alee94306@gmail.com
https://www.webcollab.com/alee/portfolio/
Alison Lee https://www.linkedin.com/in/alison-am-lee/
Resume
Summary

Extensive experience with cutting-edge UI design and software development for Web, mobile, social, semantic, cloud, and interactive computing. A front-end, technical lead and results-oriented contributor on internal and public-facing projects. Adept at conceiving, designing, implementing, and evaluating human-centered software systems using a variety of interaction design techniques, programming languages, and user-research approaches. A people-oriented team builder with excellent communications skills. Particularly strong in results-driven settings, in bridging across technical, design, and behavioral disciplines, and in creating simple, engaging interactions with complex applications.

Skills

Development

Computer Languages (selected): Javascript & ES6/7/8, HTML/CSS/SASS, CSS in JS, Flow/Typescript, Python, C#, AWK, sh/bash.

UI Frameworks (selected): React (Redux, Hooks, JSX, Router, Context API, react-jss), Nokia Web Runtime, Eclipse rich-client platform.

Tools (selected): babel, create-react-app & vite, docker, eslint, jest & vites, npm, nvm, package.json, prettier, storybook & chromatic, varnish cache, vi/vim, volta.sh, VSCode, webpack & rollup, yarn.

Server-side Frameworks (selected): NodeJS (express), Django & Templates, DropWizard (Views, Jackson, Jersey), MySQL, Apache, AWS (EC2, S3, DynamoDB).

Techniques (selected): visualization libraries (deck.gl, react-vis, D3), image & video toolkits, text processing/categorization, map and location-based services, clustering methods.

User Experience Design & User Research

Tools (selected): GIMP, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, S-Plus.

Data Collection/Analysis Techniques (selected): Log analyses (keystrokes and Web server), basic experimental design, statistical analyses.

User Research Methods (selected): Focus groups, interviews, surveys, naturalistic observation.

Work Experience
2020 - Now Staff Front-end Software Engineer, SurveyMonkey, San Mateo CA
  • Design-system lead engineer & architect working closely with product and design counterparts in marketing and growth.
  • Architect and built a content component library consisting of design tokens for color and responsive typography, spacing and layout.
  • Scale UI development of 4 Web content sites with small team in 1.5 year timeframe; each with consistent and brand-specific theme.
  • Service owner for 4 Web content sites SurveyMonkey, Help Center, GetFeedback, Momentive.
  • Contribute SEO-aware features, tools, and rebranding for the content publishing pipeline.
  • Lead by example, guide software engineers, champion best practices and standards, separation of concern, simplicity, and TDD. Kudos from colleagues.
2015 - 2020 Staff Engineer, UBER, San Francisco CA
2012 - 2015 Engineering Manager, Microsoft, Sunnyvale CA
  • Manage a team of 4-5 software engineers.
  • Develop map-making tools to cull road properties (e.g., directionality) from imagery data.
  • Create geospatial, user experiences and applications - Win 8.1 2D Maps and 3D Maps.
2007 - 2012 Research Manager and Research Scientist, Nokia Research, Palo Alto CA
2005 - 2007 Web/UI Developer, Metaweb Technologies, San Francisco CA
  • Develop Web component library, capabilities (e.g., XHR broker mechanism), apps and services that powered Freebase.
1997 - 2005 Research Staff Member, IBM TJ Watson Research Center, Hawthorne NY
  • Conducted research, field-trialed services in areas of multi-modal interaction, speech, Accessibility, social Computing & Collaborative eBusiness, and CRM.
  • Published findings in peer-reviewed conferences and journals
  • Collaborated with small group of researchers and developers on prototypes and field trials
1992 - 1997 Member of Technical Staff, NYNEX Science and Technology, White Plains NY
  • Develop productivity applications for developers, product design, and telephone operators.
  • Published findings in peer-reviewed conferences and journals
Education
Ph.D. (1992), M.Sc., B.Sc. in Computer Science, University of Toronto, Canada