Austin, Texas Area
- Current
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- at IxDA
- at NetQoS, Inc.
- at UXnet
- Past
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- at IxDA
- at HyPerformix, Inc.
- at ALVE Technology Corp.
- at IBM
- Education
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- UT Austin
- UT Austin
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Russell Wilson’s Summary
As VP Product Design at NetQoS, Russell Wilson provides the creative leadership and guiding principles to deliver best of class products that set the industry standard for software usability.
Wilson joined NetQoS as director of product design in May 2005 and has since led the user interface design of the company’s NetQoS Performance Center suite of products, with an emphasis on interaction design, usability, and the user experience. Working closely with sales, product management, and software engineering, he has implemented leading edge processes and tools that have enhanced the design of existing and upcoming NetQoS products. His design expertise and industry knowledge have helped NetQoS maintain its exceptional customer satisfaction ratings and ensure that ease of use remains a focal point of the company’s product development strategy.
With more than 18 years of experience, Wilson has been involved in the design and development of eight successful commercial products and more than 15 enterprise software applications for the Fortune 500. Prior to joining NetQoS, he served as the vice president of engineering for HyPerformix, a predictive IT management vendor, and president and chief executive officer of ALVE Technology, a call center management software company. Wilson began his career with IBM, where he held development manager and design lead positions.
Wilson is the Austin ambassador for the User Experience Network (UXnet), as well as the Austin representative for the Interaction Designers Association (IxDA). In addition, he is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the American Institute of Graphic Arts, and the Usability Professionals’ Association, as well as a requested reviewer and contributor to many design conferences. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science and a Master of Science degree in software engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.
Russell Wilson’s Specialties:
usability, user interface, gui, website design, prototyping, application design, incremental design, design leadership, design management, user centered design, css, html, wordpress, information architecture, design patterns, user research, user experience design, information design, seo, flash, flex
Russell Wilson’s Experience
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IxDA
(Computer Software industry)
2009 — Present (less than a year)
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NetQoS, Inc.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
May 2005 — Present (4 years)
Network traffic analysis and end-to-end application response time measurement.
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UXnet
(Non-Profit; Computer Software industry)
2005 — Present (4 years)
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IxDA
(Design industry)
2005 — 2009 (4 years)
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HyPerformix, Inc.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
2003 — April 2005 (2 years)
Predictive modeling and simulation applied to application performance.
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ALVE Technology Corp.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
1993 — 2002 (9 years)
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IBM
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Computer Software industry)
1990 — 1992 (2 years)
Russell Wilson’s Education
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UT Austin
MS, Software Engineering
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UT Austin
BS, Computer Science
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Russell Wilson’s Interests:
Product Design, User Experience, Interaction Design, Information Architecture, Design Patterns, New Technology
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