Arash Zolfaghari
UX / Developer / Photographer
Bio
One statement could summarize how I view the world :
We live in amazing times
I'm a passionate SF bay area Software developer / UX designer
I also enjoy photography and music.
Pleasure to meet you :-)
Arash
Professional Capabilities
User Interface
Usability Testing
Database Architecture
Front-end Development
Business Intelligence
Education
MS in Enterprise Software Engineering
School of Computer Engineering
San Jose State University
Graduated 2002
School of Computer Engineering
San Jose State University
Graduated 2002
BS in Electrical / Computer Engineering
School of Engineering
University of California Davis
Graduated 1998
Recent Experiences
Principal Software Engineer
Symantec Inc.
Senior Software Engineer
Lifelock Inc.
Senior UI Engineer
Bityota
Previous Experiences
Senior Marketing Developer / Project Manager
North Coast Medical, Jan 2010 -Jan 2013
North Coast Medical, Jan 2010 -Jan 2013
IT Manager
North Coast Medical, Jan 2008 - Jan 2010
North Coast Medical, Jan 2008 - Jan 2010
Developer / Senior Data Analyst
North Coast Medical, Jan 2003 - Jan 2008
Business Data Analyst
North Coast Medical, Jan 2001 - Jan 2003
Previous Experiences
QA Engineer
Phoenix Pop Production, Jan 1999 - May 2000
Developer / Intern
IBM, San Jose, Jan 1997 - April 1997
QA Engineer
Intel, Folsom, May 1996 - Sept 1996
Development
Languages & Frameworks
- Javascript
- React
- React Native
- CSS
- Firebase
- Mongodb
- Backbone.js
- Ruby on Rails
- Node.js
- Express.js
- Angular
OS
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Linux (Debian, Ubuntu,Centos)
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Mac OS X
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Windows
Source Control
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Git
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Subversion
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CVS
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Bitbucket
Database
- Firebase
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MySQL
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Redis
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Oracle
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Mongo
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Sphinx
CMS / E-commerce
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Spree
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Wordpress
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WooCommerce
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WP e-commerce
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Drupal
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Ghost
Visualization
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d3.js
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Raphaël.js
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Reveal.js
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Famo.us
Data Analysis
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R
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Matlab
Business Intelligence
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Cognos
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Tableau
Project Management
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Microsoft Project
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Jira
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Confluence
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Pivotal Tracker
- Agile Development
Recent Interests
As web components and standards across industry are in the process of maturation I'm viewing the following projects with interest :
- Alexa / Google home voice centric development
- MERN Stack (Mongo, Express, React, Node)
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MEAN Stack (Mongo, Express, Angular, Node)
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Polymers.js (See http://www.polymer-project.org/)
UX
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Interview stakeholders ,
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Brainstorming Meeting,
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Research / information gathering
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Heuristic evaluation,
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Keeping up on industry trends
UX Example of Daily Activity
UX Design Questions
What are the business requirements?
What are the user requirements?
What is the best design solution
What are the user requirements?
What is the best design solution
that meets both the business
and user requirements?
and user requirements?
User Stories
They are about analyzing needs
Behavior you'll build into software to
meet those needs
Use Cases describe a complete interaction
between the software and users
(and possibly other systems)
Elements of Use Case
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Actor
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Stakeholder
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Primary Actor
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Preconditions
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Triggers
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Main success scenarios [Basic Flow]
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Alternative paths [Alternative Flow]
UX Related Tools & Links
Concepts :
Fitt's Law , Latency Reduction, Learnability
Recent Projects
Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems
Recent Projects
Knowledgefund
Recent Projects
Shardad Rohani's Official Website(s)
Recent Projects
Artist Hamed Nikpay's Official Website
Recent Projects
North Coast Medical Virtual Showroom Version 0.1
Recent Projects
North Coast Medical External Website (ncmedical.com)
Photography
Some of my captured moments
around the Bay Area
Title : Bending Light Location : San Jose, CA
Title : Festive Flight Location : Santa Cruz, CA
Title : Spring Location: San Ramon, CA
Title: Shell Pattern Location : Halfmoon Bay, CA
Title : Perfect Symmetry Location : San Francisco,CA
Title : Sand Curviture Location : Halfmoon Bay
Title : Remember Sunset Location : Land's End, San Francisco
Title : Love Location : Carmel, CA
One early Saturday morning I noticed on my drive passing Fremont, CA that in the middle green hills of spring there is still white snow clinging to remind us of the winters past. I hiked up the hill to capture this conversational moment between the two seasons.
Title : Winterly Spring Location : Fremont, CA
Title : Solo Flight Location : Berkeley, CA
Title : Chill Puppy Location : Tibron ,CA
Title : Joyous Red Location : Chinatown, SF
Title Persian Perspolis Location : Darius , Napa
Title : Spring Grape Location : Napa
Title : After the Rain Location : Los Gatos, CA
Title : Bloom Location : Morgan Hill, CA
Music
My favorite instrumental pieces from various artists
Noside Music
Some of my own compositions under the
pseudo name Noside at the following site :
pseudo name Noside at the following site :
