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Gary Thompson
User Experience Leader
Unicon, Inc.
480.558.2409
gthompson@unicon.net
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Bio
Gary Thompson has 12 years of professional user interface design experience, working primarily with enterprise-class Web applications for higher education. Gary leads user experience design for Unicon, with a focus on uPortal and Sakai. Gary also participates in the Fluid Project, helping improve the user experience of community source software.

Graduate Of
Arizona State University, School of Architecture and Design, Department of Industrial Design

Where I Hang My Hat
Chandler, a suburb of Phoenix, Arizona.

Family
I am happily married to a wonderful woman and have four great children. I consider the roles of husband and father to be my most important and worthy pursuits.

Content created by Gary Thompson
Competitive Analysis (a.k.a. Benchmarking)	Current Needs	Feedback Component Ideas
File Management Component Ideas	Fluid Infusion Wordsmithing	Gary Thompson
Home	Inline Edit User Testing - Round 1 Demographic Questionnaire	Integrating the Layout Customizer on uPortal
Layout Component Ideas	Layout Reorderer Design Overview	Layout Reorderer Storyboard - List Ordering Behavior
Layout Reorderer User Testing	Layout Reorderer User Testing - Round 2	Layout Reorderer User Testing - Round 2 Protocol
Login Component	Navigation	Navigation Component Ideas
OpenCollection File Upload Contexts of Use	Pain Points & Problem Spaces	Personas
Preferences & Permissions Component Ideas	Progress Indicator - User Interface Options	Released Component Home Idea
Simple Text Inline Edit User Testing	Simple Text Inline Edit User Testing - Round 1	Simple Text Inline Edit User Testing - Round 1 Protocol
Terminology Component Ideas	Two Column Template	uPortal File Upload Contexts of Use
uPortal Walkthrough - Student Campus Map Scenario	uPortal Walkthrough - Student Dining Menu Scenario	uPortal Walkthrough - Student Email Scenario
uPortal Walkthrough - Student Employment Scenario	uPortal Walkthrough - Student Find Instructor Contact Scenario	uPortal Walkthrough - Student Local Events Scenario
User Interface Options	User Interface Options Competitive Analysis	User Interface Options Contexts of Use
User Interface Options Design Considerations	User Interface Options Design Goals	User Interface Options Design Overview
User Interface Options Design Patterns	User Interface Options Pain Points	User Interface Options Problem Statement
User Interface Options Specification	User Interface Options Storycards	User Interface Options Use Cases
User Interface Options User Research	User Interface Options Wireframes	User Interface Options Wireframes - Iteration 1
User Interface Options Wireframes - Iteration 2	User Testing Demographic Questionnaire	User Testing Greeting Script
User Testing Resources	User Testing Scenarios and Tasks	Using a wiki
Workflow Component Ideas	Workflow Problem Space