Contact:
Yael Urban yaelu@iw-corp.com 408.245.7327

Professional Highlights:

From concept to finished product developed the visual look-and-feel for applications and web sites, supporting engineering and marketing projects for high-tech established and start-up companies.
· Created GUI for web-based and thick-client-based business applications, on Windows, Macintosh and UNIX OS’s
· Designed and maintained external and internal corporate web sites
· Created numerous marketing and financial collateral pieces including graphic images and illustrations
· Proficient with leading graphic and Web design tools
· "Can do" attitude, creative, problem solver, team player with a sense of humor and sincere commitment to schedules and budgets.

Tools:
· Photoshop · DreamWeaver · MS Word
· Illustrator · PageMaker · MS PowerPoint
· GoLive · InDesign · MS OutLook
· Flash · QuarkXPress · MS Developer Studio
· ImageReady · GifAnimator · ResEdit

Experience:
Contract assignments 11/97 -present

Applications

SAP Labs, Palo Alto, CA 3/04 – 11/04
· Worked with the development architect on SAP’s IMS application visual look and graphic elements following the company design guidelines.

Sigma Dynamics, Inc., Foster City, CA 10/03 – present
· Developed concept and visual look for Inline Intelligence™, a complex real-time web-based business application. Designed tabs, tables, dividers, backgrounds and color combinations for different application sections and CSS.

SanDisk’s Cruzer® via Kadena Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA 12/03 – 3/04
· Designed all graphic elements for the Cruzer® imbedded PocketCache™ application.

Aduva, via Bits Etc, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA 12/03 – 1/04
· Designed concept and visual look for real-time web-based OnStage application’s included CSS preferences.

MKS Instruments, Inc., via Bits Etc, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA 5/03 – 8/03
· Developed concept and samples for real-time web-based TOOlweb™ application’s visual look.

Hyperion, Sunnyvale, CA 10/00 – 6/01
· Developed and designed Essbase® installer look and feel including all the interactive screen images
· Created a library of icons, buttons, and tree nodes to be used as the company’s standard images for Essbase® Integration Services product line.

NetManage Inc., Cupertino, CA 11/97 – 9/00
· Developed concept and visual look for SupportNow product.

Web Sites

Sigma Dynamics, Inc., Foster City, CA 10/03 – present
· Designed and developed the corporate web site www.sigmadynamics.com, created all graphics including Flash animation.

Lucent Venture Partners, Palo Alto, CA 5/99 – present
· Redesigned, enhanced and expanded the company's web site while keeping the site functional, user friendly and attractive
· Assumed all on going web site maintenance responsibilities since 1999 www.lucentventurepartners.com.

MediaWorks, Inc., Irvine, CA 10/ 03 – 2/04
· Designed and developed the corporate web site www.mediaworks-isi.com

Global Factory, Santa Clara, CA 6/01 – 3/02
· Maintained and extended corporate web site, created all graphics including Flash animation
· Designed, developed and coordinated e-mail sales promotions

Cisco Systems, via ABE Staffing, San Jose, CA 12/00 – 12/01
· Designed and maintained departmental web site following corporate design guidelines.

Caly Networks, Sunnyvale, CA 6/00 – 4/01
· Designed the company's web site, insured consistent look-and-feel with the company’s collaterals.

Quantum Technology Ventures, Santa Clara, CA 6/00 – 6/01
· Expanded the company’s web site by following the given design and maintained the site

SHOP2gether, San Jose, CA 1/00 – 4/00
· Designed the company’s website look-and-feel and template that facilitated a friendly on-line shopping experience

pcFirst.com, San Jose, CA 4/99 – 5/00
· Developed the visual look for the corporate web site Internet including the log-in section

ChipExpress, Sunnyvale, CA 1/98 – 2/99
· Redesigned and expended the company’s web site to emphasize ease of use, navigation and flexibility
· Created numerous unique and friendly icons to represent different web sections

NetManage Inc., Cupertino, CA 11/97 – 9/00
· Designed and maintained all the graphics for NetManage internal and external web sites

Corporate ID and Presentations

Global Factory, Santa Clara, CA 6/01 – 3/02
· Supported Marketing Communication with presentations and graphics for trade show events

Cisco Systems, via ABE Staffing, San Jose, CA 12/00 – 12/01
· Supported Internet Technologies Division product managers group with presentations, illustrations, and trade shows projects.

pcFirst.com, San Jose, CA 4/99 – 5/00
· Designed the corporate identity and business system

SHOP2gether, San Jose, CA 1/00 – 4/00
· Designed the company logo and business system

Employment

NetManage Inc., Cupertino, CA, 1994 - 1997
Corporate Graphic Designer
· Created GUI elements for Windows, Macintosh and UNIX products.
· Designed and maintained graphic elements for the company's web site.
· Supported marketing, finance and documentation with images and layouts including the design, layout, and print productions for the company annual and quarterly reports.
· Used screen images from several applications, converted and implemented them to the CD sleeve. This ensured consistency with the software and the CD’s look, while saving the company expenses.
· Designed and produced the company business system.


Other Experiences

SJJFF (non-profit organization), Los Gatos, CA 1999 – present
· Manage and coordinate the development of the organization's web site.
· Design and maintain the organization's site, including visual look and the HTML code. www.sjjff.org.

Hadassah-Sequoia (non-profit organization), Palo Alto, CA 2002 – present
· Manage and design the organization's web site.
· Coordinate the collection of all required materials for the monthly updates www.sequoia-hadassah.org

Triton Museum, (part time) , Santa Clara, CA 1993 – 2005
· Worked at the museum’s ArtReach program taught children art at Santa Clara schools
· Developed curriculum for grades K-5 and prepared the needed materials and instructions

Education: · Graphic Design tools applications, Foothill College, Los Altos, CA
· HTML and Web design classes, UCSC Extension, Cupertino, CA
· Graphic Design, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
· B.A., Shenkar College Ramat-Gan, Israel, (affiliated with FIT, NY)
Portfolio:
www.iw-corp.com/yael_urban