • Research Consultant

    Concordia University Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance

    http://doe.concordia.ca/cslp Montréal QC CA
    (2007-01 — 2007-02)

    Researched interactive whiteboard technologies for literacy instruction software in classrooms. Outlined the applicable hardware and software technologies and helped establish timelines for future development.

  • Java Integrator

    Nurun

    http://nurun.com/ Montréal QC CA
    (2006-04 — 2006-12)

    Took on the Integrator role in the Java development team. Involved in planning and developing front-end components; utilized semantic markup, wrote SEO guidelines, and established an Integrator/UX Analysis documentation.

    Latest projects include integration of sites:

  • Web Administrator / Developer

    Campbell Cohen Law Firm

    http://canadavisa.com/ Montréal QC CA
    (2005-05 — 2006-04)

    Utilized standards-compliant code, including security, redundancy, designing and planning the system deployment of 5 sites on a FreeBSD, Apache, MySQL, PHP system setup. Creating reports, documentation, log analysis, as well as intra-net development was part of my routine task list.

    Relaunched using Mambo CMS on back-end. Content upgrade, high focus in SEO, integration of CRM (GoldMine) and business requirements with front-end component development.

    Administration as above:

  • User Experience Designer

    Brigitte Schuster

    http://brigitteschuster.com/
    Locality
    Montréal
    Region
    QC
    Country
    CA
    (2006-12 — present)

    Design and development.

  • Developer

    Schangri La

    http://schangri-la.at/
    Locality
    Ramsau
    Region
    STMK
    Country
    AT
    (2004-07 — 2004-08)

    Design and development.

Presentations and Talks

  • Speaker

    Open Government Data Camp 2011

    http://ogdcamp.org/ Warsaw MV PL
    (2011-10-20)

    DataGovIE : Irish government dataspace

  • Speaker

    Confoo 2011

    http://confoo.ca/ Montréal QC CA
    (2011-03-10)

    Linked Data: The New Black

  • Speaker

    Confoo 2010

    http://confoo.ca/ Montréal QC CA
    (2010-03-10)

    Mark, Query, and Visualise

  • Speaker

    WordCamp Montréal 2009

    http://wordcampmontreal.org/ Montréal QC CA
    (2009-07-12)

    Making StatusNet and WordPress work together

  • Speaker

    W3Québec

    http://w3qc.org/ Montréal QC CA
    (2009-04-20)

    microformats in identi.ca

  • Speaker

    GLIS 663 Knowledge Taxonomies, McGill

    http://mcgill.ca/ Montréal QC CA
    (2009-03-12)

    microformats: #towerofbabel #pareto #dataportability

  • Speaker

    PHP Québec Conference 2009

    http://conf.phpquebec.com/ Montréal QC CA
    (2009-03-05)

    Website data through the looking-glass

  • Speaker

    PHP Québec monthly meeting

    http://conf.phpquebec.com/ Montréal QC CA
    (2009-01-08)

    Interacting with microformats

  • Speaker

    Transcontinental Media Lunch and Learn 02

    http://medias-transcontinental.com/ Montréal QC CA
    (2008-08-14)

    Internal site SEO guidelines

  • Speaker

    Nstein Innovation Leaders Summit 2008

    http://nstein.com/summit2008 Montréal QC CA
    (2008-05-15)

    Creating next generation Web sites

  • Speaker

    Coder's Saturday

    http://station-c.com/events/coders-saturday Montréal QC CA
    (2008-03-17)

    Microformats overview: how to help machines recognise common data formats in Web documents.

  • Speaker

    Transcontinental Media Lunch and Learn 01

    http://medias-transcontinental.com/ Montréal QC CA
    (2008-01-15)

    Introduction to microformats: what they are, why we need them and briefly how to use them.

  • Speaker

    Transcontinental Media Lunch and Learn 01

    http://rocococamp.info/ Montréal QC CA
    (2007-04-19)

    User Interface talk on the current wikiHow design.

Technical Skills

Education

Research Assistant

  • Dr. Angela C. Sodan

    Dr. Angela C. Sodan

    University of Windsor Windsor ON CA
    (2003-07 — 2003-08)

    Research responsibilities included reading journals and suggesting attainable alternative AI methods for Job Scheduling in Parallel Computing.

Volunteer Experience

  • Microformats Researcher

    microformats.org

    http://microformats.org/ Montréal QC CA
    (2006-01 — present)

    Evangelise (e.g., presentations, articles, IRC) and contribute to the development (e.g., figure, Wiki, IRC logs, mailing lists) of microformats.

  • EFnet — The Original IRC Network

    EFnet

    http://efnet.org/ Montréal QC CA
    (2003-01 — 2008-12)

    Provide technical support, channel moderation and operation for Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) in a real-time chat network: IRC Efnet in #CSS, and #SEO channels.

Youth Mentor

  • Gombos Family Youth Mentor

    Gombos Family

    Ramsau STMK AT
    (2000-05 — 2004-09)

    Youth Mentor for children ages 5-13, helped learn computer concepts to properly use search engines as well as supervising outdoor activities.

  • YMCA Youth Mentor

    YMCA

    http://www.ymca.ca/ Windsor ON CA
    (2004-01 — 2004-04)

    Youth Mentor, responsible for the after school program at YMCA, and Concord Elementary School for a group of 5-25 students at a time. My responsibilities were further extended with carrying out day camps for children between 5-12 ages.