Zachary Lavicky
Senior Experience Design Lead at National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT)- Claim this Profile
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Scot Westwater
I have had the privilege of working with Zac over the past year and change on a challenging responsive site redesign. Zac has extraordinary problem-solving skills, and can quickly evaluate situations to formulate solutions that move projects forward. Additionally, Zac has a deep understanding of UX and empathy for the end user, which has resulted in a superior product that more than meets user needs. I am glad to have had the opportunity to collaborate with Zac and hope for many more in the future.
Chris Valleskey
Zac possesses the creative talent that separates a good developer from a great one. Throughout the process of a larger-sized project, he worked closely with me and others on the creative team to ensure our ideas were executed in a way that went above and beyond what was expected of a typical front end developer. He was receptive to our wild and sometimes vaguely-defined creative executions, offering suggestions and questions that made us think about how our designs would work in a fully responsive environment. Put simply, Zac is a great person to work with and a critical asset on any project!
Scot Westwater
I have had the privilege of working with Zac over the past year and change on a challenging responsive site redesign. Zac has extraordinary problem-solving skills, and can quickly evaluate situations to formulate solutions that move projects forward. Additionally, Zac has a deep understanding of UX and empathy for the end user, which has resulted in a superior product that more than meets user needs. I am glad to have had the opportunity to collaborate with Zac and hope for many more in the future.
Chris Valleskey
Zac possesses the creative talent that separates a good developer from a great one. Throughout the process of a larger-sized project, he worked closely with me and others on the creative team to ensure our ideas were executed in a way that went above and beyond what was expected of a typical front end developer. He was receptive to our wild and sometimes vaguely-defined creative executions, offering suggestions and questions that made us think about how our designs would work in a fully responsive environment. Put simply, Zac is a great person to work with and a critical asset on any project!
Scot Westwater
I have had the privilege of working with Zac over the past year and change on a challenging responsive site redesign. Zac has extraordinary problem-solving skills, and can quickly evaluate situations to formulate solutions that move projects forward. Additionally, Zac has a deep understanding of UX and empathy for the end user, which has resulted in a superior product that more than meets user needs. I am glad to have had the opportunity to collaborate with Zac and hope for many more in the future.
Chris Valleskey
Zac possesses the creative talent that separates a good developer from a great one. Throughout the process of a larger-sized project, he worked closely with me and others on the creative team to ensure our ideas were executed in a way that went above and beyond what was expected of a typical front end developer. He was receptive to our wild and sometimes vaguely-defined creative executions, offering suggestions and questions that made us think about how our designs would work in a fully responsive environment. Put simply, Zac is a great person to work with and a critical asset on any project!
Scot Westwater
I have had the privilege of working with Zac over the past year and change on a challenging responsive site redesign. Zac has extraordinary problem-solving skills, and can quickly evaluate situations to formulate solutions that move projects forward. Additionally, Zac has a deep understanding of UX and empathy for the end user, which has resulted in a superior product that more than meets user needs. I am glad to have had the opportunity to collaborate with Zac and hope for many more in the future.
Chris Valleskey
Zac possesses the creative talent that separates a good developer from a great one. Throughout the process of a larger-sized project, he worked closely with me and others on the creative team to ensure our ideas were executed in a way that went above and beyond what was expected of a typical front end developer. He was receptive to our wild and sometimes vaguely-defined creative executions, offering suggestions and questions that made us think about how our designs would work in a fully responsive environment. Put simply, Zac is a great person to work with and a critical asset on any project!
Experience
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National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT)
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Higher Education
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Experience Design Lead
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Aug 2015 - Present
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Owner
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Jan 1998 - Present
I've taken on various projects ever since I began working in the Web industry. It's a great experience working with various businesses and professionals of all backgrounds. Here's a short list of some of the areas I am active in. - Brand Strategy - Experience Design - Website marketing (SEO, blogging, affiliate marketing) - Web Accessibility/Section 508 training I've taken on various projects ever since I began working in the Web industry. It's a great experience working with various businesses and professionals of all backgrounds. Here's a short list of some of the areas I am active in. - Brand Strategy - Experience Design - Website marketing (SEO, blogging, affiliate marketing) - Web Accessibility/Section 508 training
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Intouch Solutions
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United States
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Advertising Services
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300 - 400 Employee
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Senior Front-end Brand Lead
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Sep 2012 - Sep 2015
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Ad Astra
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United States
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Information Technology & Services
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100 - 200 Employee
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Senior UX Specialist
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Jul 2008 - Jul 2012
I joined the Ad Astra team to help reinvent their windows based software as a web based application suite. The focus of my work was to build human-centered interfaces that engaged our users to fully utilize the full potential of Ad Astra's resource utilization and degree analytics solutions. I joined the Ad Astra team to help reinvent their windows based software as a web based application suite. The focus of my work was to build human-centered interfaces that engaged our users to fully utilize the full potential of Ad Astra's resource utilization and degree analytics solutions.
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TouchNet, A Global Payments Company
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United States
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Software Development
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200 - 300 Employee
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Senior User Experience Specialist
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Oct 2005 - May 2008
I had the pleasure of being part of a great group of people who had the impressive task of reworking the entirety of TouchNet’s software offering into a cohesive, inter-connective product suite. In simple terms, we took several silo-ed, single facing applications and brought them up to the Web 2.0 standard that has given TouchNet an omni-channel solution suite of products. I had the pleasure of being part of a great group of people who had the impressive task of reworking the entirety of TouchNet’s software offering into a cohesive, inter-connective product suite. In simple terms, we took several silo-ed, single facing applications and brought them up to the Web 2.0 standard that has given TouchNet an omni-channel solution suite of products.
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Keypath Education
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Web Manager
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Dec 2004 - Oct 2005
- Manage multiple interactive campaigns. - Provide profit/loss analysis on current campaigns. - Develop web analysis tools used by the interactive department to report the web compliance and web accessibility of client web sites. - Manage multiple interactive campaigns. - Provide profit/loss analysis on current campaigns. - Develop web analysis tools used by the interactive department to report the web compliance and web accessibility of client web sites.
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Committee Member/Interactive Accessibility Trainer
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May 2001 - Oct 2005
1. Facilitate web accessibility workshops for government information managers 2. Write and review information policies for Kansas government agencies. 1. Facilitate web accessibility workshops for government information managers 2. Write and review information policies for Kansas government agencies.
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Emporia State University
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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University Webmaster
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Nov 2001 - Dec 2004
- Lead interactive initiatives as they relate to the university's brand and mission statement. - Responsible for overall architecture of university web presence. - Manage multidisciplinary team of designers and developers to support all university sites. - Develop strategic initiatives and policies. - Establish good working relationships with staff across the organization to build a unified university web presence. - Establish reporting tools and maintain data to aid in the continual development. Awards: “Excellence in Multimedia” Bronze award for Multimedia Flash CD, Virtual Viewbook. Design Council for Support and Advancement of Education District VI, 2005. “Excellence in Multimedia” Silver award for single Web page, http://www.emporia.edu (site offline). Design Council for Support and Advancement of Education District VI, 2004.
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Marketing/Web Development
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Jun 1998 - May 2000
Where I cut my teeth and caught the UX bug. Where I cut my teeth and caught the UX bug.
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Education
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2003 - 2004
Emporia State University
Masters, Library Science -
1996 - 2000
Hastings College
Bachelors, Marketing, Minor in Economics
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