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

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Unicon Announces uPortal 3 Platform Training and Portlet Development Training
Training - Portlet Development Training
Training - uPortal Platform Training
Unicon Adds Over Twenty New Open Source Projects for CAS, Sakai, uPortal, and Zimbra in Q3 2008
Unicon Congratulates Jean Phillips and Hans Douma for winning in Unicon's booth #850 at the EDUCAUSE 2008 conference
Unicon Congratulates Drew Wills for His Open Source Community Involvement in the Cernunnos Project
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Sakai and uPortal Open Source Webinar Briefings Broadcast LIVE from EDUCAUSE
Unicon Hosts Open Source Showcase at EDUCAUSE Featuring Industry Experts from uPortal, Sakai, and Shibboleth
Unicon’s Education IT Consulting Group Collaborates with Johns Hopkins University Staff for uPortal 3 Upgrade